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You have spent many hours planning your job search with your recruiter, picking the right firms, and researching them with every spare moment. You have interviewed like crazy for months, while staying up late at night trying to hold down your current job. But it's all been worth it: You finally got the perfect job offer at the firm of your dreams. Congratulations, time to take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy the new change in your career. But don't get too comfortable, you still have a lot of important challenges ahead of you if you are going to make this new job a success. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO ''Firm hopping'' By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Most attorneys from large firms move at least once or twice during their first three to five years of practice. However, if you are looking at your third or fourth firm in your second year of practice, something is wrong. Several times a day, we see resumes of attorneys attempting to do this, and for the most part, we cannot help them. "Firm hopping" is taken into account by firms assessing your qualifications. Moving several times in a short time span can, in fact, hurt your ability to get a job because it leads law firms to question your loyalty and long-term commitment to the practice of law. In addition, moving several times in a short time span gives firms the impression that you may have moved because your work was not valued at your former firm. None of this is to say that any of the above factors may be relevant to your reasons for moving in the past. Yet, it is important to realize what firms are thinking and that their preconceived notions of an attorney that moves firms too often may negatively influence their ultimate decisions to interview you. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO To Clerk or not to clerk By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Every year, we receive numerous phone calls from practicing attorneys as well as law students, inquiring whether or not they should pursue a clerkship with a judge in order to make themselves more marketable. At the outset, it is important to note that the value of a clerkship should not necessarily be something that you view as a marketing tool. Beyond making you marketable, a clerkship has far greater significance because the skills and level of insight you will acquire during your clerkship will be something that should help you throughout your career, regardless of what practice area you ultimately end up in. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO The 'dark Side' Of Going In House By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Introduction The purpose of this article is to provide you with insight as to whether or not you should go in-house. Many attorneys claim that going in-house was their best career move. Conversely, some attorneys claim it was their biggest career mistake. In the end, going in-house is entirely up to you. You need to understand, however, that the decision to go in-house is one of the most significant career decisions you will ever make as an attorney. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Changing your practice area By Harrison Barnes, Esq. So You Want to Switch Your Practice Area? In a lot of respects, the path attorneys take to joining a particular practice area is nothing short of insane. Most attorneys interview for summer-associate jobs, take the best summer job they can get, and join a particular firm without much thought as to what practice area they will be in. Given that people spend a significant amount of their life at work, enjoying the work they do is especially vital, and the process attorneys undertake to choose a practice area seems nonsensical in a lot of respects. It is not surprising then that many attorneys call our offices on a daily basis seeking to switch practice areas. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Meltdown in corporate work By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Since late 2000, as every attorney knows, there has been a marked slowdown in the amount of available corporate work. The number of layoffs that has occurred in the market is severe and is not improving. On the recruiting side, many major recruiting firms claim to not have made a placement of a corporate associate in more than a year. Most major law firms have instituted hiring freezes of corporate associates. Worst of all, many attorneys from top-tier firms and law schools have been out of work for more than one year. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Guide to intellectual property law By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Probably the hottest practice group in all respects for the past several years has been intellectual property law. However, many attorneys have little idea (1) what intellectual property law is, (2) why intellectual property is so popular, and (3) the types of intellectual property attorneys that are most marketable. The purpose of this article is to answer these questions. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO LL.Ms and marketability By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Many attorneys spend tens of thousands of dollars to obtain an LL.M. in a particular discipline after they have graduated from law school. Some enroll in LL.M. programs immediately, and others practice for a given length of time before getting their LL.M.'s. There is no question that an LL.M. degree in a particular discipline can be quite prestigious, but let's tackle the issue of whether obtaining one will meaningfully increase your chances of obtaining a better position. