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Attorney Career Strategy: How the Water Rule Helps Lawyers Make Better Job Decisions

Attorneys often make career decisions based on prestige, compensation, fear, convenience, or the expectations of others. But the most successful legal careers are rarely built on impulse. They are built by understanding where opportunity flows, where demand is strongest, and where an attorney’s sk....

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Beat Attorney Burnout: Find Happiness in Legal Practice

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled How Attorneys Can Beat Burnout and Find Happiness in Legal Practice.The focus is on the critical human need for positive feedback and encouragement to sustain a successful and fulfilling legal career. The webinar explains how toxic or unsup....

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Attorney Career Success: Optimizing Your Process for Lasting Results

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled Attorney Career Success: Focus on Process, Not Results. The focus is on how shifting one's mindset from obsessing over immediate outcomes, like money or prestige, to building sustainable professional processes can dramatically transform a l....

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Building a Profitable Legal Career: The Power of Repeatable Work

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled The Profitability Process: Why the Most Valuable Legal Work is Work That Repeats Itself. The focus is on the critical importance of securing "repeatable work" to ensure long-term career stability and success in the legal profession. Rather ....

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Attorney Career Trends: What the Fastest-Growing Practice Areas Mean for Your Future

The legal profession is changing quickly, and attorneys who understand where demand is rising will have a major advantage in the years ahead. BCG Attorney Search’s report, The 20 Hottest and Fastest-Growing Practice Areas for Attorneys, arrives at exactly the right time. It highlights the practice....

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A Realistic Approach to Changing Practice Areas

IntroductionOut of all the inquiries I receive from attorneys as a recruiter, no small number are from attorneys who, fo....

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Why Does Litigation Hiring Seem to Take So Much Longer Than Hiring for Other Practice Areas?

Question: Why does litigation hiring seem to take so much longer than hiring for other practice areas? I have a colleagu....

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IP Lawyers Must Learn to Adapt to New Rules

Prior to the Roberts' Court, it was a rare occurrence for the Supreme Court to hear a case involving intellectual proper....

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I'm a Patent Agent, When Should I Start Searching for a Job?

Question:I am a patent agent who has not yet taken the patent bar exam, but I plan to take it within the next several mo....

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Lateral Interviewing Techniques

For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereInterviewing as a lateral is very differe....

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What Practice Areas Do You Think Will Be in Highest Demand for 2013?

Question:As we wind down 2012 and start gearing up for 2013 that is a great question to focus on! The short answer is th....

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Transactional Attorneys Gain Traction

BCG Attorney Search Managing Director Liz Hudson on the Demand for Corporate Attorneys in California.....

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New York Recruiter Margaret Gilleran: Why Real Estate Law Is a Hot Market

The New York market for real estate attorneys is making a comeback, with mid-level associates in particular demand.....

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Do I Need to Meet the Patent Experience Requirements for Patent Agent Opportunities at Major Law Firms?

Question:I have a quick question. When most of the patent agent job posts ask for a specific number of years' experience....

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What Makes a Strong Patent Agent Candidate?

As a legal recruiter who specializes in patent agents, the most important initial issue that I have to address when I fi....

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What to Wear to a Lunch Interview With a Law Firm

For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereQuestion: I am scheduled to have a lunch ....

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Is Changing Practice Areas within a Law Firm a Good Move?

Question:I am an associate with a top firm in Manhattan. Work in my practice area at the firm (M&A) has gotten very slow....

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During a Job Search, When Should You Give Out References?

Question: I am a third-year associate and have been working at the same firm since I first started practicing law. I am ....

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Should You Apply to the Same Firm Through Different Recruiters?

BCG Attorney Search is a legal placement firm and not a legal recruiting firm. There is a huge difference. Read....

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Biglaw Associate Thinking of Changing Practice Areas

Question:I am a second year BigLaw associate. I am not sure that I have chosen the correct practice area and think that ....

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