Resources
Law Student Resources
Law Student Applicants
- 3 Things to Know If You Are Put On a Law School Admissions' Wait List
- The Top 4 Things High Schoolers Who Want to Become Lawyers Should Know
Law School Grades
- Last Minute Reading for Bar Exam Takers
- How Can I Find a Job When I Didn’t Graduate at the Top of My Class?
- I've Heard that [X Law Firm] Only Accepts Top 10 Law Schools/Laterals from Amlaw100 Firms/Top GPAs. Should I Still Submit My Materials?
- Do Grades and School Rankings Matter If Aiming for a Big-Law Job?
- Do Grades Matter If You Have Good Litigation Experience?
- Law School Grades and Your Career
- Grades vs. Experience
Law Student Q & A
Considerations for Legal Interns and Summer Associates
- Summer Associate Positions at Top Law Firms Are Open Now
- 3L Wonders Which Practice Area to Specialize In
- Worked as a Summer Associate, But Didn't Get an Offer. Your Options?
- I Did Not Hold a Summer Position or Other Relevant Internship During My Law School. What Should I Do to Help My Job Search?
- What Your Summers Say about You
- The BCG Guide to Summer Interviewing
- Summer Associates See Slight Thaw in
- Perks vs. Work: Do Wine Tastings and Weekend Retreats Sell Summer Associates on Law-Firm Life?
- Bikinis or Briefs...What Lies Beneath the Perfect Summer Interview
- 2L from Tier 2 School With Offer of Judicial Clerkship
Job Application Resources for Law Students
- Top 10 Interview Tips Law Students Need to Know
- Why Aren’t Legal Recruiters Interested in Recent Law School Graduates?
- What Your Summers Say about You
- The Law Student's Interview Cheat Sheet
- The BCG Guide to Summer Interviewing
- Personnel Directors
Law Student Job Search Resources
- You won't believe what 30 somethings are earning in these legal jobs
- Top 10 Ways to Get Your First Job after Law School
- Law Schools That Send the Most Attorneys to United States Supreme Court Clerkships
- Summer Associate Positions at Top Law Firms Are Open Now
- When Is the Best Time of Year for Attorneys to Look for New Positions?
- Law Firm Diversity: They All Talk the Talk, But It’s Harder to Walk the Walk
- Clerkships: Not All Are Equal but Not All Need to Be
- To Clerk or Not to Clerk
- How to Get a Job During and After a Federal Clerkship
- What Skills Do You Learn in Judicial Clerkships that Help You in Private Practice?
- How Can I Find a Job When I Didn’t Graduate at the Top of My Class?
- 3L Wonders Which Practice Area to Specialize In
- Worked as a Summer Associate, But Didn't Get an Offer. Your Options?
- Top 12 Considerations for Law Students Interested in Pursuing New York Law Firm Opportunities
- I Did Not Hold a Summer Position or Other Relevant Internship During My Law School. What Should I Do to Help My Job Search?
- Tips for First-Time Job Seekers
- Help in Finding an Entry Level Job
- Recently Graduated and Unemployed: Assistance with Your Hunt for a Permanent Legal Position
The Legal Job Market
- Top 12 Considerations for Law Students Interested in Pursuing New York Law Firm Opportunities
- Keeping A Level Head In These Crazy Times And Preparing For The Worst Case Scenario
- Turning To Plan B
- To Clerk or Not to Clerk
- Summer Associates See Slight Thaw in
- Personnel Directors
- Recently Graduated and Unemployed: Assistance with Your Hunt for a Permanent Legal Position
- Post-doc Wants to Go to Law School, Become a Patent Attorney
- JD/MBA Program vs. JD
Recent Law Graduate Resources
- 4 Things Future JDs Should Know About Choosing Their Practice Areas
- Do Small Firms Like Attorneys That Start Out at Big Law Firms?
- What Skills Do You Learn in Judicial Clerkships that Help You in Private Practice?
- How Can I Find a Job When I Didn’t Graduate at the Top of My Class?
- Why Aren’t Legal Recruiters Interested in Recent Law School Graduates?
- Worked as a Summer Associate, But Didn't Get an Offer. Your Options?
- 3L Wonders Which Practice Area to Specialize In
- Top 12 Considerations for Law Students Interested in Pursuing New York Law Firm Opportunities
- I Did Not Hold a Summer Position or Other Relevant Internship During My Law School. What Should I Do to Help My Job Search?
- Personnel Directors
- Perks vs. Work: Do Wine Tastings and Weekend Retreats Sell Summer Associates on Law-Firm Life?
- Summer Associates See Slight Thaw in
- The BCG Guide to Summer Interviewing
- Tips for First-Time Job Seekers
- To Clerk or Not to Clerk
- The Law Student's Interview Cheat Sheet
- What Your Summers Say about You
- Help in Finding an Entry Level Job
- New Lawyer Looking for a Job
- Tier 2 Grad From California Planning To Shift To New York
- Bikinis or Briefs...What Lies Beneath the Perfect Summer Interview
- Recently Graduated and Unemployed: Assistance with Your Hunt for a Permanent Legal Position
Job Search Resources
Working with a Legal Recruiter
- What Happens When You Work with a BCG Attorney Search Legal Placement Professional?
- Why You Should Never Use a Legal Recruiter
- How a Good Legal Recruiter Finds the Best in You and Communicates It to Employers: How to Define Your Unique Selling Proposition
- What Characteristics Should I Look for in a Legal Recruiter?
- What Makes BCG Attorney Search the Greatest Legal Recruiting Firm in the World
- The Principle of “Kaizen” and BCG Attorney Search
- BCG Opens Washington, D.C. Office
- Thoughts on BCG Attorney Search
- A Letter to BCG Attorney Search Recruiters from Harrison Barnes: Thoughts on BCG Attorney Search
- BCG Attorney Search Site Revamped; Introduces User-Friendly Features for Better Navigation
- Should I Use a Legal Recruiter? Top 10 Reasons to Use a Legal Recruiter
- What Makes a World Class Recruiter
- How BCG Finds Jobs
- BCG Opens San Francisco Office
- BCG Opens an Office in Philadelphia
- BCG Opens a New Office in Newport Beach
- BCG Opens an Office in Atlanta
- Should You Choose BCG Attorney Search?
- 10 Things That Most Legal Recruiters Will Not Tell You
- Why is it best to work with a legal placement agency
- Seven Things the Best Legal Recruiters Do that You Cannot Do Yourself
- Why Do Some Legal Recruiters Lose Interest in Their Candidates?
- Should You Pause Your Law Firm Job Search If You Are Not Getting [Enough] Interviews?
- How Legal Recruiters Manipulate You
- How to Know If You Are Marketable by a Legal Recruiter
- What Should I Do If the Recruiter I’m Working with Is Not Following Up with Firms They Have Submitted Me To?
- What Should I Do If a Recruiter Sent My Resume to a Firm without My Consent?
- How Do Headhunters Get the Names of People They Contact?
- Would I Be Better Off Contacting Law Firms Directly or Using an Online Legal Recruiter?
- A Comprehensive Guide to Working with a Legal Recruiter
- Everything You Need to Know about Working with Legal Recruiters
- How to Get Your Recruiter to Work for You
- What to Tell Your Recruiter after You’ve Been Laid Off
- Treat Your Job Search As a Full-Time Job
- Why Aren’t Legal Recruiters Interested in Recent Law School Graduates?
- Should I Work with Multiple Recruiters?
- I’m Working with a Recruiter That Has Submitted Me to Firms But I Don’t Have Any Results. Should I Switch Recruiters?
- I Am Looking to Go to Another Firm. Should I Reach Out to My Contacts at Other Firms to See If the Firms Are Interested?
- Summary of Law Firm Recruiting Process
- Do I Really Need a Recruiter?
- How to Choose a Recruiter That Is Right for You
- How to Choose a Good Attorney Recruiter
- Is Telling a Headhunter That You Are About to Be Laid-off a Good Move?
- Should You Apply to the Same Firm Through Different Recruiters?
- How Many Recruiters Should I Use?
- Can I Use More Than One Legal Recruiter in My Job Search?
- IP Associate Wonders Why His Recruiter Needs Undergrad Transcripts
- Skeptical Partner Considers Working with a Recruiter
- How to Find the Right Headhunter?
- Should I Submit My Legal Resume Through a Friend in the Law Firm?
- Recruiting a Recruiter
- Don't Believe the Hype about ''Exclusive'' Job Openings
- Why You Should Be Talking to a Legal Recruiter Right Now
- Help Me, Help You - Tips on How to Maximize the Benefits of Your Recruiter/Associate Candidate Relationship
- Recruiters as Agents: What Should You Look for in an Agent?
- Conducting a Professional Legal Search, A Personal Approach
- The Recruiter-Law Firm Relationship
- Rules of Engagement: Tips for Working with a Legal Recruiter
- How to Select the Best Legal Recruiter and Maximize the Effectiveness of Working with One
- Maintaining Confidentiality During a Job Search
- Why Do It Yourself?
- Why DIY?
- Is Telling a Headhunter That You Are About to Be Laid-off a Good Move?
- Finding the Right Recruiter for You
- FAQ about Legal Recruiting
- Beyond the Listings: Why Use a Search Firm?
- We profile BCG Recruiter Robert Kinney
- The Costs of Running a Recruiting Business
- Non-attorneys as Legal Recruiters
- Behind the Scenes of How the Most Effective Recruiters Work
Tips for Creating a Winning Application
- Keep Your Story Simple as an Attorney
- Attorney Resume and Cover Letter Advice
- What is the Best Way to Get My Attorney Resume and Cover Letter Noticed by Law Firms?
- I’ve Heard of People Making Different Versions of Their Resume – Is This a Good Idea?
- How Should I Prepare My Resume If I’m Getting Ready for a Law Firm Job Search?
- How "Out" Should I Be on My Attorney Resume?
- What Should I Put on My Attorney Resume?
