Search Insights & Resources

Search Attorney Jobs

Career Advice for Attorneys

Article Keywords:
Sort By:

Featured Articles

Article of the Week

Law Firm Partner Compensation: Equity vs Non-Equity and ROI Explained

Law firm partnership has never been a simple “make partner and share profits” milestone. Today’s partnership landscape is increasingly tiered, metric-driven, and designed to manage firm profitability—often by expanding non-equity roles while concentrating equity ownership. This recent report....

Read Article

Unlocking 2026's Top Law Firm Platforms for Lateral Attorneys

Choosing the right law firm for a lateral move has never been more complex—or more consequential. Compensation is at record highs, competition for the best platforms is intense, and the gap between truly elite firms and everyone else keeps widening. For attorneys who want to maximize long-term car....

Read Article

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

Elite rainmakers at the very top of BigLaw quietly operate in a different economic universe—and Elite Law Firm Partners: The $25M+ Compensation Landscape Report pulls back the curtain on that world. This report from BCG Attorney Search maps out how a small group of partners reach $25 million+ in a....

Read Article

2026 Attorney Salary Guide: Law Firm Pay by Practice Area & Region

The U.S. legal market is entering one of its most data-driven eras, and nowhere is this clearer than in The Definitive 2026 Guide to Attorney Salaries in the United States: Comprehensive Law Firm Compensation Data by Practice Area, Region, and Level from BCG Attorney Search. This report brings toget....

Read Article

The Legal Career Specialization Imperative: Why 'Open to Anything' Fails and Focused ....

In today’s competitive legal market, attorneys who present themselves as “open to anything” often struggle to stand out. Law firms and employers are drawn to candidates who demonstrate clear focus, specialized expertise, and a well-defined career trajectory. By positioning yourself around a sp....

Read Article

Latest

Sort by

Top 9 Reasons Attorneys Lose Law Firm Jobs

Find out the nine most common reasons attorneys end up losing their law firm jobs in this article.....

Read Article

Top 5 Reasons Attorneys Leave Law Firm Jobs Voluntarily

Learn the five most common reasons attorneys choose to leave their law firms and what these choices may mean for their ....

Read Article

Three Simple Ways to Tell If You Should Work (or Continue to Work) in a Law Firm

Do you belong in a law firm? Ask yourself these three important questions to find out.....

Read Article

Top 30 Factors Large Law Firms Consider When Hiring Lateral Attorneys

Learn how big law firms evaluate potential hires and what you can do to increase your chances of getting hired by them.....

Read Article

Why Most Lawyers Should Not Work in Large Law Firms: The Only Three Reasons Any Attorney Should Work in a Large Law Firm

Why are you working in a large law firm? If it’s not for these three reasons, you should re-evaluate your situation.....

Read Article

Why Every Attorney Should Look at Multiple Legal Markets When Doing a Job Search

Learn why it is so important to the success of your legal job search to look at multiple markets in this article.....

Read Article

The One Simple Rule You Must Understand for Succeeding in a Law Firm: Ignore this Rule at Your Own Peril

Why do some attorneys succeed in large, prestigious law firms and others fail? The reason generally does not have to do....

Read Article

Understanding the Pros and Cons of Different Law Firm Types: Finding the Right Fit for Your Legal Career

This article discusses the importance of selecting the right law firm when planning a legal career. It examines the diff....

Read Article

What Yale Law School Teaches about How to Approach Your Legal Career That No Other Law School Does

Listen to This Podcast on:The law profession is by no means static.In fact, Yale Law School teaches its students practic....

Read Article

Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start

This is a must-read article for any attorney who is considering taking an extended leave of absence from the practice o....

Read Article

How to Rapidly Get Law Firm Offers (Even When Firms Have No Openings)

If you want to get more law firm job offers than you ever have before, you need to understand how to make yourself desi....

Read Article

Top 20 Mistakes Attorneys Make When Choosing to Look for and Accept New Jobs

Avoid making any of these major mistakes made by attorneys that are thinking about switching firms, as they could serio....

Read Article

The 'Systematic Reason' Why Most Attorneys Fail in Large, Prestigious Law Firms

If you want to succeed in a large law firm, you need to understand what is causing so many other attorneys to fail. Lea....

Read Article

How the Billable Hour Makes the Majority of Attorneys Dishonest and Unhappy: The Real Reason Why Most Attorneys' Careers Are Out of Control

Learn what you must do as an attorney to make sure you are in full control of your career.....

Read Article

The Only Seven Reasons a Law Firm Will Ever Make You a Partner

Listen to This Podcast on:In this article, you will learn the seven reasons why a law firm would make someone a partner,....

Read Article
We've changed thousands of lives over the past 25 years, and yours could be next.

When you use BCG Attorney Search you will get an unfair advantage because you will use the best legal placement company in the world for finding permanent law firm positions.