Increase in Lateral Corporate Associate Hiring? It's

Increase in Lateral Corporate Associate Hiring? It's "When," Not "If".

A trend in declining interest rates means it's only a matter of "when," not "if," lateral corporate associate positions will increase.

Lateral Hiring Market Continued to Soften in 2023 - NALP

On a city level, lateral partner hiring varied from a decrease of 80% in Austin to an increase of 150% in San Diego. Lateral associate hiring, ...

Law Firms' Lateral Hiring Hits Lowest Level in Over a Decade

But lateral Associate hires increased nearly 21% at firms with 250 or fewer lawyers and were up 8% at firms with 250 to 500 lawyers. Summer ...

Which BigLaw firms are increasing lateral associate hiring the most ...

Other BigLaw firms increasing lateral associate hiring are Jackson Lewis (which hired 130 lateral associates last year) and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind ...

Amid lagging associate hires, why these law firms bucked the trend

(It can also stem from less rosy circumstances, but more on that later.) Overall, NALP found that lateral hiring peaked in 2021, declined in ...

Who has the Hot Hand in 2024? Associate Hiring Surges and ...

Where are the associates going? · New York added 499 associates, a 6% increase year-over-year. · Washington, D.C. added 219, a 5% increase over ...

Why lateral to another BigLaw firm as a 5th-6th year associate

National Recruiter + Career Advisor for Lawyers · 1. Optimal Hiring Window: The BigLaw job market currently has a distinct preference for hiring ...

Firms See Stable Lateral Hiring, Corporate Rises In Q2 - Law360

... associate and counsel hires showing signs of recovery from the ... corporate hiring on the rise and fewer litigation hires. "I think on ...

New data shows lateral associate hiring happening across the board

Lateral hiring for associates increased in nearly all practice ... The legal data company also analyzed which geographic regions had the most ...

Anticipating Transactional Rebound, Am Law 50 Steps Up Partner ...

In the first two months of 2024, Am Law 50 firms in four key markets increased lateral partner hiring by nearly 20%, according to data compiled ...

The Changing Paradigm of Lateral Attorney Hiring | Thomson Reuters

Firms are placing increased emphasis on client relationships in lateral attorney hires. Candidates with a robust book of business and a demonstrated ability ...

Leopard Solutions Law Jobs Report - September 2024

This unevenness was also evident across attorney categories. U.S. associate lateral hires outperformed forecasts with an 8.5% increase ...

NALP Research: Entry-level and Lateral Hiring

Overall, lateral hiring was up by 111% compared to 2020, the largest year-over-year increase since NALP began tracking these data 23 years ago. Read the 2022 ...

Grow Your Law Firm Through Strategic Lateral Hiring

Did you know that 50% of lateral partner hires fail within a few years? Most law firms are focused on growth, whether it's through increased ...

The Rise in Interest in Lateral Moves in the Legal Industry

Experts will agree that they have seen a rise in lateral moves from legal associates and partners between 2017–2019.

Lateral associate hiring market cools in 2022 ... - Detroit Legal News

After an unprecedented increase of 111% in 2021, the 2022 lateral hiring market produced mixed results according to the latest analyses from ...

American Lawyer: Elite Firm Partner Hiring Up 20% in 2024 ...

“It's been a slower lateral market in the last two years and now that there's an uptick, people are looking for an opportunity to upgrade their ...

Lateral Moves Off To a Hot Start in Q1, But Proceed With Caution

Overall in Q1, our data shows lateral moves increased 34 percent compared to 2023, including a 70 percent increase in associate hiring, and by ...

Three Overlooked Elements in Law Firm Lateral Hiring Analysis

The promise of lateral hiring is accelerated growth. For that reason, hiring more laterals consistently ranks among the top law firm growth ...

Where (and Why) Law Firm Lateral Partner Activity Is Surging

Overall, lateral moves increased 9% in the first half of 2024, Macrae found. A spree of corporate and M&A moves among major firms like Kirkland ...