- Do I Need to Submit my Transcript When Applying for Jobs Years After Law School?
- How to Explain the Employment Gap in Your Resume
- Are Law School Transcripts Necessary When Applying for Jobs?
- Where Should Education Go on a Lawyer's Resume?
- Should a Resume Be Only One Page Long?
- Action Verbs for Effective Resumes
- Seven Reasons Why Updating Your Legal Resume Could Change Your Life
- Attorney Resume Writing Tips
- Your Resume as a First Impression
- Resume Revamp: A Little Less Conversation? A Little More Action!
- It's Bathing Suit Season! Time to Trim the Fat on your Resume
- Should Jobs Held for a Short Duration Be Included on My Resume
- Keep Your Story Simple as an Attorney
- Attorney Resume and Cover Letter Advice
- What is the Best Way to Get My Attorney Resume and Cover Letter Noticed by Law Firms?
- What Law Firms Want to See in Your Cover Letter
- How to Address Your Layoff in Cover Letters and Interviews
- BCG Publishes a Style Guide for Search Letters
- 2014-2015 BCG Cover Letter Guide
- The Human Tendency to Infer the Worst: Why the Absence of a Proper Cover Letter Can Severely Damage Your Candidacy
- The Dos and Don'ts of Cover Letter Writing
- Choose Your References Wisely
- During a Job Search, When Should You Give Out References?
- Is Asking firm Partner for Help in a Job Hunt a Wise Move?
- Is it a Good Move to Use My Law Firm Contacts to Get a Position in the Law Firm?
- Is Contacting Your Old Boss a Good Idea When Looking for a Job?
- Should I Submit My Legal Resume Through a Friend in the Law Firm?
- Handling References: A Basic Guide
- The Ins and Outs of References and Ensuring You Get a Good One
- Handling References: A Basic Guideline
- How to Choose Writing Samples for an Interview
- Writing Samples: Top 12 Frequently Asked Questions
Interview and Post Interview Resources
- Researching Specific Law Firms
- Associate Learns Negative Gossip About Law Firm Making the Offer
- Interviewing a Law Firm: Distinctions that Make the Difference
- Making a Lateral Move: Are You Ready? How Should You Conduct Your Due Diligence Before Jumping?
- Economic Downturn to Have Mixed Impact on Businesses
- Distinguishing among the "Big Firms"
- What Should I Wear to an Interview with a Law Firm Known for Casual Dress?
- Law Firm Interview Resources
- What to Wear to a Lunch Interview?
- Why You Are Having a Difficult Time Getting a Law Firm Position
- How Should I Best Prepare for a Law Firm Interview?
- How to Hire the Best Lateral Attorneys: 23 Types of Attorneys Prestigious Law Firms Avoid Hiring
- What Does Silence Mean When a Law Firm Fails to Respond to Your Application, or Interviews You and Then Goes Dark?
- The Definitive List of Law Firm Interview Questions and Answers
- The Only Six Factors Prestigious Law Firms Care about When Hiring Lateral Attorneys
- Why Most Attorneys Fail Telephone-Screening Interviews
- Keep Your Story Simple as an Attorney
- Law Firm Interview Questions
- Simplifying the Complications in Your Story
- How Body Language and Presence Can Help You during Your Interview
- How to Excel at Second Round Law Firm Interviews and Get More Job Offers
- Interview Questions and Reminders
- Why You Should Never Say Anything Negative about Your Former Employer as an Attorney
- Why You Should Never Bring Up Salary During the Interview as an Attorney
- Why You Should Dress Nicely as an Attorney Even When the Law Firm Is Casual
- Why You Need to Know What Projects the Firm Works on in an Attorney Interview
- Why You Need to Be Polite to Legal Staff as an Attorney
- Why You Must Never Be Late to the Interview as an Attorney
- Why Wearing Perfume or Cologne Is a Bad Idea as an Attorney
- Why Loser Attorney Candidates Lose the Opportunity
- Why Grinder Attorney Candidates Win the Opportunity
- The Lowdown on Pantsuits and Pumps as an Attorney (for Women)
- The Information You Should Never Volunteer in an Interview as an Attorney
- The Best Bet When It Comes to the Color of Your Suit as an Attorney (for Men)
- Simple Ways to Convey Why You Are Changing Jobs as an Attorney without Trashing Anyone
- One of the Most Important Questions You Will Ever Be Asked in an Interview as an Attorney
- How to Dress for the Interview as an Attorney
- How to Answer an Illegal Question with Finesse as an Attorney
- How Dressing Well Is Related to Being a Good Attorney
- Why You Should Visualize the Interview as an Attorney
- Why You Should Practice Everything Out Loud Before an Interview as an Attorney
- Why Attorneys Should Brainstorm about Things They Like to Do Outside of Work
- Why You Should Ask Prospective Firms for a List of Top Representative Clients as an Attorney
- Why an Attorney Should Find Out about the Law Firm’s Values
- What Knowing the Cost of Living Has to Do with Getting Hired as an Attorney
- Six Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before the Interview as an Attorney
- Key Resources to Learn About the Law Firm You Are Interviewing With as an Attorney
- Four Factors Attorneys Should Always Consider for Any Interview
- Differences Between BigLaw and Boutique Firms for Attorneys
- Why Your Legal Career as an Attorney is Like an S-Curve in Business
- Which Firms Have Grade Cutoffs for Attorneys
- Which Firms Can Truthfully State That They Are Meritocracies
- Whether Most Attorneys Consider Prestige or Salary More Important
- When Law Firms Are Interested in Undergraduate Grades of Attorneys
- What Studies Say First-Year Law School Grades Predict for Attorneys
- The Most Important Thing to Know about Getting a Legal Job as an Attorney
- Special Hiring Considerations for Senior Associate Attorneys
- Nine Things to Think about to See If You Will Fit into a Firm
- How to Repackage Yourself as an Attorney to Get the Job
- How to Put Yourself Back on Track as an Attorney by Taking a Public Interest Job
- How to Jumpstart Your Career as an Attorney by Moving to Another State
- How to Choose Between Law Firms as an Attorney
- Four Factors Firms Consider Along with Grades for Mid-Level Associate Attorneys
- How to Overcome Nearly Any Obstacle Out There as an Attorney
- Ready for Your Next Attorney Interview? Learn Why Your Interviewer Hopes Things Go Well Too
- Why You Should Think about Specific Results Achieved in Past Jobs
- Why You Should Never “Wing It†in an Attorney Interview No Matter How Good You Are with People
- Why You Should Keep Inside Your Concerns about Life-Work Balance as an Attorney
- Why You Should Always Be Prepared for the Unexpected in an Attorney Interview
- Why an Attorney Needs to Think Like an Advocate in a Law Firm Interview
- Why Firms Don’t Care Whether You Can Pay Your Bills as an Attorney
- Why Firms Do Care If You Have a Mortgage as an Attorney
- Why a Strong Sense of Self Is the Most Important Thing You Can Possess as an Attorney
- Seven Areas Where We Get Our Sense of Self as an Attorney
- Even If You Can’t Change Your Grades as an Attorney, What You Have the Power to Change in the Interview
- What You Should Never Talk About During an Attorney Interview
- What You Can Learn about Attorney Interviewing from a Story about the Swiss Army Watch
- What Every Firm Needs to Know When an Attorney Interviews with Them
- The One Key Goal You Must Focus on During the Attorney Interview Process
- Special Attorney Interview Tips for Senior Associates
- Special Attorney Interview Tips for Junior Associates
- Seven Soft Skills That Have Nothing to Do with Your Stats as an Attorney
- How “Soft Skills†Can Save the Day in an Attorney Interview
- How Much Do Grades Really Matter for Attorneys?
- The Easiest Way to Screw Up an Attorney Interview
- The Five Things Employers Really Want to Know during a Law Firm Interview
- Why You Need to Forget Everything Boring on Your Attorney Resume
- Why You Need to Keep It Simple in an Attorney Interview
- The Attribute Shared by Attorneys Who Most Consistently Land Jobs
- The Biggest Attorney Interview Mistakes
- Nine Rules of Thumb for Attorney Interviews
- Dealing with the Interview Taboo
- How Should I Respond When Law Firms Ask Why I Don't Want to Return to My Summer Firm?
- What Should I Tell Prospective Firms If My Previous Firm Won’t Admit Publicly Why I Was Fired?
- What Reason Should I Give for Not Transferring to Another Branch Office with My Firm?
- If I Am Asked to Interview, Does That Mean I Will Get an Offer?
- Law Firm Interview Resources
- Preparing to Answer Key Interview Questions
- The Importance of Interest, Energy and Enthusiasm in a Law Firm Interview
- Do I Have to Reveal My Current Salary to a Firm with Whom I am Interviewing?
- What Should I Do If I Don’t Hear Back After a Good Interview?
- Interview Yourself First - Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Lateral Search
- When Asked about "Salary Expectations" in an Interview How Should I Respond?
- Is It Ever a Good Idea to Lie or Exaggerate about Your Qualifications on a Resume or in an Interview? (Part II)
- Open-Ended Interview Questions
- What Questions Should I Ask During an Interview?
- The Changing Interview Landscape
- Do I Have to Tell the Firm with Whom I am Interviewing My Current Salary?
- The Benefits of Taking a Proactive Role in Job Interviews
- Your Interviewing Personality
- What’s the Best Way to Convince a Firm That I Am Serious about My Geographic Move?
- How Can I Raise My Game If I Was One of the Top Three Being Considered for a Position?
- How to Ace a Phone Interview
- Lateral Interviewing Techniques
- What Should I Bring to a Job Interview?
- Knowing What to Ask and When to Ask It
- How Should I Handle a Skype Interview?
- How to Address Your Layoff in Cover Letters and Interviews
- Recently Laid-off Associate Unsure How to Handle Job Status in Interviews
- What to Wear to a Lunch Interview?
