Legal Recruiting

SUMMARY: Working with a legal recruitment agency streamlines the job search process for candidates in the legal field. The process typically involves submitting a resume to a legal recruiter, discussing career goals, and evaluating potential openings. The recruiter acts as an intermediary, leveraging industry connections to match candidates with suitable law firms. The steps include selecting firms to apply to, organizing interviews, navigating the recruitment process, conducting background checks, and facilitating salary negotiations and contract signings upon receiving job offers. Legal recruiters earn fees from law firms upon successful candidate placements. It's crucial to choose a reputable and personalized legal recruitment firm that prioritizes individual needs over mass applications. Candidates can enhance their recruiter's support by being enthusiastic, open to suggestions, and honest about their career aspirations. Working with a reliable legal recruitment agency, such as BCG Attorney Search, ensures a professional and effective job search experience. READ MORE >

Learn more about the entire process BCG Attorney Search goes through for every legal placement it makes. READ MORE >

These are the qualities which distinguish good recruiters from poor ones. READ MORE >

Use this sample annotated retained search agreement in drafting an agreement with a legal recruiting firm.

CEO of BCG Attorney Search

The very foundation of BCG Attorney Search is built upon the ever-present need to constantly improve. This is evident in several aspects of this business. I personally feel that BCG Attorney Search is the greatest recruiting firm in the world and always has been. We have touched the lives of thousands of attorneys in a positive way and, through our commitment and contributions to this sector, we have helped shape the American legal job landscape like no other company in existence. READ MORE >

The stakes—time, money, or firm-wide resources—are always high when you embark on a search for a lateral hire. And these costs often have nothing to do with due diligence or questions of fit and synergy. Instead, it's a matter of sheer economics. Because some headhunters' fees now run in the six-figure range, managing such relationships on the front-end can be crucial. READ MORE >

As we grow and our organization experiences various changes, I think it is important that everyone here understand what we are doing as a group. Whether or not we realize it, these philosophies are something that guide us on a daily basis. READ MORE >

In our effort to provide a truly national recruiting service to America's top lawyers, we at BCG Attorney Search have opened our newest office in the nation's capital. The D.C. legal market is one of the largest and most fluid in the country and our newest office is designed to make it easier for the best legal job candidates to find employment in one of the busiest markets in the country. You can read more about our new office and BCG Partner by clicking the link below. READ MORE >

The first and most important step of the legal-recruiting process, building long-term client relationships with law firms, is too often ignored or underestimated by many recruiters. Strong relationships are what allow a firm to trust a recruiter with its hiring decisions and are actually critical to any recruiter's effectiveness. Building this trust is far more rewarding than making an individual deal or placement, although it often takes much more effort and consideration for the client's needs. To this end, a good recruiter must always look to deepen its business relationships into partnerships and take into account whether an attorney he/she represents will benefit that attorney's partners as much as that attorney's placement will benefit his/her own interests. READ MORE >

I. Introduction

You've received a call from the managing partner in your firm's intellectual property practice, who needs to hire three new associates, pronto. READ MORE >

His character's fate sealed by mortal wounds suffered on a historic battlefield, the actor casts his glance heavenward and breathes forth an elegant final soliloquy, imparting timeless words of honor, courage, and love. When he finishes, all is silent, save for the clatter of his falling sword and shield as the hero slumps and falls. The story has concluded. The curtain falls. The audience, moved by the dramatic scene just witnessed, erupts in applause, shouting its adoration. Another fantastic stage production has ended for the theater company. READ MORE >

• Just as in the practice of law itself is not for everyone, the same is true for those who recruit for clients who are in need of attorneys.
• Practice area specialization, cultural fit, an extensive book of clients are all needed of an attorney by a recruiter to help an attorney find their next legal job.
• And yet there’s even more a world class recruiter needs in their quiver.
• Keep reading to find out what exactly makes a world class recruiter in the legal profession.

BCG Attorney Search is a legal recruiting firm that is committed to helping job seekers find the best opportunities in the legal field. The firm is made up of recruiters who have extensive legal experience, with some having practiced as attorneys in top firms and others having worked as legal administrators or recruiters. This allows BCG to represent candidates in a highly credible and professional manner, and to understand the needs and wants of both the candidates and the law firms and other legal-hiring organizations they serve.

One of the key differentiators of BCG Attorney Search is that they only work with candidates they believe are stars. This allows them to be selective in their approach and to ensure that they are only representing the best of the best. They also refuse to work with some candidates who they believe are unlikely to succeed in their next jobs. This approach allows the firm to conscientiously serve both their candidates and the legal firms they work with.

Another important aspect of BCG Attorney Search is their commitment to confidentiality. The firm will never submit a resume to any legal-hiring organization without the candidate's express permission. They also keep their candidates informed of all developments and help them prepare for each interview and firm, so that they can put their best foot forward.

The firm also coaches all of their candidates so they can put their best foot forward at all times. This is based on their extensive research and inside knowledge. They stay in close contact with their candidates, returning telephone calls promptly, keeping them fully informed of all developments, and striving to get them the job they deserve with the least aggravation possible.

In summary, BCG Attorney Search is a reliable and professional legal recruiting firm that helps its candidates find the job they want and have a realistic shot at the best opportunities in the legal field. The firm is different from other legal-search firms as it only works with candidates they believe are stars, and that the firm is committed to confidentiality, and keeping the candidate informed of all developments throughout the process. The entire BCG staff is committed to providing first-rate research and professional search consultants include top graduates from some of the country's most distinguished schools. They include former law review editors and federal clerks, and all share one central goal: making placements that work for both their candidates and the many firms and hiring organizations they serve. READ MORE >

Law firm recruiting managers are called upon daily to handle a myriad of responsibilities for their firms, including coordinating fall recruiting programs at law schools, planning and managing summer-associate programs, managing lateral hiring, professional development, and conducting partner and associate evaluations. Some of these professionals also handle human resources and marketing functions. These professionals are highly skilled and most often overworked. READ MORE >

BCG Attorney Search has recently opened an office in Atlanta, our second office that services the Southeastern United States. Located in the heart of Midtown, the Atlanta office is headed up by Raffaele Murdocca, an experienced and established attorney recruiter in the Atlanta area. READ MORE >

At BCG Attorney Search, it is one of our goals to always be expanding. We feel that being able to represent clients locally from various cities all over the country is a great benefit to our clients, who can be sure that the regional recruiter that they are working with is familiar with the local market. To that end, we are proud to announce that our efforts have spawned yet another office. The Orange County office, located in Newport Beach, California, will help our Los Angeles office to better serve the busy Southern California legal market. READ MORE >

Continuing our national expansion efforts, we are pleased to announce that BCG Attorney Search has opened an office in Philadelphia, our second office in the Northeastern United States. The Philadelphia office will specialize in attorney placements in the tri-state area, Boston and abroad. Dan Binstock currently serves as Managing Director of our newest location. READ MORE >

BCG Attorney Search has recently opened an office in San Francisco, our third office in California. We hope that this expansion will allow us to better serve our Northern Californian law firm clients as well as the vast number of our candidates interested in living in the Bay Area. Recruiter James Fant is heading up the new office. READ MORE >