Hiring the right candidates has never been more critical. While, companies have begun to increase the capability and capacity of their legal department; the numbers still remain low. The key is to add a few, but highly effective attorneys. Therefore, as we are beginning to emerge from the ‘dark ages’ of the Great Recession, making the right hiring decision is just as important, if not more, than finding the right candidate. Every organization makes hiring mistakes. Check out the 5 hiring mistakes your organization should seek to avoid.  more >>

If you are in private practice, either as an associate or a partner at a law firm, you’ve probably wondered at one time or another what it might be like to go in-house.  You may have envisioned a world without billable requirements, business development, free weekends, and possibly less stress.  Perhaps you are intrigued by the prospect of working with a single client, knowing where the work will come next, and have an interest in being viewed more a business partner, and less as a fire extinguisher.  The grass being “greener” on the other side is not necessarily a reality.  In fact, the reality often looks quite different. But when it comes to going in-house, law firm attorney seem convinced that this is a better way to practice law, and whether that’s true for most, the in-house call remains irresistible.  more >>

The legal job market has never picked back up since the recession, and talks of market improvements have been rather more wishful thinking than reality.  In short, the legal job market has been grim.  Yet, there might be a glimmer of light on the horizon coming from in-house legal department: hiring may be on the rise.  more >>

While the general trend by most companies is not to hire, when outside counsel bills are stacking up, and executives get too bogged down with the process of drafting sales contract, the time might be right to hire the company's first in-house general counsel.   more >>

In this economy, a lot of companies are asking the same question: "Is this legal search firm worth what it charges?"  “When I need a heart by-pass, rest assured that I won’t select my surgeon on the basis of what he charges.”
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While we may be experiencing a sizzling hot summer this year, the same can’t be said about the job market.  What’s it like out there?  Clearly, we are not out of the woods, and may even be scaling back.  With the headline unemployment rate ticking back up to 9.1 percent in May, the sense of alarm over the state of the economy is once again growing. And it's not helped by a slew of recent reports on everything from the continued high rate of foreclosures to the precarious position of the Greek debt crisis.  Things are still incredibly tough in the job market with layoffs outnumber hiring announcements by a sizeable margin.  more >>

Established in 2009 with a legal staff of 22, Eastern China Airlines’ in-house legal department was awarded “Chinese Company In-house Team of the Year” at the 2010 ALB China Law Awards.  This is quite an accomplishment for such a new legal department, especially considering the turbulent global aviation market.
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