- Associate about to Be Let Go Unsure How to Handle Reason for Leaving in Interviews
- How to Conduct Yourself During a Lunch Interview
- How to Interview in a Different City without Risking Your Current Job
- Thank-you Notes - Handwritten or By Email?
- What Does It Mean If I Haven't Heard Anything Back from an Application/Interview in a Couple Weeks?
- Shy 4th Year Associate Needs Help in Overcoming Interview Fear
- Be Prepared for the Most Important Question
- Had a Great Interview but Have Got No Response to My Thank-You Emails
- How to Choose Writing Samples for an Interview
- Interviewing After a Long Time
- Is Voluntary Disclosure During an Interview a Good Idea?
- Acing Your Interview Starts with Assessing the Interviewer
- The Art of Interviewing: Tips for Converting Interviews Into Offers
- Questions to Ask When It's Time to Listen
- Personnel Directors
- The Secret to Effectively Sharing Concerns about Your Current Employer without Committing the Most Common Interview Blunder
- Off-the-Record Interview Tips from Law Firm Interviewers
- The Truth and Nothing but the Truth?But Not the Whole Truth
- The Law Student's Interview Cheat Sheet
- Are You a ''Me-Focused'' or a ''You-Focused'' Interviewee?
- Interview Uncertainty
- Interviewing and Dating: Some Parallel Principles
- Interviewing Tips
- Interview Preparation Techniques
- When Good Candidates Go Bad: A Tale of Trust
- The Importance of Interview Preparation — No Matter How Confident You Feel about Your Interviewing Skills
- Interviewing a Law Firm: Distinctions that Make the Difference
- Recently Laid-off Associate Unsure How to Handle Job Status in Interviews
- Assertive Communication Gets Better Results
- 35 Absurd Ways to Create an Awkward Moment in an Interview
- INTERVIEW 101: When Did "Type A" Become "Too Much"?
- Thank-you Notes - Handwritten or By Email?
- Had a Great Interview but Have Got No Response to My Thank-You Emails
- Do Firms Expect or Even Care About Thank You Notes?
- 'Thank You Notes: Are They Still Necessary?''
- The Interview Post-Mortem: Don't Forget Your Thank You Notes!
- Law Firm Interview Resources
- Should I Accept My Current Employer’s Counteroffer?
- Is Waiting to Get Multiple Offers a Good Idea?
- Should You Accept an on the Spot Offer?
- Associate Learns Negative Gossip About Law Firm Making the Offer
- What to Consider When Weighing a Law Firm Offer?
- Newly Minted Lawyer Unsure About Non-associate Position Being Offered
- Two Different Firm Offers - Which One to Choose?
- How to Evaluate If the Offer is Good?
- Two Different Firm Offers - Which One to Choose?
- Factors to Consider when Evaluating a Job Offer
- Dangers of Negotiating Your Offer in a Down Market
- Now That You Have an Offer — Is It the Right One for You?
- Between Offer and Acceptance
- Play the Waiting Game as an Offer Slowly Winds Its Way Through the Proper Channels, It's Best to Keep Your Cool
- Playing With Fire: Using a New Offer From a Competing Firm as Leverage to Get What you Want at Your Current Firm
- The Danger of Counteroffers
- Coping with the Process of Applying for a Position in a Law Firm: Don't Let Silence, Delay, Ambiguity, or Rejection Get You Down!
- Don't Let Your Ego Affect Your Offer
- Evaluating a Job Offer Non-financial Issues
- Analyzing the Offer: A Questionnaire and Worksheet
When and Where to Lateral
- How Long Will It Take to Hear Back from Firms?
- How Long Will It Take before I Hear Back from a Law Firm?
- When You Should and Should Not Leave Your Law Firm to Get Ahead
- What Does Silence Mean When a Law Firm Fails to Respond to Your Application, or Interviews You and Then Goes Dark?
- Lateral Movement – Time to Go
- Why Law Firms Reject You
- When Is the Best Time of Year for Attorneys to Look for New Positions?
- Factors to Consider When Timing Your Job Search
- Top 20 Mistakes Attorneys Make When Choosing to Look for and Accept New Jobs
- Top 10 Reasons Why November and December Are the Best Times of the Year for Attorneys to Look for New Law Firm Positions
- As a Junior Attorney, Should I Make a Move to Another Opportunity?
- When Should I Start My Job Search If I Am Looking to Move in December?
- How Do I Know If It Is Time to Leave My Current Firm?
- Am I Wasting My Time Reading and Responding to Online Job Postings?
- Dealing with Rejection
- How Soon Should I Start My Lateral Job Search?
- Navigating Your Job Search through the Holidays
- Can I Move to a Government Job then Come Back to a Law Firm?
- Treat Your Job Search As a Full-Time Job
- Why Aren’t Legal Recruiters Interested in Recent Law School Graduates?
- When to Move to a New Firm?
- Should I Leave My Current Job before Starting My New Job Search?
- Why Summer Is a Great Time for Your Job Search
- Should I Conduct a Summer Search or Wait for the Fall?
- How Soon Is Too Soon
- Summary of Law Firm Recruiting Process
- Job Hunt at New YearsS Eve - Yes or No
- How to Explain the Employment Gap in Your Resume
- How Long Does it Take to Make a Lateral Move?
- Job Hunting During the Vacation Season - A Good Move?
- 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?
- Should You Accept an on the Spot Offer?
- Is It Unusual for the Legal Job Market to Be This Dormant in October?
- What Does It Mean If I Haven't Heard Anything Back from an Application/Interview in a Couple Weeks?
- How Much Time Does It Take to Land a Job in an Amlaw 100 Firm?
- Had a Great Interview but Have Got No Response to My Thank-You Emails
- Is Changing Firms Twice in Four Years Considered Job Hopping?
- When to Start Your Job Hunt: Summer or Fall?
- Is It Unusual for the Legal Job Market to Be This Dormant in October?
- Why You Should Be Talking to a Legal Recruiter Right Now
- Some Basic Advice on How to Best Navigate the Growing Legal Market in 2011
- No, You Should Not Quit Your Job before Securing a New One
- Economic Seasons
- Should You Accept an Offer from a New Law Firm?
- When Is the Right Time to Make Your Move?
- Job Search Strategies in a Tough Market
- Hiring During the Holiday Season
- Double Down: Why Risking Your Bonus Isn't Much of a Gamble
- Think Strategically When Applying to Firms in a Slower Economy
- It's Bathing Suit Season! Time to Trim the Fat on your Resume
- All the Right Moves: Choosing between End of Year versus Beginning of Year When Considering a Lateral Move
- How to Manage Your Career in a Declining Legal Market
- Your Career, Amid the Flood
- What to Do if You Are a Law Firm Partner Without Business
- Don’t Give Up! Why You Should Work with the Best Law Firm You Can as Long as You Can
- The 18 Most Important Decisions You Make with Your Legal Career
- Why You Should Find Your “Tribe†and Not Just Focus on Money in Making Law Firm Job Decisions
- Clerkships: Not All Are Equal but Not All Need to Be
- Should You Start Your Own Law Firm? Top 10 Reasons to Start or Not Start Your Own Firm
- If I Make the Olympic Team, How Will My Law Firm React?
- Why Attorneys with 5+ Years of Law Firm Experience Are in Serious Trouble (and Seven Steps They Need to Take to Save Their Legal Careers)
- The Importance of Gathering Intelligence
- When Your Surroundings Dictate a Passive Search
- Should I Look for Other Opportunities If My Firm Recently Laid Off Staff?
- Is the Wrong Job Now Better than the Right Job Later?
- Lawyer Experiences Buyer's Remorse at New Law Firm
- Sixth-year Litigation Associate Sees Little Chance of Making Partner
- How to Apply to Law Firms Besides Emailing Them?
- Associate Stuck Working with Difficult Partners
- Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion?
- Third Year Litigation Associate Wants to Make a Lateral Move
- No, You Should Not Quit Your Job before Securing a New One
- Turning To Plan B
- Keeping A Level Head In These Crazy Times And Preparing For The Worst Case Scenario
- Raising the Bar
- The Power of Self-Awareness and Positive Thinking during Your Job Search
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Recruiter Reflects on an Age-Old Question
- Is Anyone Out There Happy?
- Overcoming Resistance to Change
- Offering Some Belated New Year's Resolutions
- Two Essential Books for Your Career Library
- Unplanned Problems when Changing jobs
- Lawyers See Benefit in Professional Coaching
- Your Career Is Your Business. So What's Your Business Plan?
- How Important is it to Know Your "Self" Before the Job Market Knows You?
- Have You Gone For Your Annual Career Checkup?
- The Associate with the 7-Year Work Itch
- How to Tell if a Recruiting Firm Stands Behind Its Message
- How Important Are Intelligence, Work Ethic, Perseverance, and Social Intelligence to Succeeding in Large Law Firms?
- 25 Reasons Why Boutique Firms Are the Best Choice for Many Attorneys and Can Be Much Safer Than Larger Law Firms
- 20 Reasons Why There Are No Such Thing as “Lifestyle” Boutique Law Firms and Why Boutique Law Firms Can Be Much More Dangerous Than Larger Law Firms
- How Important Is It to Work at a Major Law Firm?
- Four Fatal Mistakes Highly Qualified Attorneys Make When Choosing Law Firms
- Why Intellectual Property Law Firms With 50+ Attorneys Are Vanishing
- Does (Firm) Size Really Matter?
- The Benefits to Living and Working in a Smaller Market
- Will I Be Happier at Another Firm, or Are They All Just Basically the Same?
- What Factors Should I Consider When Thinking of Moving from a Big Downtown Firm to a Smaller One?
- Is Work-life Balance a Realistic Goal at “Biglaw” Firms?
- What Are Your Salary Requirements?
- Breaking Into a Smaller Market
- How Do I Know If a Small Law Firm Is Reputable?
- To Boutique or Not to Boutique
- More Lawyers Flee Megafirms
Giving Notice
- If Someone's Giving Notice Soon, Should You Tell the Tale?
