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🔮2024 Predictions: 81% of lawyers believe difficulties in recruiting will impact operations and 78% believe recruiting efforts will be geared towards specialists. If your firm is struggling to source specialized talent, check out our blog post to learn more about how Courtroom Insight’s lawyer directory can help streamline your recruiting efforts. https://lnkd.in/eimsM8N2 #Recruiting #LegalRecruiting #LegalTech #LawyerDirectory #CourtroomInsight

Our partner, Turhan Mergen, shared invaluable insights on law firms' practices and how they have changed, as well as how they will continue to evolve, during an interview conducted by the Legal 500. To dive into the interview, please click: https://lnkd.in/dYRsV6jT Hope you enjoy! #lawfirm #dirisevimergen

Government attorneys hoping to become law firm partners don’t have a portable book of business to bring with them. So how do they convince a firm that they’re a good hire?!? What they do have is the “insider knowledge” and contacts that are potentially valuable to an employer’s clients. In the AmLaw article linked here, legal recruiters (including Dan Binstock and government transitions expert Amy Savage) offer their advice on how to present that information in a business plan. https://lnkd.in/e2Qf78sb #ElectionYear #GovernmentAttorneys #BusinessPlans #Partnership

Discover the latest insights on navigating the future with our newest blog post focusing on the top recruitment trends for UK law firms in 2024. Stay ahead of the curve and learn about the strategies shaping the legal industry. https://buff.ly/4c7wG31 #LegalRecruitment #FutureTrends #HFTalentSolutions

Are you getting the most out of your Recruitment Agency? 🤔 Having spoken with Job Seekers and Law Firms across the UK I have decided to summarise the main things that are evident from most conversations. Whether it is the future of remote working, D&I, Tech - here are just some of the points that I have been speaking with clients to keep them up to date with what is important to attract the best talent. Whether it's : 💚 D&I 💚 Tech 💚 Remote/Office working 💚 CPD/Career Development Read below and let us know in the comments what you feel is important benefit/resource you would like or have!

Curious about how the lateral partner market is doing in Q1 2024? This article and supporting data confirms that it's active and robust! Thank you Jon Truster and Sarah Morris for your insights. #Macrae #lawfirms #partnerhiring

We track and analyze partner hiring across our markets in real-time, or as close to it as possible - and what the January and February data revealed was certainly newsworthy. As The American Lawyer reported, “In the first two months of 2024, lateral partner hiring in the Am Law 50 has already surpassed the same periods in 2022 and 2023, especially in corporate practices, where firms are seeking to get ahead of a return in transactional activity. That’s according to a report by international legal search firm Macrae, which compiled data on lateral partner hires by Am Law 50 firms in January and February in New York, the Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and London based.” For insight into what's driving the increase, the publication tapped Macrae partner Jon Truster in New York (where elite firms have added 43% more partners) and Managing Director Sarah Morris in the San Francisco Bay Area (which has seen a 140% spike in hiring). #legalnews #lawfirms #amlaw #amlaw50 #partnerhiring #legalrecruiting #legalindustry #lateralhiring #growth

With #litigation activity on the rise, some #BigLaw partners are finding it tough to corral the associate support they need. As New York Managing Director Rose Corbett told The American Lawyer, she’s worked with candidates who are “specifically evaluating firms on the basis of the quality and how plentiful associate support is," noting that "multiple firms" are struggling with the balance. "As a recruiter, I have to know where the support is,” Corbett said. “That is one of the more active questions. I’m doing my job well if I can steer candidates toward opportunities that can satisfy their associate needs.” #lawfirms #partnerrecruiting #amlaw50

#ABA Formal Opinion 510: To minimize risks of disqualification of the entire firm, law firms should carefully evaluate their policies and procedures for dealing with prospective clients under Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 in light of ABA Formal Opinion 510 (March 20, 2024). Under the opinion, an entire law firm may be disqualified from undertaking representation against a former prospective client even if the lawyer who interviewed the prospective client is screened from the matter if the interviewing lawyer “learned too much” about the prospective client’s matter: “ #Lawyers must limit the information sought from prospective clients, and those who seek and obtain information without limitations fall short of that standard.” Because interviews with prospective clients pose risks of disqualification in subsequent matters – disqualification of both the interviewing lawyer and of the entire firm -- conflict checking procedures may need to include prospective clients even if they do not retain the firm. My sense is that this is not standard procedure with most firms. Does your firm include prospective clients in its database to check for conflicts? #legalethics #professionalresponsibility #conflicts #lawfirms

Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms Feeling in a Constant Battle Against Big Law When it Comes to Attracting Talent? Check Out Our Blog Post on "Winning the War for Talent" with Strategies Specifically for Smaller, Mid-Sized and Niche Firms! #LifeAfterLaw #Lawfirmtalentattractionstrategies #Randibean #PearlProkosh #Alvarobesa #Dianaserrano https://lnkd.in/gAAr4AZ5