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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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Interview Preparation Techniques

For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereIntroductionPreparation is the key to suc....

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The Best Interview Tips For Your Law Firm Interview

Listen to This Podcast on:For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereThe primary pur....

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How Attorneys Should Talk About Other Law Firms they Are Interviewing With in Law Firm Interviews

Beyond your qualifications there will be one question during your law firm interviews that will be the most important in....

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BigLaw Interview Tips and Law Firm Interview Preparation: A Complete Guide for Law Students and Attorneys

Be prepared to answer questions like: “why are you interviewing for this position,” and “what do you know about ou....

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Why Corporate is an Extremely Dangerous Practice Area During Recessions

Since late 2000, as every attorney knows, there has been a marked slowdown in the amount of available corporate work. Th....

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Can You Be Trusted? Why Credibility is One of the Most Important Characteristics of the Most Successful Attorneys

''Can you be trusted?'' Beyond any other single question—regardless of how motivated you are, where you went to law sc....

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Why the Culture of the Law Firm You Are Working for Will Determine How Happy and Successful You Are Practicing Law

Culture could be what makes or breaks your career within a law firm.Nonetheless, an incorrect or disagreeable culture ca....

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Dating and Networking Etiquette

As the economy sinks, competition for good legal jobs, both in-house and at law firms, is on the rise.....

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Your Success and Happiness as an Attorney Depend on Being Someone Who Builds up the Firm and Its People, Rather than Being a Source of Negativity and Problems

In every organization, there are people who are positive forces that lead, inspire, and build and others who are negativ....

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Coping with the Process of Applying for a Position in a Law Firm: Do Not Let Silence, Delay, Ambiguity, or Rejection Get You Down!

The process of seeking a position at a major law firm is not for the faint of heart. In addition to coping with core iss....

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Post Law Firm Interview: Don't Forget Your Thank You Notes!

For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereSo, you spent the afternoon interviewing ....

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Do Recruiters Just Mass Mail Resumes?

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

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Why an Attorney Should Never Switch Law Firm Jobs Too Often: Law Firms Will Not Trust You to Stay after Too Many Moves and Will Not Hire You

Most attorneys from large firms move at least once or twice during their first three to five years of practice. However,....

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How Law Firms Make Money from their Attorneys and Clients: A Guide to Law Firm Economics for Attorneys

Even as some law firms state they do not bill unfairly, other firms may fall short of that ethic.From law firm to law fi....

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35 Absurd Ways to Create an Awkward Moment in an Interview

For the World’s Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click HereGiven the nature of practicing law, almos....

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