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Elite Law Firm Partner Compensation: Inside the $25M+ BigLaw Earnings Landscape

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Law Firm Culture: How to Identify, Compare, and Thrive in the Right Environment

Executive SummaryLaw firm culture profoundly shapes attorney satisfaction, retention, and advancement. With associate attrition fluctuating between 18–26% in recent years and major gaps in work-life norms across firm types, aligning with the right culture is a career-critical decision.....

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Why Lawyers at Every Stage Struggle: The Hidden Costs of Lacking Focus in Your Legal ....

In the cutthroat arena of legal careers, where specialization is the currency of success, indecision can derail even the most promising paths. Whether you're a law student frozen during OCI interviews, a new attorney fresh off the bar exam juggling mismatched clerkships, or an experienced lawyer in ....

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Think Strategically When Applying to Firms in a Slower Economy

This article addresses an issue that may seem like common sense, but is something many attorneys don't fully appreciate.....

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Creating a Visibility Plan

Larry Stybel's main thesis was: if you want to be successful lawyer today, mere ''competence'' is insufficient. With a l....

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Weathering Uncertainty

There is no denying the national mood has shifted towards the dark side. It is impossible to escape the reports of natur....

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Double Down: Why Risking Your Bonus Isn't Much of a Gamble

It seems that many lawyers do not consider changing firms in the fourth quarter of their firms' fiscal year, even when t....

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Finding the Right Way to Explain a Negative

Daniel Smart was having a difficult time with his job search. Dan (whose name has been changed for this article) had an ....

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Transitioning from an Accounting Firm

Many law students, for a number of different reasons, make the decision to start their careers as tax attorneys. Some ar....

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All the Right Moves: Choosing between End of Year versus Beginning of Year When Considering a Lateral Move

As the holiday season approaches and the end of 2007 looms closer, partner and associate candidates wonder whether it is....

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Battered Associate Syndrome

So you've had many less-than-stellar experiences as an associate at your law firm. You've spent countless all-nighters o....

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It's Bathing Suit Season! Time to Trim the Fat on your Resume

Click here to view a collection of attorney resume and cover letter resources written by experienced legal recruiters.Wh....

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The Dangers of Myopia—Do You Have a Clear View of Your Own Professional Value?

A candidate called me this week, and in the course of exchanging information I realized that she was probably the most h....

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Broken Promises in Lateral Hiring

Lateral movement between major firms is an accepted fact of life in today's legal profession. This has been well documen....

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First Things First: Build Your Legal Career from the Inside Out

''Get a better recruiter.'' ''Get a better 'job.''' ''Go in-house.'' ''Take anything.'' ''Take only 'the best.''' If you....

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Bush v. Gore: Career Lessons from Campaign 2000

The twists and turns in this year's presidential race were enough to make anyone's head spin.If you are glad that the po....

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5 Strategies Lifestyle Law Firms Use to Compete in the Legal Market

For those lawyers who have practiced through both the heady hiring frenzy of the late 1990s and the resulting (and inevi....

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The Next Generation of Lawyers Is Here: Tips for Managing Millennial Attorneys

Law firms (along with the rest of corporate America) have their sights set on Generation Y, the coming-of-age individual....

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