- Should I Give Notice Right after Accepting a Job Offer from a Law Firm?
- After Giving Notice, What Should Be Done to Wrap Things Up at My Current Firm?
- Does It Matter If I Give Notice Before I’ve Officially Cleared Conflicts at My New Firm?
- Should I Accept My Current Employer’s Counteroffer?
- How Much Notice Should I Give My Current Boss While Still Keeping My Future Employer Happy?
- How to Resign Gracefully
- How to Give Notice Once You Get Another Job Offer?
- Being the First to Say Goodbye
Changing Practice Areas or Markets
- Changing Practice Groups: Mission Impossible or All The Right Moves
- BCG Attorney Search Comprehensive Attorney Practice Area Guide
- Simplifying the Complications in Your Story
- How Can I Change Practice Areas Early on in My Career as an Attorney?
- How Corporate Attorneys Can Market Themselves for Real Estate Positions
- What’s Your Advice on Trying Out Another Practice Area in My Current Law Firm?
- Can I Move to a Government Job then Come Back to a Law Firm?
- A Realistic Approach to Changing Practice Areas
- Is Changing Practice Areas within a Law Firm a Good Move?
- Biglaw Associate Thinking of Changing Practice Areas
- Third Year Associate Wants to Switch Practice Areas
- Associate with Experience in Different Areas Wonders How to Market Himself
- Is It Possible to Change Practice Areas in Big Law Firms?
- Overcoming Resistance to Change
- A View from the Other Side
- Vive la Revolucion!: The Professional Plan as Revolutionary Tool for Career Success
- Transitioning to Bankruptcy
- Transitioning from an Accounting Firm
- Comprehensive Guide to Eligibility of Foreign Attorneys to Waive into Different State Bars
- State by State Bar Admission Requirements
- A Comprehensive Guide to Bar Reciprocity: What States Have Reciprocity for Lawyers and Allow You to Waive into the Bar
- When Relocating, Should I Wait Until I Pass the California Bar Before I Apply for Positions There?
- Is it mandatory to pass the CA bar to practice in CA?
- Can You Get a Job in a LA Biglaw Firm Before Clearing the CA Bar Exam?
- Texas Lawyer Planning Midwest Move Seeks Info on Rules Regarding Being Waived In
- Unemployed Lawyer Planning to Move Out-of-state Unsure About Bar Issues
- ''Waive'' Goodbye to Taking Another Bar Exam: Typical Requirements and Tips to Effectively Manage the Waive-In Process
- Top 10 Reasons Attorneys Trained in Major New York City Law Firms Command the Most Respect from the Market
- Massachusetts Boston
- Practicing Law in California
- The Benefits to Living and Working in a Smaller Market
- When Relocating, Should I Wait Until I Pass the California Bar Before I Apply for Positions There?
- 2013 is a Good Year to Make a Lateral Law Firm Moves in Philadelphia
- Is Contract Work the New Normal for Litigators?
- California - Pasadena
- Is it mandatory to pass the CA bar to practice in CA?
- What Do You Need to Know If You Are Planning a Move to the West Coast?
- California - Silicon Valley
- California - Century City
- California - San Diego
- California - Orange County
- California - Malibu
- California - Palo Alto
- California - San Francisco
- Arizona - Phoenix
- California - Los Angeles
- Texas - Dallas
- Texas - Austin/San Antonio
- Texas - Houston
- Illinois - Chicago
- New York (NY)-New York City (NYC) Legal Recruiters
- California - Malibu
- Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico
- England - London
- Asia
- Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Washington
- Washington, DC
- Utah
- Texas - Houston
- Texas - Dallas
- Texas - Austin/San Antonio
- South Carolina
- Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
- Oregon - Portland
- North Carolina - Charlotte
- New York - Upstate
- New York - New York City
- New Jersey
- Nevada - Las Vegas
- Minnesota - Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Michigan - Detroit
- Massachusetts - Boston
- Maryland - Baltimore
- Illinois - Chicago
- Georgia - Atlanta
- Florida - Miami
- Delaware
- Connecticut
- Colorado - Denver
- California - Silicon Valley
- California - San Francisco
- California - San Diego
- California - Palo Alto
- California - Orange County
- California - Century City
- California - Los Angeles
- Arizona - Phoenix
- A Tale of Two Cities: New York versus London Firms
- Living and Working in the Bay Area: We Have It All!
- Reality Check: What to Expect While Searching for a Position in California
- The Definitive San Francisco: Report for Fall 2006 on the Vitality of the San Francisco Market
- Should I Lateral to a Secondary Market? 5 Factors to Help You Decide
- Top 10 Reasons Attorneys Should Look at Multiple Markets in Their Job Search
- Comprehensive Guide to Eligibility of Foreign Attorneys to Waive into Different State Bars
- Why Relocating to a Different Market Is the Greatest (But Little Known) Way for a Law Firm Attorney to Get Ahead in the Legal Profession
- Why Every Attorney Should Look at Multiple Legal Markets When Doing a Job Search
- A Comprehensive Guide to Bar Reciprocity: What States Have Reciprocity for Lawyers and Allow You to Waive into the Bar
- How Can I Make Moving to the West Coast from a New York Law Firm Easier?
- When Should I Start My Job Search If I Am Looking to Move in December?
- What Reason Should I Give for Not Transferring to Another Branch Office with My Firm?
- When Relocating, Should I Wait Until I Pass the California Bar Before I Apply for Positions There?
- If I Want to Relocate, Can I Expect Reimbursement during the Interview Process?
- Relocation! Relocation! Relocation!
- Can I Move to a Government Job then Come Back to a Law Firm?
- What’s the Best Way to Convince a Firm That I Am Serious about My Geographic Move?
- What are My Chances of Getting a Job in California If I Have Not Yet Taken the California Bar Exam but Plan to Soon?
- How Do I Get a Job in a City Where I Have No Local Connections?
- Breaking Into a Smaller Market
- NY Associate Planning Shift to CA Wants to Quit Job
- Is it mandatory to pass the CA bar to practice in CA?
- How to Interview in a Different City without Risking Your Current Job
- What Do You Need to Know If You Are Planning a Move to the West Coast?
- Texas Lawyer Planning Midwest Move Seeks Info on Rules Regarding Being Waived In
- Unemployed Lawyer Planning to Move Out-of-state Unsure About Bar Issues
- Is It Important to Have Ties to the Region?
- Geography and the Job Search
- Job-Search Tips for Out-of-Town Candidates
- How to Survive and Thrive during an Unplanned Relocation to Join a Future Spouse
- Litigator from Boston With Roots in San Francisco Wants to Move Back Home
- Small Town Lawyer Wants to Move to New York
- Planning to Relocate to Australia
Alternative Careers for Attorneys
- Why Attorneys Often Fail as Businesspeople and Entrepreneurs
- Law Schools That Send the Most Attorneys to United States Supreme Court Clerkships
- Should You Become a Legal Recruiter and If So Where?
- Book Review: What Can You Do With a Law Degree? A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside and Around the Law.
- Book Review: America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree And How To Make The Most Of Any Job No Matter Where It Is! , Kimm Walton, 1999, Harcourt Legal and Professional Publications, 1,146 pages
- The Practice of Law: To Stay or Go
- Are You Thinking of Becoming a Legal Recruiter?
- Considering an Alternative Career
- Going In-house? Why You May Be Saying Goodbye to Law Firms for Good
- Is Moving In-house a Wise Move in This Economy?
- Sometimes a Lateral Law Firm Move is the Best Path to a Solid In-House Position
- A View from the Other Side: My Life as an In-House Attorney
- Frequently Asked Questions on In-House Legal Careers
- In House Salaries are Not Always Evenhanded
- In-house Salaries: Getting a Fair Deal
- Hiring Your First In-house Counsel
- In-house Counsel Wants to Go Back to a Law Firm
- A Critical Assessment of In-House Legal
- Filling the Void
Attorney Career Advice
General Career Advice
- Can You Transition Back to a Larger Law Firm if You Go to a Smaller Law Firm?
- What Happens to Pregnant Attorneys at Law Firms?
- Why Law Firms Are Hiring More and More Staff Attorneys: Should You Work as a Staff Attorney?
- Apprentice and Builder: The Two Stages of a Law Firm Attorney’s Legal Career
- The 18 Most Important Decisions You Make with Your Legal Career
- 15 Reasons You Should Leave Your Law Firm and Look for a New Job
- 15 Reasons Law Firm Attorneys Should Not Look for New Jobs
- Top 5 Reasons Attorneys Leave Law Firm Jobs Voluntarily
- Four Fatal Mistakes Highly Qualified Attorneys Make When Choosing Law Firms
- Three Simple Ways to Tell If You Should Work (or Continue to Work) in a Law Firm
- Why Every Attorney Should Look at Multiple Legal Markets When Doing a Job Search
- Which Type of Law Firm Is Best for You and Your Career: Main Offices of Large National Firms, Branch Offices of Large National Firms, Midsized Firms, Boutiques, or Newer Fast-Growing Firms?
- Why the Best Attorneys Are So Hard on Themselves and Others
- The Four Types of Attorneys: The Finder, Minder, Binder and Grinder
- Top 20 Reasons Why There Is No Better Profession Than Practicing Law
- Why an Attorney Should Never Give Up after Being Rejected from a Few (or Many) Law Firms
- How Can I Come Back to the Practice of Law after Leaving for Several Years?
- How Should I Handle Requests to Speak to My Current Law Firm When Applying to New Firms?
- Why Attorneys with 5+ Years of Law Firm Experience Are in Serious Trouble (and Seven Steps They Need to Take to Save Their Legal Careers)
- Taking Time Off? Consider What Firms Will Ask When You Seek a Return
- A History of Legal Market Conditions and Attorney Lateral Hiring
- 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?
- Will I Be Happier at Another Firm, or Are They All Just Basically the Same?
- Interview Yourself First - Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Lateral Search
- 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
- Can I Move to a Government Job then Come Back to a Law Firm?
