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Demand For Contract Attys Booms As Rates Reach $250/Hour Recruiters who place contract attorneys say they're busier than they've ever been as law firms and corporate legal departments scramble for talent amid a surge in legal work.
04/26/2021
Law360
ALSPs Stand to Benefit Most From Booming Contract Services Demand—for Now There's money to be made in the contract managed services market, with ALSPs likely taking the lead over law firms due to their emphasis on process and technology. However, the expertise law firms bring to the table can't be written off, especially for clients with complex agreements.
03/23/2021
Law.com
Many Partners In Big Cities Not Satisfied With Their Pay Attorneys in major cities like New York and Washington may earn more money than their peers in other parts of the country, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they feel more satisfied about their pay, according to a recent Law360 Pulse survey.
02/04/2021
Law firms are on the hunt for new hires. Meet 15 top legal recruiting firms to know if you're looking to make a move Legal recruiters play an instrumental role in the industry, acting as matchmakers that discern the best fit between a firm's needs and culture and an attorney's skills and career goals, and orchestrating lateral moves that can shape a firm's business. Many recruiters were themselves practicing attorneys, bringing firsthand knowledge to their work.
Business Insider
Legal Hires In Life Sciences See Benefits In Booming Sector The past few years have brought a plethora of legal department hiring activity, from the general counsel position down to other in-house roles, to the life sciences sector — a burgeoning, cutting-edge industry that includes pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. This ongoing and growing hiring trend had been occurring before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. And COVID-19 hasn't caused the growth to plummet for most businesses in the industry — even for those not involved in developing the COVID-19 vaccines.
01/26/2021
Legal Departments Limited Budgets May Spur More In-house Staffing Services Epiq announced last week that it was a launching a new supplemental staffing service geared toward corporate legal departments. Other legal vendors might be eager to follow in the e-discovery provider's footsteps.
01/6/2021
Legal Departments Can Come and Go, But Legal Ops Mangers May Be Forever Earlier this week Benjamin Moore said it planned to outsource all of its in-house legal work to outside providers. But other businesses mulling a similar arrangement may quickly find that cost savings or not, managing those providers will still require an investment of company time and resources.
12/9/2020
Legaltech News
9 recession-proof legal practice areas set to boom, according to top lawyers and recruiters Ultimately, the best thing an aspiring lawyer can do is find an area that they genuinely find interesting and are passionate about, even if it's not "hot," advised Parker + Lynch's O'Donnell.
11/20/2020
Privacy and data security lawyers bask in high demand as firms play tug of war Firms will often say they want a privacy or data security attorney in any office, which shows you how flexible they would be to get an expert in that area.
11/11/2020
West Law Today
The Rise in Interest in Lateral Moves in the Legal Industry The pandemic has affected every facet of life, from employment to working styles, and the legal industry is no exception. So far in 2020, there has also been a notable rise in attorneys who will consider a transition and are open to considering positions not previously explored, including nontraditional roles.
11/1/2020
November/December issue of Legal Management
Legal Departments Walking a Tightrope Between Cost and Vertical Tech Gaps Creating a more holistic network of technology solutions can help legal departments better leverage data. However, both the hardware and human cost of moving way from the vertical approach to purchasing that has traditionally dominated legal could be a major deterrent.
9/25/2020
Legal Industry Job Growth Slows In July Fresh off increases of 6,100 jobs in May and 7,300 jobs in June, July's 0.17% increase continues the legal industry's job recovery since employment plummeted in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
8/7/2020
Good Help Is (Still) Hard to Find in Legal IT and Cybersecurity The pool of legal-specific IT professionals on the market has always been shallow, but the rapid shift to remote working and other changes the industry has encountered post COVID-19 could make finding talented cybersecurity professionals even more difficult.
8/4/2020
Top law firms are delaying their first-year associate classes. Here are 3 ways law school graduates can stay on top of their game in the meantime. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to throw wrenches into career plans, many would-be lawyers are stuck in a state of limbo.
8/3/2020
Law firms like Kirkland & Ellis and Jones Day are delaying their fall, first-year associate classes. Here's everything you need to know. With no near end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight, many major law firms are pushing back their start dates for incoming first-year associates. Parker + Lynch Legal Division Director Thomas O'Donnell shares his insight.
7/27/2020
New York's bar exam is cancelled. Here's why calls are mounting for the test to be canned completely. The New York State bar examination, which had already been rescheduled to September, has been cancelled. While there is no new test date or news of moving the test online, the New York Court of Appeals announced Thursday that it is offering temporary licensing for eligible candidates.
