General Legal Employer Resource Center | BCGSearch.com

Search Insights & Resources

Search Attorney Jobs

General Legal Employer Resource Center

Article Keywords:
Sort By:

Featured Articles

How Large Law Firms Process Lateral Applications: The Definitive Guide to BigLaw Hiring

Author's Note & MethodologyThis article combines inside interview-based insights with public industry guidance and law firm policy examples. Primary source materials include a detailed transcript discussion with former Reed Smith internal recruiter Anelyse DeVries, the National Association for L....

Read Article

2026 Am Law 100 Most Profitable Law Firms: Profits Per Equity Partner & Revenue Per ....

The 2026 Am Law 100 rankings make one thing clear: BigLaw profitability is no longer just about size. While gross revenue still matters, the most important story for attorneys, law firm leaders, recruiters, and legal industry analysts is found in the deeper metrics—profits per equity partner, reve....

Read Article

How Law Firms Evaluate Lateral Associates by Experience Level

For lateral associates, hiring is rarely just about whether a firm has an opening. It is about whether your class year makes sense for the work, the billing rate, the training level, and the long-term economics of bringing you in. That is why BCG Attorney Search’s report, Lateral Associate Hiring ....

Read Article

Attorney Compensation by Practice Area: What Each Specialty Pays and Why

Understanding attorney compensation across different practice areas is crucial for law students, recent graduates, and experienced attorneys considering career transitions. In 2026, the legal profession continues to demonstrate significant salary variations based on specialty, with some practice are....

Read Article

2026 BCG Attorney Search Legal Talent Movement Report: Key Trends Shaping the Legal ....

The 2026 BCG Attorney Search Legal Talent Movement Report delivers one of the most comprehensive analyses of attorney lateral hiring, law firm growth, and shifting talent patterns in today’s competitive legal market. As firms continue to adapt to economic cycles, evolving client demands, and inten....

Read Article

Latest

Sort by

Think Differently, Specialize and Prosper

This is an exciting time to be a new partner in a law firm. The legal market has experienced several years of record pro....

Read Article

The Price of Leadership in Law Firms

Simply put, if the job of a manager is "to make the trains run on time," the job of a leader is to ask where we should l....

Read Article

Capital Planning for Law Firms

As law firms review their capitalization, they need to consider the costs of operations and strategic initiatives as wel....

Read Article

Pay to Win—How to Make Your Law Firm's Compensation System an Asset

Nothing can create more tension and controversy in a law firm than partner compensation. At their best, compensation sys....

Read Article

Planning for Partner Retirement

A partner’s retirement can have an adverse financial impact on a law firm unless proper planning is done. This is part....

Read Article

The Emphasis on New Clients and Partner Compensation

There are as many variations of partner compensation plans as there are law firms. Most are well intended and targeted a....

Read Article

Can Partnership ''Survive'' in Modern Giant Law Firms?

One of the most striking changes in the evolution of the American legal market over the last 20 years or so has been the....

Read Article

How Mid-Sized Firms Can Survive

Has your firm identified its business goals for this year (and beyond)? Have you developed long-term strategies for secu....

Read Article

Compensation Issues

At too many firms around the country, the primary roles of the first-year associate are pretty simple: Generate a signif....

Read Article

Law Firm Retirement Plans

Don't be deceived. Unfunded retirement plans are antiquated relics that can drain valuable resources and severely limit ....

Read Article

How to Measure Whether a Merger is Successful

The rapidly accelerating rate of consolidation in the legal profession continues to capture the attention and interest o....

Read Article

UK Law Firm Mergers with US Firms

A few years ago, many were predicting that the legal industry would see an overwhelming number of mergers between U.S. f....

Read Article

Typical Obstacles to Mergers

As the economy changes pace, more firms than ever are shifting their focus from acquiring new associates to procuring pa....

Read Article

The Importance of Integrating Associates in Firm Mergers

Long before most mergers are put to a vote, merger committees define and analyze the new firm's financial prospects, pra....

Read Article

How to Tell if Partners Are Ready to Merge

Recently, it seems that most publications focusing on the state of the legal industry include a line or two on firms tha....

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.