- Treat Your Job Search As a Full-Time Job
- How Can I Raise My Game If I Was One of the Top Three Being Considered for a Position?
- When to Move to a New Firm?
- Is Work-life Balance a Realistic Goal at “Biglaw” Firms?
- Is Contract Work the New Normal for Litigators?
- Choose Your References Wisely
- Will a Firm Hire Me If I am Willing to Work for Less?
- I'm Currently in a Practice Group. Should I Take an Offer From a New Firm?
- Work-life Balance & a Biglaw Job
- Third Year Associate Wants to Move to Another Firm
- Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion?
- Lawyer Experiences Buyer's Remorse at New Law Firm
- Is Changing Firms Twice in Four Years Considered Job Hopping?
- Sixth-year Litigation Associate Sees Little Chance of Making Partner
- How to Apply to Law Firms Besides Emailing Them?
- Young Lawyer Fears for His Future Amid Legal Industry Changes
- Associate Stuck Working with Difficult Partners
- Is Lack of Work on Joining a New Firm Common?
- The Importance of Not Being Overly Earnest; Why Patience is A Virtue
- Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion?
- No Job Offer in Hand? Then You Need a Plan
- Third Year Litigation Associate Wants to Make a Lateral Move
- Law Firm Hiring Relatively Stagnant and Very Selective
- The Role of Emotional and Social Intelligence in Your Career
- Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer (Installment #4)
- Job Front: Solutions to the 5 Toughest Questions about your Career Today
- Geography and the Job Search
- To Snuggie TM... or Not To Snuggie TM: Finding Warmth and Humor in a Chaotic Legal Market
- No, You Should Not Quit Your Job before Securing a New One
- Turning To Plan B
- Keeping A Level Head In These Crazy Times And Preparing For The Worst Case Scenario
- Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer (Installment #3)
- ''If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It'': Yogi-ism's for Tough Times
- Ambivalence at the Top: What the New York Senate Race Teaches Us About the Lateral Process
- Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer- Part II
- Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer - Part I
- Responding to Criticism: Survival Strategies
- The Power of Self-Awareness and Positive Thinking during Your Job Search
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Recruiter Reflects on an Age-Old Question
- Is Anyone Out There Happy?
- Striving for Professional Mediocrity
- The Business Case For Professional Fulfillment: reactions to the report of the Boston Bar Association Task Force
- Overcoming Resistance to Change
- The Class They Didn't Teach in Law School: Junior Associate 101
- Should You Accept an Offer from a New Law Firm?
- Meditation, Mediation, Marketing and Medication
- Marketing as a Career Development Strategy
- Two Essential Books for Your Career Library
- Managing Your Career in a Declining Market
- Unplanned Problems when Changing jobs
- Maintaining Confidentiality During a Job Search
- Lawyers See Benefit in Professional Coaching
- Why Pro Bono?-What You Need To Know
- Your Career Is Your Business. So What's Your Business Plan?
- Job Search Strategies in a Tough Market
- How to Ensure Career Satisfaction and Happiness as an Attorney
- How Important is it to Know Your "Self" Before the Job Market Knows You?
- Have You Gone For Your Annual Career Checkup?
- A View from the Other Side
- Whirligig of Time
- Associate with Labor & Employment Law Experience Wants to Work in BigLaw
- Transitioning From the DA’s Office to Private Practice
- Finding the Right Way to Explain a Negative
- Email: Career Opportunities and Pitfalls
- Weathering Uncertainty
- Creating a Visibility Plan
- Think Strategically When Applying to Firms in a Slower Economy
- The HAPPENING: The Quiet Unsettling of U.S. Lawyers in the Face of a Tough Economy
- Carrot & Stick: Why You Have No Choice But to Lead from the Vanguard
- Vive la Revolucion!: The Professional Plan as Revolutionary Tool for Career Success
- Bush v. Gore: Career Lessons from Campaign 2000
- First Things First: Build Your Legal Career from the Inside Out
- Broken Promises in Lateral Hiring
- The Dangers of Myopia—Do You Have a Clear View of Your Own Professional Value?
- Battered Associate Syndrome
- We Regularly Compile Links to Many Useful Websites and Articles to Help You with Your Job Search
- Transitioning from an Accounting Firm
- Recently Graduated and Unemployed: Assistance with Your Hunt for a Permanent Legal Position
- OMG, Can We Take It Easy on the Millennials? There's a New Generation of Lawyers; Please Remain Calm.
- ''Lifestyle'' Firms and the Legal Market
- What Is a Contract Lawyer and Why Do Law Firms Use Them?
- Is Contract Work the New Normal for Litigators?
- Newly Minted Lawyer Unsure About Non-associate Position Being Offered
- Will Contract Work Hurt Chances of Landing a Full-time Job?
- To Temp or Not to Temp
- New Lawyer Wonders about the Effects of Contract Work on His Resume
- The Problem with Contract Work
- Summer 2007: Current Visa and Other Considerations Affecting Foreign Lateral Candidates Wishing to Join U.S. Practice
- Finding a Job as a Foreign Attorney
- Is an LL.M. a Good Idea for Everyone?
- Is an LL.M. Degree Worth It?
- LawCrossing Releases 2013-14 Guide to Top LL.M. Programs in America
- I Almost Have My LL.M. Should I Take an Offer from a Major Accounting Firm?
- Should I Go Back to School to Get My LLM?
- Will Going Back to School to Get an LL.M. Open up Doors for Me in the Future?
- Student from 4th Tier Law School Plans LL.M. to Better Prospects
- How Useful is an LL.M.?
- The Importance of LL.M. & Your Marketability
- The LL.M. Degree: Friend or Foe? The Pros and Cons of Pursuing an LL.M. in Lieu of Practicing Law
Salary Resources
- How Should I Answer Questions about Salary Expectations from a Law Firm?
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Law Firm Compensation Plans
- Top 10 Reasons Why High Junior Associate Salaries Are Destroying the Legal Profession
- How Can I Express My Displeasure at Not Receiving a Bonus This Year from My Law Firm?
- When Asked about "Salary Expectations" in an Interview How Should I Respond?
- Do I Have to Tell the Firm with Whom I am Interviewing My Current Salary?
- What Are Your Salary Requirements?
- Salary Wars Pick Up Pace, With Gibson's First-Years at $135,000
- The Bonus - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- On Salary Inflation: Funds vs. Fulfillment
- The Sky is Falling! What Comes Down When Salaries Go Up
- Law Firm Salaries and Practice Area Predictions for 2007-2008
- Law Firm Associates: Luxury on the Lateral Market
- Latham Follows the Trend, Ups Associate Salaries
- Hike in Starting Salaries Is Not In the Cards, Experts Forecast No Urgency to Hiking Salaries, Recruiter Says
- Give And Take: How Salary Wars May Actually Have Hurt Associates
- Duane Morris' Revenue Figures Show Some Impact From Merger
- DLA Raises Pay For Patent Litigators
- What to Do When Your Current Employer Offers to Match Salary
- Is a 20% Pay Cut Worth It?
- Compensation Hikes: Free Money or Lack of Freedom?
- More on the Associate Salary Hike
Tips for a Successful Law Firm Career
- Taking Time Off? Consider What Firms Will Ask When You Seek a Return
- 10 Tips and Talking Points for Attorneys Being Interviewed by the Media (Everything Attorneys Need to Know About Being Interviewed By the Media)
- Taking Time Off from Practicing Law: How Will It Impact Your Future Marketability?
- How Can I Look for a Job without Burning Bridges with My Current Employer?
- How Not to Get the Job of Your Dreams
- Choose Your References Wisely
- The Class They Didn't Teach in Law School: Junior Associate 101
- Why Pro Bono?-What You Need To Know
- How Important is it to Know Your "Self" Before the Job Market Knows You?
- Involvement in the Legal Community Increases Your Employability
- How to Get a Job with a Major Law Firm if You Did Not Go to a Top Law School or Are Not Working at a Top Law Firm
- Why Partners With Business in Law Firms Should Always Be Looking for New Firms
- Why Your Attorney Mind Self Sabotages Your Life and Career
- The BCG Attorney Search 2019 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- BCG Attorney Search’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2018
- 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
- BCG Attorney Search’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2017
- Top 15 Ways Attorneys Make Huge Career Mistakes Due to Information Blindness
- The One Call Close and the Moving Parade
- Top 20 Attorney Career Advice Articles from 2016
- How Much Does the Law School You Went to Matter When You Lateral Firms?
- The BCG Attorney Search 2017 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- BCG Attorney Search’s Top 20 Articles of 2016
- Why Law Firms Reject You
- Top 30 Factors Large Law Firms Consider When Hiring Lateral Attorneys
- 21 Reasons You Will Never Get a Job with a Major Law Firm Now (or Ever Again)
- The Business Plan Revisited
- What Yale Law School Teaches about How to Approach Your Legal Career That No Other Law School Does
- Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start
- BCG’s Guide to Succeeding as a First-Year Associate
- Two Things the Most Successful 5% of Attorneys Do That the Rest Do Not
- How to Easily Determine the Best Attorneys and Law Firms: The Five Prestige Levels of Attorneys and Law Firms
- How to Rapidly Get Law Firm Offers (Even When Firms Have No Openings)
- BCG Attorney Search’s Top 20 Articles of 2015
- The Right and Wrong Reasons to Switch Law Firms
- Why All Types of Lawyers (Even Litigators) Should Send Representative Matters and Deal Sheets with Their Resumes
- Representative Matters Lists and Deal Sheets
- Experience is Not Enough – Senior Attorneys and Jobs in Law Firms
- Do I Really Even Need a Business Plan?
- Finding Your Area of the Law–the How and When!
- A Summer Evening at the Ballet
- It’s How You Play the Game
- Too Many Transitions Without Ever Having Moved
- Hitting the Ground Walking
- TOUGH MARKETS (PART I) – PARTNERS AND OTHER SENIOR ATTORNEYS
- Telling Your Story
- How to Handle a Big Law Layoff
- Choosing a Recruiter: Red Flags to Watch Out For
- Joining a Law Firm as Either Partner or Of Counsel
- Special Opportunities for Solo Practitioners
- How Many Firms Should I Apply To?
