The kinds of opportunities and uncertainties facing companies today are as challenging as any in modern history. As you may know, executive teams must always thoroughly analyze – and revisit – their priorities and goals and identify ways to optimize … [more]
The Lawyers Career Blog
Will Knowledge of Cryptocurrency Help My Legal Career?
Over the last few years, Cryptocurrency has garnered more and more attention. Just last month, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. While story after story has been written about the unpredictability and … [more]
Interim or Contract Work: How is it Perceived?
If you are an attorney who is currently considering career options or alternatives, then you likely have considered the world of temporary or “contract attorney” work to bridge the gap or as a career option. It is indeed … [more]
How Are Salary Wars and Remote Work Impacting In-House Recruiting?
The world of Big Law is a competitive one, and that competition sometimes results in firms trying to “one-up” each other on associate pay. This summer is another example of that periodic phenomenon. Recently we have seen firm after … [more]
Is Top Compensation Enough?
Starting salaries for first-year associates at Milbank were just raised to $200k, and for eighth-year associates to $355k. Other firms, including McDermott Will & Emery, Cadwalader, Mintz, Winston & Strawn, and Fenwick, quickly followed suit. Davis Polk, in fact, did … [more]
Market Report: The Demand for “Brand Lawyers”
“Brand lawyers” are in demand in the life sciences industry. The term “brand lawyer” is often used to describe an attorney with experience supporting a specific brand/product that is on the market. For example, a brand lawyer within the pharmaceutical industry … [more]
Tackling the Budget-Workload Conundrum as We Move Out of the Covid Crisis
At the end of last year, when Covid was still a prominent factor on the minds of all corporations, many companies decreased the size of their legal department budgets. It was a move that was designed to deal with the … [more]
“Incremental Progress” for Diversity in the Legal Industry
In February 2021, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its 2020 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. Unfortunately, the numbers on diversity and inclusion showed only a slight uptick, revealing “incremental progress.” In a time when our … [more]
How Has Covid-19 Changed the Practice of Law Over the Last Year?
The heavy weight of the Covid-19 pandemic is slowly beginning to lift. The current debate has to do with who will take the vaccine, rather than whether we will have another wave of infection, an improvement indeed. While we … [more]
Managing Your Legal Team Remotely
It has been over a year, and few people have returned to their office desks. The city that never slept, New York City, once characterized by towering office buildings and an endless bustle on the street, has transformed into a … [more]
