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- Weighing Options for a Legal Career: Moving from Boutique Law Firm to Large Firm or In-House Department in New York
- Should I Give Notice to My Law Firm Right After Receiving a Job Offer from a New Law Firm?
- How to Transition Back Into the Practice of Law After a Hiatus
- How Should I Handle Requests to Speak to My Current Law Firm When Applying to New Firms?
- When Should an Attorney Start a Job Search if they Are Looking to Move in December?
- How Does an Attorney Know Whether it is Time to Leave Their Current Law Firm and Find a New Attorney Job?
- Is it a Waste of Time for an Attorney to Apply to Jobs Online?
- The 7 Steps Attorneys with 5+ Years of Law Firm Experience Must Take to Save Their Legal Careers
- Taking Time Off? Consider What Firms Will Ask When You Seek a Return
- Dealing with Rejection
- Make a Lateral Move Wisely, Infrequently and with Good Reason
- Taking Time Off from Practicing Law: How Will It Impact Your Future Marketability?
- When Your Surroundings Dictate a Passive Search
- Should I Look for Other Opportunities If My Firm Recently Laid Off Staff?
- Is it Pointless for Attorneys to Move Law Firms Because They Are All Basically the Same?
- After Giving Notice, What Should Be Done to Wrap Things Up at My Current Firm?
- Important Questions Attorneys Need to Ask Themselves Before Searching for a New Law Firm Position
- Is the Wrong Job Now Better than the Right Job Later?
- How Can I Look for a Job without Burning Bridges with My Current Employer?
- How Soon Should I Start My Lateral Job Search?
- Navigating Your Job Search through the Holidays
- Does It Matter If I Give Notice Before I’ve Officially Cleared Conflicts at My New Firm?
- Can I Move to a Government Job then Come Back to a Law Firm?
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- I’ve Noticed Many Job Ads for Litigators with 3-5 Years of Experience. I Have 12 Years of Experience and Would Accept the Same Salary as a 5th-Year Attorney. Wouldn’t Hiring a More Experienced Attorney for Less Be Appealing to Firms?
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- Job Hunt at New YearsS Eve - Yes or No
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- How Long Does it Take to Make a Lateral Move?
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- Is Waiting to Get Multiple Offers a Good Idea?
- How Much Time Does It Take for a Firm to Reach a Hiring Decision?
- When Is the Right Time to Make a Lateral Move?
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- Is Taking Six Months off a Good Idea Before Resuming a Job Search?
- Work-life Balance & a Biglaw Job
- Is It Unusual for the Legal Job Market to Be This Dormant in October?
- What Does It Mean If I Haven't Heard From a Law Firm after an Application/Interview?
- As an Unemployed Associate, How Can I Best Position Myself to Get Placed with a Top Law Firm?
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- Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion?
- What Should I Do if I Just Lateraled as an Attorney to a New Law Firm and Do Not Like it There? Is it Acceptable to Start Looking for a New Law Firm Right After Starting at a New Law Firm?
- Does Being Long-term Unemployed Hurt Chances of Getting Back in the Legal Field?
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Legal Market Research ¬ Legal Market Reports ¬ State of the Legal Market Reports
- The 2024 State of the Lateral Law Firm Legal Market
- 2023 State of The Legal Market Report
- The BCG Attorney Search 2022 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Market Report
- The 2021 State of the Legal Market Report
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Fall/Winter 2020
- The BCG Attorney Search 2020 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Market Report
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Fall-Winter 2019
- The BCG Attorney Search 2019 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Summer-Fall 2018
- The BCG Attorney Search 2018 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market–Winter 2018
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Summer 2017
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Spring 2017
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Winter 2017
- The BCG Attorney Search 2017 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Fall 2016
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Spring-Summer 2016
- State of the Law Firm Hiring Market - Winter 2016
- State of the American Legal Job Market 2016: Hot and Weak Practice Areas of 2016
- State of the Market - Fall 2015
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The fact that my recruiter submitted my information to a lot more law firms than I ever would have found on my own was m....Read more >
Kristin Glover
UC Hastings College of the Law, Class Of 2020
Placed at LKGLOBAL[Working with BCG] was very easy. I worked with my legal placement professional because I had responded to some listings....Read more >
Mark Hertel
Columbia University Law School, Class Of 2006
Placed at Feldman & Feldman Associates, APCAnnie was friendly, personable, and always responded promptly. I loved that Annie wrote my cover letters and dealt with ....Read more >
Emily Vanderlaan
Michigan State University College of Law, Class Of 2019
Placed at Robinson & Henry P.C.I had worked with other recruiters, but I really felt like BCG took me on as more of a client and more serious in helpin....Read more >
Scott Terrell
University of Virginia School of Law, Class Of 2013
Placed at Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLPWhat where some of your favorite things about working with BCG and Carolina? Carolina really listened my experience and ....Read more >
Anna Menkova
St. John's University School of Law, Class Of 2017
Placed at Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP[BCG was] very pro-active. I thought [they had] expansive thinking as far as different options, and [I appreciated the] ....Read more >
James Ficenec
University of California, Berkeley, Class Of 1989
Placed at Newmeyer & Dillion, L.L.P.The fact that my recruiter submitted my information to a lot more law firms than I ever would have found on my own was m....Read more >
Kristin Glover
UC Hastings College of the Law, Class Of 2020
Placed at LKGLOBAL[Working with BCG] was very easy. I worked with my legal placement professional because I had responded to some listings....Read more >
Mark Hertel
Columbia University Law School, Class Of 2006
Placed at Feldman & Feldman Associates, APCAnnie was friendly, personable, and always responded promptly. I loved that Annie wrote my cover letters and dealt with ....Read more >
Emily Vanderlaan
Michigan State University College of Law, Class Of 2019
Placed at Robinson & Henry P.C.I had worked with other recruiters, but I really felt like BCG took me on as more of a client and more serious in helpin....Read more >
Scott Terrell
University of Virginia School of Law, Class Of 2013
Placed at Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLPWhat where some of your favorite things about working with BCG and Carolina? Carolina really listened my experience and ....Read more >
Anna Menkova
St. John's University School of Law, Class Of 2017
Placed at Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP[BCG was] very pro-active. I thought [they had] expansive thinking as far as different options, and [I appreciated the] ....Read more >
James Ficenec
University of California, Berkeley, Class Of 1989
Placed at Newmeyer & Dillion, L.L.P.Popular Articles by Harrison Barnes
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