- The Timing of Transition
- Modesty is Not the Best Policy
- Preparing to Answer Key Interview Questions
- Traveling for Interviews – Who Should Pay?
- Two Hot Niche Practice Areas – Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, and Technology Transactions
- How Important is Future Promotion when Considering an Offer?
- Why You Should Use a Good Legal Recruiter (Part II – The Need for Expert Experience)
- Interview Skills 101: Focusing on the Positive
- Hiring Trends Look Positive
- What is the best way to respond to recruiter cold calls?
- How to Get Your Recruiter to Work for You
- Look Ahead and Plan Accordingly
- Now You’re a Partner: How to Think Like One
- THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMPT COMMUNICATIONS WITH LAW FIRMS
- New Job in the New Year? Here’s Why You Should Start Your Search Now
- Passively Searching: Looking For Your Dream Job Before You Need It
- Using Connections
- Obtaining Outstanding References
- Be Bold and Take a Move of Growth
- What You Really Need to Know Before Accepting An Offer
- HOW TO IDENTIFY THE BEST ATTORNEY RECRUITERS
- Accepting Your Offer – Start With Momentum
- What Credentials Do the Top Law Firms Consider in Evaluating a Lateral Partner Candidate
- How to Land the Best Entry-level Legal Jobs
- How Pro Bono Can Help Your Job Search
- Finding the Best Advice for Your Legal Career
- WHAT CREDENTIALS DO THE TOP LAW FIRMS CONSIDER IN EVALUATING A LATERAL ASSOCIATE CANDIDATE?
- Clearing Conflicts: The Final Stage
- Build an Online Personal Brand – 3 Top Tips
- It’s Not All About What You Say
- THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS PLANS
- The View From The Top
- Why Your Firm Should Use Social Media for Social Recruiting: How to Do it Right
- Why and How to Work with a Legal Recruiter for Your Lateral Move
- What You Can Do When You Want to Change Practice Areas
- Don’t Be Your Own Roadblock
- Writing Your Own Ticket
- GETTING PROPERLY FOCUSED IN YOUR LAW FIRM SEARCH
- Dare to Dream
- What to Consider When Choosing a Comfortable Job Close to Home
- THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF CONFIDENCE IN A LAW FIRM JOB INTERVIEW
- New York Law Firm Accepts Bitcoin as Currency
- Greenberg Gross Boosts Their Firm with Laterals from Los Angeles
- When Your Work Provider Leaves for Another Firm
- Should I Accept My Firm’s Counteroffer?
- Two Essential Elements to Handling A Bad Departure From A Former Firm
- General Motors Fraud Calls Bankruptcy Laws into Question
- Resumes and Bar Admissions
- Next Stop Partnership
- Confidence
- How to Approach Your Application or Interview
- What Are Some of the Best Ways to Impress a Law Firm in an Interview?
- Making the Most of Your Resume
- Firms With Bad Reputations
- Are all law firms really “the same”?
- Is FUN a Four Letter Word?
- Real Estate – An Exercise in Long Term Market Trends
- The Use of Biography in Legal Career Orientation
- Go ahead and take that imperfect job
- Resume Suggestions for a Senior Litigator and for the general public
- The Importance of the California Bar and Initiating Your Job Search in the Golden State.
- Never underestimate the power of a positive attitude
- Preparing For Your Law Firm Interview
- Recruiting a Recruiter
- Develop a Niche
- Changing Specialties During a Job Search
- How much do hot practice areas vary from state to state?
- How to Write a Resume that May Actually Get You a Job
- When Things Get Tricky and Uncomfortable at Your Firm
- Timing Your Move in 2014
- Should I use a recruiter?
- Your Narrative: Explaining Your Lateral Moves
- How Much Should I Feature My Pro Bono Experience?
- Senioritis: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Practice Areas By Geography – A Frequently Overlooked Factor
- What Is the Best Way to Get My Resume and Cover Letter Noticed?
- How Do Law Firms Treat “Gaps†in Your Resume?
- Don’t Make a Lateral Move Too Soon
- What Do Law Firms Mean by “Hopping?”
- The Importance of Conflicts in Law Firm Applications
- The Downside of the Internet
- The “Senior Attorney Trap”
- The Importance of Trial Experience for Litigation Candidates
- Relocation! Relocation! Relocation!
- Help! I Think My Firm Is in Trouble
- Don’t Ignore The “Why”
- What is the best way to find a good legal recruiter?
- Why Attorneys Want OUT of In-House
- 12 Reasons Why You Should Work With a (Good) Recruiter for Your Legal Job Search (Part 3 of 3)
- Should I Submit My Materials Through a Friend?
- The Reality of Entertainment Law
- 12 Reasons Why You Should Work With a (Good) Recruiter for Your Legal Job Search (Part 2 of 3)
- 12 Reasons Why You Should Work With a (Good) Recruiter for Your Legal Job Search (Part I of III)
- What NOT To Do After You Receive an Offer
- Should I Accept a Contract Attorney Position?
- The Proper Way to View The Interview Process
- I have heard both firms and recruiters refer to “fit†with respect to legal job descriptions. What do they mean, and how important is it?
- How Soon Is Too Soon?
- Your Resume Needs to Show a Trajectory
- Other than my resume and cover letter, what other documents do I need to provide for my application to law firms?
- How to Arrive at Your Salary Expectation
- The Importance of Passing the Patent Bar Exam for All IP Candidates
- Handling “Oddball” Questions in an Interview
- What Are Your Salary Requirements?
- How “Out” Should I Be On My Resume?
- Salary Realities in a Lateral Move
- Help Your Recruiter Help You
- What does “Patent Prosecution Experience” Mean in Law Firm Job Advertisements?
- Job Hopping: The Death of Legal Careers
- Cataloguing Your Experience
- How Not To Get the Job of Your Dreams
- Play To Your Audience
- Should I Drop Out of Law School and Become a Patent Agent Instead?
- Tips for Litigators
- 5 Career Resolutions for 2013
- Calling All New York City Patent Litigators
- Am I Overqualified?
- Top Ten Interview Questions
- Trying to Transition: Hot Practice Areas in 2013
- What is the Best Way to Handle Tough Questions in an Interview?
- Why Do Law Firms Care If I Have “Ties” to a Market?
- Resume to Interview Ratio – Think Baseball!
- Dealing with Rejection: Job Searching in a Dating Context
- How To Discuss A Layoff
- Should I Seek to Pass the Patent Bar Before Starting My Search?
- Maintaining Control Over Your Job Search
- How Do I Create Conversation from Research during Interviews?
- Who Should I Use As References?
- Doing Your Homework – Law Firm Websites
- Small Firm Life
- How to Stand Out in an Interview - Tips from a Harvard Business Review Editor
- So You Want to Switch Practice Groups?
- I want to go abroad – what are my options?
- I got the new job I wanted, but how do I give notice?
- Can I Ask About Salary During a Job Interview?
- Factors to Consider when Evaluating a Job Offer
- Post-Interview Thank You Notes
- Should I Submit My Resume Through a Friend?
- Acing Your Interview Starts With Assessing The Interviewer
- How To Get Placed At A Top Firm When You Are Unemployed
- The Importance of Being Able to Convey Your Value
- Be Prepared For Every Interview: Practice Discussing Everything On Your Resume!
- To Boutique or Not to Boutique
- How to Ace the Interview
- Sometimes a Lateral Law Firm Move is the Best Path to a Solid In-House Position
- Don’t Panic Over Law Firm Silence
- Tips for Effectively Utilizing Internal Contacts During Your Job Search
- Don’t Believe the Hype About “Exclusive” Job Openings
- Unemployed? STAY BUSY.
- Consider both the specific legal market and the cost of living when making a geographic move
- Patience is a Virtue – Especially During Your Job Search
- Everyone Go Home And Be Nice
- Taking Charge of Your Mentoring Experience
- If the opportunity is right, it is worth the wait.
- A great tool to organize multi-step projects – MindManager
- Do NOT Pass Up an Interview Just Because the Firm Is Not Footing the Bill
- Build Your Book, Build Your Stable Future
- Why I Love The Chambers and Partners Website
- ‘Tis the Season (For Recruiting)
- Surviving Summer Culture Shock
- A Resume Must Tell the Whole Story
- Don't Torture Yourself Post-Interview
- Don't Rely on your Acting Skills
- The Boutique Alternative
- How Long is Too Long?
- What am I worth in 2010?
- Sixth Year Associate in Good-Standing at Branch Office of Large Firm Wondering Whether He Should Consider Moving to a Firm with Better Opportunity for Partnership
- Help! I just had a baby and I’m freaking out over returning to work.
- Senior Associate With Small Book of Business Seeks Work – Suggestions?
- Thank You Notes: Are They Still Necessary?
- Ooh Ooh Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier
- Using Social Networking in Your Job Search
- The Importance of Fitting In
- Me and Asquith Holle, Esq.
- How to Effectively Interview Lateral Candidates: Pointers for Law Firms
- Tomatoes Don't Move
- When you’re conducting your job search on your own…
- To Temp or Not to Temp
- When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Back to Basics
- What’s In (and what’s out) at Law Firms and Beyond
- Fewer New Partners = Senior Associate Logjam
- How to Have a Happy Holiday in a Miserable Economy
- Be flexible, be smart, stay connected, don’t make assumptions!
- Notworkenoughtofillthedaylius
- Relocating During a Tough Economic Times
- Surviving Economic White Knuckles and Remaining Positive
- Legal Veterans Advise Newbies How Not to Blow Their Job Search
- I am Superman
- Striding Forward With (or accidentally stumbling into) Confidence and Boldness
- Flattery or Harassment? Sexual Attention in the Workplace and How to Deal With It
- An Associate’s Guide to Law Firm Performance Reviews (Including Getting a Bad Law Firm Performance Review)
- Responding to Criticism: Survival Strategies
- Surviving a Bad Performance Review
- Can You Transition Back to a Larger Law Firm if You Go to a Smaller Law Firm?
