Book Description

Recruiting Top Legal Talent provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on best practices for successfully reaching and attracting both associate and partner-level attorneys. Featuring managing partners from law firms across the country, this book offers invaluable perspectives on common law firm recruitment issues such as connecting with law schools, handling questions of diversity, and negotiating employment offers. From interviewing associates to finding partners through headhunting firms, these leaders highlight the challenges of hiring at all levels and offer expertise on determining appropriate compensation, using retention tools, and establishing a firms core values. These top lawyers discuss recent trends that are affecting attorney recruitment and retention, including new hiring structures, diminished financial resources, and changes in associate programs. Additionally, these authors reveal their strategies for identifying and supporting career goals at both the associate and partner levels, and discuss how marketing and recruitment must coordinate their efforts. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great minds of today, as these experts identify the winning tactics in law firm recruitment and retention.