This year we got hit with one of the hardest “spring swoons” in a long time – that time of year when hiring slows down. Why so tough? Because…
On the morning of March 21, legal industry news site JD Journal announced that they would pay for tips regarding law firm news. Later that afternoon, Above the Law, a…
The NALP’s Executive Director, Jim Leipold, has announced that we’ve “hit the bottom” with how many new associates are hiring, with the class of 2011 getting the worse of it.…
Attorney Career Resources is sponsored by BCG Attorney Search, the nation's leading placement firm, specializing in law firm placements.
Law firms of all sizes are being much more selective about who makes equity partner. Gone are the days where doing good work and putting in your time is enough to get you to a profit sharing level. Today, equity partners almost always have to prove that they can contribute their share to the firm. So what does this mean for associates and how can a two-tiered partnership track be beneficial? With a two-tiered partnership structure, associates get more time to prove themselves and also more time to determine whether partnership is the right goal for them. Two-tier partnerships (non-equity and equity) exist so the firm can train and develop associates into equity partners. The non-equity track to partner at most firms is on average, 6 years long. [...]
May 16, 2013 Read More
 |
||
| Search Thousands of Legal Jobs | ||
|
Job Type: |
||
 |
||
|
Browse Jobs by Location: |
||
|
||
| Keyword Search: | ||
|
||
Recent comments