- Law Firms Care More about Whether You Will Be Happy Working there Than Your Qualifications
- Why Partners, Counsel and Senior Associates Without Business Are Employable in Law Firms of All Sizes
- Why the Solution to Being Happy as a Law Firm Attorney Does Not Involve Making Any of the Changes You’ve Thought of Making
- Showing Up: The Difference between Those Who Get Hired and Advance in Law Firms and Those Who Do Not
- How Important Are Intelligence, Work Ethic, Perseverance, and Social Intelligence to Succeeding in Large Law Firms?
- Bureaucrat Attorneys versus Producer Attorneys
- Top 32 Reasons Attorneys Lose Their Jobs Inside of Law Firms
- Why You Are Unhappy Practicing Law: Soldiers and Generals in Law Firms
- The Only 3 Reasons Anyone Should Work in a Large Law Firm
- The Only Way to Be Happy Practicing Law
- The One Simple Rule for Succeeding in a Law Firm
- Why American Law Firms Prefer Hiring Australian Attorneys Over American Attorneys: What You Can Learn from Australian Attorneys about How to Succeed in American Law Firms
- The Most Important Lesson You Can Learn from Retiring Partners at Major Law Firms
- The Real Reason Why Most Attorneys’ Careers Are Out of Control
- The BCG Attorney Search Guide to Basic Law Firm Economics and the Billable Hour: What Every Attorney Needs to Understand to Get Ahead
- How Can I Get Over My Afternoon Drowsiness?
- Should I Start a Junior Associate’s Committee at My Law Firm?
- On Being a Happy (and Successful) Lawyer
- Top 10 Ways to Be a Good [New] Lawyer: Advice for Young Associates
- Will I Be Happier at Another Firm, or Are They All Just Basically the Same?
- How Can I Look for a Job without Burning Bridges with My Current Employer?
- Is Work-life Balance a Realistic Goal at “Biglaw” Firms?
- Work-life Balance & a Biglaw Job
- Associate Stuck Working with Difficult Partners
- Is Anyone Out There Happy?
- Overcoming Resistance to Change
- The Class They Didn't Teach in Law School: Junior Associate 101
- Marketing as a Career Development Strategy
- Managing Your Career in a Declining Market
- How to Ensure Career Satisfaction and Happiness as an Attorney
- What to Do If You Lose Your Job as an Attorney
- Why Law Firms Are Very Reluctant to Hire Unemployed Lateral Attorneys
- How Much Drinking Is Too Much for an Attorney?
- How Important Are Intelligence, Work Ethic, Perseverance, and Social Intelligence to Succeeding in Large Law Firms?
- Top 32 Reasons Attorneys Lose Their Jobs Inside of Law Firms
- The Seven Deadly Burdens of Being a Law Firm Attorney: Rejected, Criticized, Never Enough, Marginalized, Lied to, Insecure, and Cast Out
- Beware! Once You Start Working in a Law Firm, If You Leave You Will Almost Certainly Not Be Able to Return
- Top 9 Reasons Attorneys Lose Law Firm Jobs
- Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start
- Why Most Attorneys Are Angry
- The Similarities between Human Trafficking and Practicing Law: Why Control and Energy Are So Important to Your Life and Career
- The Most Important Characteristic Attorneys Need to Succeed and Why It Is Almost Impossible for Them to Keep It
- The “Systematic Reason” Why Most Attorneys Fail in Large, Prestigious Law Firms
- The Real Reason Why Most Attorneys’ Careers Are Out of Control
- How the “Invisible Hand” Operates in Law Firm Employment Decisions: The Top 12 Most Important Factors Firms Consider When Hiring (and Firing) Attorneys
- The Only Thing You Should Consider When Accepting or Leaving a Legal Job
- Why an Attorney Should Never Give Up after Being Rejected from a Few (or Many) Law Firms
- Why Every Big Firm Practice Area Eventually “Self-Destructs” at Least Once Every Eight Years
- What Can I Do to Deal with the Stress of Practicing Law?
- I’m Exhausted But Can’t Sleep Most Nights Due to Stress – What Should I Do?
- On Being a Happy (and Successful) Lawyer
- Top 14 Ways Attorneys Can Avoid Burnout from the Stress of Practicing Law
- A History of Legal Market Conditions and Attorney Lateral Hiring
- How to Successfully Network in a Law Firm
- Will I Be Happier at Another Firm, or Are They All Just Basically the Same?
- 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?
- Treat Your Job Search As a Full-Time Job
- How Can I Raise My Game If I Was One of the Top Three Being Considered for a Position?
- How Not to Get the Job of Your Dreams
- Meditation, Mediation, Marketing and Medication
- How to Keep Your Job in a Tight Market
- Email: Career Opportunities and Pitfalls
- Another Lawyer Suicide: How the Psychology of Being a Big Firm Lawyer Can Tear You Down
- Why Your Ego Is Making You Unhappy Practicing Law and with Your Life
- The Best Ways to Get a Reduced-Hour Position Inside of a Law Firm
- The Seven Deadly Burdens of Being a Law Firm Attorney: Rejected, Criticized, Never Enough, Marginalized, Lied to, Insecure, and Cast Out
- How to Not Fail, Die or Go Crazy Practicing Law
- Another Big Law Attorney I Know Just Died Young
- Why Most Attorneys Are Depressed and Unhappy
- I’m Tired of Working Long Hours as a Second-Year Litigator – What Can I Do?
- Taking Time Off from Practicing Law: How Will It Impact Your Future Marketability?
- Is Work-life Balance a Realistic Goal at “Biglaw†Firms?
- Work-life Balance & a Biglaw Job
- Associate Stuck Working with Difficult Partners
- The Role of Emotional and Social Intelligence in Your Career
- Job Front: Solutions to the 5 Toughest Questions about your Career Today
- To Snuggie TM... or Not To Snuggie TM: Finding Warmth and Humor in a Chaotic Legal Market
- ''If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It'': Yogi-ism's for Tough Times
- The Power of Self-Awareness and Positive Thinking during Your Job Search
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Recruiter Reflects on an Age-Old Question
- Is Anyone Out There Happy?
- Striving for Professional Mediocrity
- Meditation, Mediation, Marketing and Medication
- Lawyers See Benefit in Professional Coaching
- How to Ensure Career Satisfaction and Happiness as an Attorney
- Is Lifestyle the New Black? A Recruiter Talks About the Concept of the Lifestyle Firm, and What It Means for the Next Wave of Associate Hirings
- In Search of Work/Life Balance
- How Important is it to Know Your "Self" Before the Job Market Knows You?
- How Golf Found Me
- Whirligig of Time
- Flex Timings and Reduced Hours: Too Good to be True?
- Finding Work/Life Balance
- Weathering Uncertainty
- The HAPPENING: The Quiet Unsettling of U.S. Lawyers in the Face of a Tough Economy
- First Things First: Build Your Legal Career from the Inside Out
- The Dangers of Myopia—Do You Have a Clear View of Your Own Professional Value?
- The Practice of Law: To Stay or Go
- Battered and Bewildered? Maybe It'S Time to Rethink Priorities, Repair your Self-Esteem, or Even Look for a New Job
- Battered Associate Syndrome
- Achieving Career Satisfaction: Make the Investment, But Choose Your Investments Carefully
- Finding Bliss at the Bar: How to Be a Happy Lawyer
- Law Firm Diversity: They All Talk the Talk, But It’s Harder to Walk the Walk
- How "Out" Should I Be on My Attorney Resume?
- Does 10 Years of Associate Experience Make a Lawyer Too Old in NYC?
- Women Lawyers and Marketing
- Becoming a Mother: Continuing to Care For Your Other Baby...Your Career
- Part-time General Counsel
- The Delicate Matter of Reducing Your Hours
- Work Trends at New Economy Firms
- Law School for Mature Students
- Law Firms and Part-Time Attorneys — They Really Can Go Hand in Hand
- How to Survive and Thrive during an Unplanned Relocation to Join a Future Spouse
- The Importance of Attracting and Retaining Gay Attorneys
- Is Time on Your Side?
- Age vs. Experience Discrimination
- Dating and Networking Etiquette
- Why Are So Many Women Reaching the Top of Big Law Firms?
Building Portable Business and Business Plans
- How to Successfully Network in a Law Firm
- Should I Look for Other Opportunities If My Firm Recently Laid Off Staff?
- Get a Job Through Networking
- How Do I Learn the Ropes without a Good Mentor?
- I Am Looking to Go to Another Firm. Should I Reach Out to My Contacts at Other Firms to See If the Firms Are Interested?
- How Can I Best Utilize Personal Contacts at Other Firms?
- I Want to Find a Job but I Am Not Comfortable with Networking
- Do Law Firms Check Their Applicants Social Network Profiles?
- Is it a Good Move to Use My Law Firm Contacts to Get a Position in the Law Firm?
- Should I Submit My Legal Resume Through a Friend in the Law Firm?
- No Job Offer in Hand? Then You Need a Plan
- Tips for Effectively Utilizing Internal Contacts During Your Job Search
- Understanding Social Media and Using it to Boost Your Career
- How ''Consistency'' and ''Relationship Building'' Will Aid You in Your Job Search
- Using Social Networking in Your Job Search
- Marketing as a Career Development Strategy
- Ways to Leverage Your Network
- It's All Who You Know (And Who Knows You)
- Is Your Networking Working
- The Importance of Fitting In
- What Google, MySpace, and Facebook Say About You to a Potential Employer: How to Control Your Online Footprint When Conducting a Job Search.
