The Lawyers Career Blog

Today, the meaning of race in America is a complicated matter. About 31% of the U.S. population is currently African-American, or Hispanic- and Latino-American, yet less than 10% of the leaders of the largest American companies are non-white.  In the … [more]

Here in the tri-state area, legal hiring in the life sciences industry is heating up.  If you are someone who always had an interest in working in the medical or science field, but chose law school instead; if you are … [more]

According to Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession, adept in-house lawyering requires a range of complementary competencies, and it has been Princeton Legal Search Group’s experience that these competencies or skill sets  can be the tie breaker when … [more]

You have heard it before – and you will most likely hear the phrase again – that ‘the only thing constant is change.’  That phrase applies to many situations, and the current state of the market on in-house counsel hiring … [more]

In the 2019 State of Corporate Law Departments Improving the Impact of Legal Services, innovation was a key theme and sets the stage for the context of continual change- in the ever changing world of work. “Innovation incorporates a whole host of … [more]

Landing that in-house job of your dreams starts with the interview process.  Do not make the mistake of assuming that your charming personality and ability to ‘think on your feet’ will carry you through the various, long rounds of in-depth … [more]

As an owner in a legal search practice, a number of legal recruiting articles come across my screen on a daily basis. It occurs to me that anyone could get lost in the quagmire of information on what’s hot, what’s … [more]

We were recently engaged by a public company to lead a national search for its next General Counsel. We launched the search in October and had an offer and acceptance before New Years. Extraordinary and beyond what you can expect … [more]

Quite often a lawyer will approach a career change with limited perspective or experience in understanding the scope of a career transition. This is the case when changing companies, changing industries, moving from a law firm to an in-house role … [more]

There are many predictions for 2019, so we thought we would steer away from piling on with more predictions. Instead, we thought it would be beneficial to share our “top five” technology resources that we use or which General Counsel … [more]