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO What makes a world class recruiter By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Introduction The purpose of this essay is to address the question of what makes a world class legal recruiter. The answer to this question is identical to what translates to an exceedingly high level of success in any profession. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Should you choose bcg? By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Yes, if you want a search firm that's focused and instinctively knows the appropriate steps to take while conducting your job search. Our recruiters are usually able to promptly locate excellent opportunities that produce the types of offers our candidates want to receive. However, when a candidate is looking for a somewhat unusual position, we are prepared to work with that individual for a period of months or even years. Rest assured that we do not simply scatter your resume all over the country, blindly hoping that we can find you a job in that manner. Our goal is to help you find the job you want, no matter how long it takes. Most of our candidates really do find jobs or receive attractive offers. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO The benefits of a retained search By Harrison Barnes, Esq. There are several methods that law firms typically use to make acquisitions at the partner level. These methods are as follows: (1) waiting for candidates to approach them (either through contingency recruiters or otherwise) or (2) retaining search firms to assist them with these acquisitions. Out of the two methods, the one means that law firms universally find to be the most effective is the retained search. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Why use a consultant? By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Top 10 Reasons to Use a Professional Search Consultant There are numerous reasons to use a legal recruiter. In choosing a legal recruiter, it is extremely important that you know what to look for. Good legal recruiters are firmly established as some of the most valuable fixtures in the legal community. Through their aggressive research, instinct, and knowledge of the legal-job market, a good recruiter affects the lives of attorneys, the lives of their families and friends, and the success of entire law firms. A good legal recruiter can also make the difference between your career's stalling and taking off. With so much effort put into becoming an attorney, it is of utmost importance that you choose a legal-recruiting firm that takes your career as seriously as you do. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO How BCG Screens Candidates By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Hiring organizations are often surprised to learn that more than 50 percent of the work done by our professional search consultants involves screening candidates. Before you ever meet a candidate of ours, one of our search consultants has already dedicated many hours to answering one fundamental question. After reviewing all of our basic screening factors (which we will explore in more detail below), you must ascertain whether the candidate has the potential to become a truly valuable resource to your legal-hiring organization. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO How BCG finds jobs By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Introduction BCG Attorney Search maintains the largest and most up-to-date database of attorney-job opportunities inside law firms in the world. BCG Attorney Search-in good economic times and in bad-is built upon the simple core belief that better research leads to better placements. Research is, by far, the most important function a first-rate legal-recruiting firm does. In fact, BCG Attorney Search does so much research that our efforts have spawned several independent research-based companies, including Legal Authority and LawCrossing, among others, which collectively assist tens of thousands of individuals inside the legal profession every year. From our foundation as a Los Angeles-based legal-recruiting firm to our current state as a core group of legal recruiters spread throughout the United States, we have expanded through elevating research to its very highest level. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO How we make a living By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Providing Insider Knowledge and Counseling Professional search consultants receive their fees from the legal-hiring organizations that employ their candidates. Virtually every U.S. law firm with a staff of more than 20 attorneys asks recruiters to help them with their hiring needs. In fact, firms are often surprised when candidates approach them who aren't represented by a professional search consultant. They find it difficult to believe that some candidates think they can learn about the universe of opportunities available on their own. Considerable leg work is involved with finding a new position, and most candidates just don't have the time it takes to successfully handle all of the necessary tasks while holding down a full-time job. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Interviewing a Law Firm: Distinctions that Make the Difference By Carey Bertolet I recently asked a managing partner (who is actively in the market for lateral partners) how his firm distinguishes itself from its competitors. The response I got was, "We've got a great firm and we make a ton of money." I have to give him points for being superlative, if not terribly specific. He wasn't being flip; it was clear that he believes that these are the two reasons for partners to join his practice. But as someone who talks to firms about their senior-level needs on a regular basis, these may be important characteristics of the firm, but they are hardly distinguishing characteristics of the firm. The truth is many firms aren't great at articulating what makes them different from their competitors. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Ensure you hire stars By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Far too many legal-hiring organizations fail to hire stars because their hiring process actually prevents superstar candidates from ever getting in the door. By reviewing the following list of suggestions for organizing and streamlining your approach to hiring, you should be able to maximize your chances of hiring the star candidates who may have eluded your recruiting efforts in the past. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO How to use a legal search firm By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Tailoring Legal Search to Meet Your Firm's Needs All things considered, legal recruiting is a fairly young industry. Although law firms are increasingly sophisticated in their use of the legal-recruiting industry, BCG believes there is substantial room for improvement in the way the legal-recruiting industry delivers its services and in the way law firms avail themselves of legal-recruiting professionals. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO How attorney choose law firms By Harrison Barnes, Esq. As professional search consultants, part of our job is to counsel attorneys on a daily basis as to how they should choose between competing law firms. There is a considerable degree of insight that is needed to understand the psychology that attorneys attach to choosing between competing offers, and contrary to popular perception, attorneys do not always choose to work in the highest-paying or most prestigious law firms. Understanding why attorneys choose one firm over another can help you both attract and retain attorneys after they are hired. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO Opening Branch offices By Harrison Barnes, Esq. Growth is essential to the long-term survival of any business. American and foreign law firms have grown by marketing to the public, acquiring lateral partners with portable practices, merging with other firms, and starting branch offices. + read more Date: 00-00-0000 Article type: Articles from the CEO 4301 archived articles First Previous 212 213 214 215 216  Total Legal Jobs 89,348 New Legal Jobs in Last 7 Days 10,333 LEGAL JOB SEARCH Job Type: Select a Job Type Select All AttorneyLaw Student / ClerkshipLegal StaffPartnerPost Graduate ClerkshipSummer Associate / Internship Browse Jobs by Location: Select All AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArizona-PhoenixArizona - OtherArkansasCaliforniaCalifornia-OrangeCalifornia-OaklandCalifornia-San JoseCalifornia-San FranciscoCalifornia-Los AngelesCalifornia-San DiegoCalifornia-SacramentoCalifornia - OtherColoradoColorado-DenverColorado-OtherConnecticutConnecticut-HartfordConnecticut-OtherDelawareDelaware-WilmingtonDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia-WashingtonFloridaFlorida-OrlandoFlorida-TampaFlorida-MiamiFlorida-OtherGeorgiaGeorgia-AtlantaGeorgia-OtherGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIllinois-ChicagoIllinois-OtherIndianaIndiana-IndianapolisIndiana-OtherIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMaryland-BaltimoreMaryland-OtherMassachusettsMassachusetts-BostonMassachusetts-OtherMichiganMichigan-Grand RapidsMichigan-DetroitMichigan-OtherMinnesotaMinnesota-MinneapolisMississippiMissouriMissouri-St. LouisMissouri-Kansas CityMissouri-OtherMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNew York-BuffaloNew York-AlbanyNew York-RochesterNew York-New York CityNew York-OtherNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina-CharlotteNorth Carolina-RaleighNorth Carolina-OtherNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOhio-ClevelandOhio-CincinnatiOhio-OtherOklahomaOklahoma-Oklahoma CityOregonPennsylvaniaPennsylvania-PhiladelphiaPennsylvania-PittsburghPennsylvania-OtherPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTennessee-NashvilleTennessee-OtherTexasTexas-DallasTexas-AustinTexas-San AntonioTexas-HoustonTexas-OtherUtahVermontVirgin IslandsVirginiaVirginia-RichmondVirginia-OtherWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingAlbertaBritish ColumbiaOntarioQuebecAustralia-MelbourneAustriaBelgium-BrusselsBelgium-OtherBulgariaChina-ShanghaiChina-BeijingChina-OtherColombiaEngland-LondonEngland-OtherEngland-AvonEurope-OtherFrance-ParisFrance-OtherFinlandGermany-Frankfurt/MainGermany-MunichGermany-OtherGermany-DusseldorfGreece-OtherGreece-AthensHolland-OtherHolland-AmsterdamHong KongItaly-OtherItaly-RomeIndiaIndonesiaIrelandIsraelJapan-TokyoLuxembourgMalaysiaMongoliaNetherlandsNew ZealandNigeriaPhilippinesPolandQatarJapan-OtherRussia-OtherRussia-MoscowSpain-OtherSpain-MadridSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandThailandUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomVietnam Employer Type: Select All AcademicRecruiterGovernmentIn-HouseJudgesPublic InterestLaw Firm Keyword Search: Show Recruiter Jobs   Show Refreshed Jobs   + Advanced Search What is LawCrossing? 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