- Creating a Visibility Plan
- Think Strategically When Applying to Firms in a Slower Economy
- The Next Step on Your Professional Path: Build a Network
- 10 Ways to Reciprocate in Networking
- What to Do if You Are a Law Firm Partner Without Business
- 30 Ways to Generate Business as an Attorney
- The Top Two Different Ways Law Firm Partners Are Compensated
- BCG’s Comprehensive Guide for Law Firm Partners: The Must-Have Resource for All Law Firm Partners and Future Partners
- Five Effective Strategies for Law Firm Partners to Get Business and Clients
- Three Critical Investments New Law Firm Partners Need to Make to Succeed
- Are There Lateral Opportunities for a Non-equity Tax Partner without Portable Business?
- How Should I Estimate My Portable Business?
- Should I Try and Get Business for My Firm or Should I Try to Bill More Hours?
- New York City Bar Association Teaches Junior Women Associates to Start Rainmaking Now
- The Importance of Portable Business
- Niche Marketing Emerges as Merger 'Countertrend'
- Making the Transition from Serving Your Clients to Finding Them
- Inexpensive Ways to Build Business Relationships
- Strengthening Your Book of Business in a Weakening Economy
- Making Rain: Ingredients for Success
- Standing Out from the Crowd: A Former In-house Attorney's Perspective on the Role of Effective Outside Counsel
- The Second-Best Way for a Law Firm Partner to Do Business Development
- What to Do if You Are a Law Firm Partner Without Business
- The Business Plan Revisited
- The Top Two Different Ways Law Firm Partners Are Compensated
- Why All Types of Lawyers (Even Litigators) Should Send Representative Matters and Deal Sheets with Their Resumes
- BCG's Comprehensive Guide for Law Firm Partners: The Must-Have Resource for All Law Firm Partners and Future Partners
- Maximize Portables in Your Business Plan in Order to Maximize Interest in You
- The Importance of a Great Business Plan
- How Should I Estimate My Portable Business?
- As a Fourth-year Attorney Looking for a New Job, Should I Put Together a Business Plan or is It Too Premature?
- Business Plans Revealed
- How Should I Address ''Potential Portables'' in an Interview?
- Your Career Is Your Business. So What's Your Business Plan?
- The Second-Best Way for a Law Firm Partner to Do Business Development
- The Top Five Objections Partners Give to Preparing a Business Plan — Overruled!
- Partner Business Plans: Key Elements
- Partner Business Plans
Moving Up at Law Firms
- How Can I Make Partner or Make a Move without a Book of Business?
- The Only Seven Reasons a Law Firm Will Ever Make You a Partner
- As a Mid-level Associate in a Big Firm, Should I Move to a Smaller Firm to Become a Partner?
- How to Successfully Network in a Law Firm
- Are There Lateral Opportunities for a Non-equity Tax Partner without Portable Business?
- The Benefits of a Two Tiered Partnership
- Should I Try and Get Business for My Firm or Should I Try to Bill More Hours?
- As a Fourth-year Attorney Looking for a New Job, Should I Put Together a Business Plan or is It Too Premature?
- Associate from a Small Law Firm Wants to Make a Lateral Move as a Partner
- Sixth-year Litigation Associate Sees Little Chance of Making Partner
- Partner Leaving to Start Own Firm Offers Associate Chance of Becoming Partner
- How Should I Address ''Potential Portables'' in an Interview?
- Changing Views on Partnership
- "Making Partner," or Things to Do While Waiting for the Dream Job and the Dream Practice!
- Five Keys to Making Partner
- Partners, Be Bold!
- Children, Maternity Leave and Becoming a Partner
- Changing Views on Partnership: How Law Firms Are Handling the Declining Interest in Reaching the Top
- How Do I Get My Dream Job in a Law Firm in a Tight Market?
- How to Hire the Best Lateral Attorneys: 23 Types of Attorneys Prestigious Law Firms Avoid Hiring
- Why Relocating to a Different Market Is the Greatest (But Little Known) Way for a Law Firm Attorney to Get Ahead in the Legal Profession
- Why You Are Unhappy Practicing Law: Soldiers and Generals in Law Firms
- These 8 Tips Will Make New Attorneys More Effective Communicators
- The Benefits to Living and Working in a Smaller Market
- Will I Be Happier at Another Firm, or Are They All Just Basically the Same?
- 50+ Successful Solo Practitioner Wants to Join Law Firm
- Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion?
- Looking for Greener Pastures
- Top 10 Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs
- Can Too Much Experience Be a Bad Thing?
- How Can I Make a Move without a Good Book of Business?
- Senior Associates - How to Make Oneself More Marketable to Law Firms
- The Importance of a Great Business Plan
- Positioning Yourself for Partnership: Strategies for Senior Associates with Portable Business Making a Lateral Move to a New Firm
- Don't Let Your Rising Billing Rate Push You Out the Door
Partner Resources
- 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
- How Important Is Having a Representative Transactions or Representative Matters List When Making a Move?
- The BCG Attorney Search 2018 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- Are Virtual Firms “Worth It” for Partners? 20 Questions Partners Should Ask Before Joining a Virtual Law Firm
- The BCG Attorney Search 2017 State of the American Lateral Law Firm Legal Market Report
- Three Simple Ways to Tell If You Should Work (or Continue to Work) in a Law Firm
- Top 10 Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs
- What Happens When You Work with a BCG Attorney Search Legal Placement Professional?
- 21 Reasons Why Being a Large Law Firm Partner Is More Difficult Than Being an Associate
- Why You Should Find Your “Tribe” and Not Just Focus on Money in Making Law Firm Job Decisions
- Why Most Attorneys Are Angry
- Why Most Attorneys Are Depressed and Unhappy
- Two Things the Most Successful 5% of Attorneys Do That the Rest Do Not
- How to Easily Determine the Best Attorneys and Law Firms: The Five Prestige Levels of Attorneys and Law Firms
- Representative Matters Lists and Deal Sheets
- BCG's Comprehensive Guide for Law Firm Partners: The Must-Have Resource for All Law Firm Partners and Future Partners
- Three Critical Investments New Law Firm Partners Need to Make to Succeed
- The Importance of a Great Business Plan
- Are There Lateral Opportunities for a Non-equity Tax Partner without Portable Business?
- How Should I Estimate My Portable Business?
- How Does the Law Firm Recruiting Process Work for Partners?
- Should I Try and Get Business for My Firm or Should I Try to Bill More Hours?
- A Short Checklist and Questionnaire for Lateral Partner Recruitment
- Skeptical Partner Considers Working with a Recruiter
- Advice to New Partners
- How Should I Address ''Potential Portables'' in an Interview?
- The Importance of Portable Business
- Making a Lateral Move as a Partner: Questions to Ask in these Uncertain Economic Times
- Choosing a Recruiter for Your Lateral Partner Search
- Transition Tips for Partners Changing Firms
- Attention All Partners: Help Me Help You
- Identity Crisis: Law Firms' Stringent Vetting of Partner Candidates Reaches a New Level
- Partners, Be Bold!
- Two-Tier or Not Two-Tier? The Equity Partnership Dichotomy
- BCG's Top 10 Reasons Partners Should Move During a Recession
- 20 Questions for Law Firm Partners
- Partner Q&A in the Wake of Wall Street's Collapse and its Ripple Effect on The Street
- Finding a New Home for Your Practice
- Researching Partner Placements
- Relationships and Partner Placements
- Moving Your Portable Business
- Pitfalls in Partner Searches
- Issues Partners Face When Switching Firms
- Looking for Greener Pastures
- Common Issues Partners Face When Transitioning to a New Law Firm
Advice for Unemployed/Laid Off Attorneys
- Beware! Once You Start Working in a Law Firm, If You Leave You Will Almost Certainly Not Be Able to Return
- Simplifying the Complications in Your Story
- How to Handle a Big Law Layoff
- How Likely Am I to Be Laid Off as a New Junior Associate in a Law Firm?
- As an Associate, Should I Worry about Getting Laid Off during a Merger?
- Should My Spouse Start His Own Practice after Being Let Go?
- What to Tell Your Recruiter after You’ve Been Laid Off
- Is Contract Work the New Normal for Litigators?
- How to Address Your Layoff in Cover Letters and Interviews
- Recently Laid-off Associate Unsure How to Handle Job Status in Interviews
- Associate about to Be Let Go Unsure How to Handle Reason for Leaving in Interviews
- Is Telling a Headhunter That You Are About to Be Laid-off a Good Move?
- As an Unemployed Associate, How Can I Best Position Myself to Get Placed with a Top Law Firm?
- Does Being Long-term Unemployed Hurt Chances of Getting Back in the Legal Field?
- Laid-off IP Attorney Planning for His M.S. in E.E.
- Laid-off Attorney Thinks Telling the Truth Will Hurt His Job Hunt
- Avoiding the ''L'' Word: Layoff
- Dear Firm, I Am Not Toilet Paper. Yours Truly, Laid Off Associate
- Steps for a Solid Recovery Once You've Been Laid Off
- Honesty is the Best Policy
- The Power of Self-Awareness and Positive Thinking during Your Job Search
- Is Anyone Out There Happy?
- The Whole Truth About Layoffs?
- Are You About to Be Laid Off
- How to Cope with a Change in Employment Status
- Finding the Right Way to Explain a Negative
- Weathering Uncertainty
- Coping with Losing Your Job
- The HAPPENING: The Quiet Unsettling of U.S. Lawyers in the Face of a Tough Economy
- How to Explain the Employment Gap in Your Resume
- Is Taking Six Months off a Good Idea Before Resuming a Job Search?
- As an Unemployed Associate, How Can I Best Position Myself to Get Placed with a Top Law Firm?
- Does Being Long-term Unemployed Hurt Chances of Getting Back in the Legal Field?
- Unemployed Lawyer with Business Litigation Experience Plans to Start His Own Firm
- Unemployed Lawyer Planning to Move Out-of-state Unsure About Bar Issues
- Unemployed and Looking to Increase Marketability
- Coping with Losing Your Job
- Career Lessons From a Law Firm Dissolution