Talent Management
Now is the Time for Law Firms to Maximize their C-Suite
October 14, 2020
By Christina Herrmann – There exist critical moments in time, which compel progress. Now is one such moment for the legal industry. Law firms, heavily dependent on the solvency of their clients, must adjust to a client base severely depleted from the global pandemic. These adjustments will require business savvy, ingenuity, and specialized talents, all
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Lawyers on the Rise: Three Ways to Recruit Resilience
December 26, 2017
By Neha Sampat – (Originally published in Law Practice Today on August 14, 2017.) Grit. Fortitude in the face of struggle. Elasticity that allows a person to be stretched to an uncomfortable limit and then bounce back swiftly and completely, often with forward trajectory. We hear a lot about resilience these days, with Sheryl Sandberg
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Knowing Who’s Who in the Job Search Process
August 18, 2017
By Valerie Fontaine – Job seekers in the legal marketplace find a myriad of online and in-person resources of varying uses and value. Do-it-yourselfers might stick to Internet options such as social media, job boards, and employer listings with great success; others seeking the more human touch might reach out to one or more of the
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Confident, Powerful, Effective Networking: An Interview with Kelly Hoey
May 3, 2017
By Stacey Schwartz, Esq., Executive & Career Coach — Raise your hand if you love to network. So how many hands do you see? Anyone? Bueller? Now raise your hand if you like to help people. Raise your hand if you like to share what you know. Raise your hand if you like to support your friends
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The End of Work Life Balance
January 26, 2017
By Eva Davis, Co-Chair Private Equity, Winston & Strawn — Blog posts, women’s conferences, mentoring programs, and lifestyle and career counseling tips tout the many ways to attain “work-life” balance. “Balance” is an equal distribution of weight that allows something to remain upright and steady. “Work-life-balance” is a condition in which different elements of “work”
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How Law Firms Can Move Beyond Diversity Plan Hype
December 20, 2016
By Caren Ulrich Stacy — Originally published by Law.com and The American Lawyer, December 6, 2016 — Law firms and companies never miss an opportunity to issue a press release about their newest and glossiest plan designed to boost diversity and inclusion. A quick search on Google reveals more than three dozen of these announcements
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Laterals Must Take a Proactive Role in Their Onboarding
June 15, 2016
By Valerie Fontaine – Much is written about the lateral lawyer onboarding process from the employer’s point of view, but the newly hired lateral must play an equal or greater role in the process. Most large law firms have an established protocol yet, once everyone gets busy, it’s not always followed or completed. As a lateral
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Solving the Multimillion-Dollar C Player Problem
May 26, 2016
By Caren Ulrich Stacy & Jeanne Picht — Originally published in the ABA Law Practice Magazine, May 2013 — Law firms have a very expensive talent Problem: C Players. These are the associates who lack judgment, write poorly, miss critical issues, or don’t take ownership. Partners write off their time and eventually stop giving them work altogether. Because
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Reentry Attorneys: Wanting Back In (and Bringing A Lot Too)
April 17, 2016
By Carroll Welch – There’s a huge, still largely untapped source of energy and talent available to legal employers right now, and with the recent increase in structured programs that recruit, vet, re-orient, and/or mentor these candidates, there’s never been a better time to include them in a workplace that prioritizes diversity: reentry attorneys. Opportunities such
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At the Intersection of People and Technology
March 30, 2016
By Susan Letterman White – (Initially published by Massachusetts Lawyers Journal March/April 2016; Reprinted with permission) There have been amazing developments in technology with application to the practice of law. Different technologies collect and measure information, manage processes, remind us of what to do and when to act, and make it much easier and faster to
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