Advice for Partners

• Many young job-seekers make the mistake of saying a lot about themselves in cover letters, resumes, and interviews.
• A cover letter serves an entirely different purpose than bragging and talking about yourself.
• What a cover letter needs to do is make a connection with your audience and show you are interested in them.
• Your ability to make this connection and the strength of this connection will determine how well you do.

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• Law firm compensation can come in many forms.
• They can be raises or come in the form of holiday bonuses.
• Still, law firm compensation has changed within the last 15 years.
• Find out now what those changes are.

Summary: Learn more about the history of law firm partner compensation and how partners are compensated in law firms today in this article.

There has been considerable change in law firm partner compensation systems over the past 15 years and two basic systems exist today – subjective systems and lockstep systems – according to a recent white paper. U.S. law firms overwhelmingly use subjective systems in which committees allocate compensation based on a number of factors, the most important of which is client origination. READ MORE >

You need to have a list of cases you have worked on or deals you have helped close to show law firms what you have done. Learn more in this article. READ MORE >

With clear and proven insights on rainmaking, business plans, lateral moves and more, BCG’s Comprehensive Guide for Law Firm Partners is a must-have resource. READ MORE >

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If you are an attorney with portable business, your business plan is even more important than your resume. When you were an associate, the first thing a potential employer looked at was your resume when deciding whether to give you an interview. Now, the first thing, and sometimes the only thing, they will look at is your business plan. It is absolutely imperative that you create a business plan that represents you accurately and advantageously. READ MORE >

Question: I am a partner who is looking to move to another firm. Can you provide some basic guidance as to how I should estimate my portable business?
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Making the decision whether to move, and if so to where, is one of the most crucial decisions a partner has to make during their career. I regularly receive questions from my partner candidates regarding the various stages of the law firm recruiting process. This article summarizes the primary stages in this critical process and explains how they work. READ MORE >