7/22/2020
In-House Departments Aren't Necessarily Fishing in Post-COVID Legal Talent Pool Post-COVID-19, the legal ecosystem contains job candidates who might not otherwise be looking for a corporate legal gig, but departments may be favoring caution over a hiring binge.
6/18/2020
Summer Associate Programs: A True Departure from the Traditional Over the past few months, COVID-19 has driven a lot of change within the legal industry. Now in the beginning of summer, firms are facing a new challenge — how to host summer associate programs. The unpredictability of today’s environment has left many junior level attorneys and recent law school graduates wondering what the future looks like. Will they be left without a job, or will they be able to push forward?
6/12/2020
Legal Management
In-House Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Lawyers Are in High Demand, With Little Competition Demand is high but supply is short for in-house attorneys with a data privacy and cybersecurity background. Lawyers can thank new privacy regulations for the recent surge. difficult.
6/8/2020
The Coronavirus Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis In America’s Workforce Workers’ mental health is being tested like never before. Here’s how some companies are stepping up.
5/27/2020
HuffPost
Corporate Legal and IT Departments Agree to Disagree on Cybersecurity Preparedness A data breach response survey from Special Counsel shows that corporate legal and IT personnel have very different views on the typical response time and overall cost associated with a cyber incident. This article includes commentary from Aaron Duncan, Vice President of Discovery Services at Special Counsel around the findings from the survey, his insights into what the disconnect between legal and IT departments are, and what companies can do to bridge the knowledge gap between IT and legal.
4/21/2020
Breaking Through Autonomy Barriers Melissa Frederickson, Division Director for Law Firm Management at Special Counsel is featured in the latest April issue of Legal Management Magazine, discussing the focus on finding the right people to assist in furthering the business side of law firms and new business positions, and those focused on the employee experience.
4/13/2020
Association of Legal Administrators
What It's Like To Join A Law Firm In The COVID-19 Era Parker + Lynch Legal's Erika Heyder-Seeley discusses ways that law firms are adapting their hiring and onboarding process amidst COVID-19.
4/03/2020
GCs Swing Into Action As Cos. Hope To Avoid Virus Outbreaks Parker + Lynch Legal's Jenny Schwope weighs in on the importance of companies taking proactive measures to prevent illnesses from spreading in the workplace.
3/06/2020
North American Staffing 100 List by SIA Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, has unveiled its ninth annual list of North American staffing leaders, celebrating 100 notable individuals whose impact on the workforce solutions ecosystem elevates the industry and drives its evolution.
2/19/2020
Staffing Industry
Rise of cloud services has credit unions on edge Credit unions have a lot of angst about moving data into the cloud but they may be utilizing this technology more than they realize. Most organizations, particularly financial institutions, are using more cloud services than they realize because many vendors are transmitting data through the cloud.
11/13/2019
Credit Union Journal
Law to Fact Podcast Features SCI Author and RecruiterPam Davidson, SCI Director of Legal Recruiting and author of '100 Days to Your Next Job for Law Students and New JDs' discusses her new book on the podcast Law to Fact, hosted by Professor Leslie Tenzer
11/04/2019
Law to Fact
Capital One Breach: Whose Liability Is It Anyway? Capital One suffered a breach of data that was stored on Amazon Web Services' infrastructure and stolen by a former AWS employee. But it's far from clear whether Amazon shoulders any liability in the incident.
08/1/2019
What Legal Teams Need to Know About RansomwareRansomware (or extortionware) is a type of malicious software that encrypts user-generated files or entire file systems with an unbreakable cipher.
07/24/2019
How Millennials are Changing Law Firms, Legal DepartmentsAs attorneys fresh out of law school begin to enter firms and legal departments, they're bringing change with them.
7/8/2019
The Legal Industry Enters the Gig Economy Age How firms and legal departments can benefit from temporary, part-time or freelance employees.
6/14/19
Moving In-House? It’s Full Of Surprises, GCs Say While general counsel must provide sound legal advice to a company, they also play a key role outside of the law realm, and some say going in-house was eye-opening because they knew little about the corporate world.
4/12/19
Law 360
How Law Schools Can Encourage More Exposure to Legal Operations. Law schools would do well to include some basic teaching of database management, knowledge management, data analytics and project management into their curriculum to better prepare future attorneys for the technological and operational side of the business.
4/11/19
How Firms Can Retain Top Talent After the Big Lateral Boom in Texas While some degree of lateral movement is common and unavoidable, many of these steps that firms can take go a long way to minimize attrition and help retain Texas’ top Big Law talent.
3/18/19
Texas Lawyer
American's holding off on retirement SCI Division Director Nicholas Romley comments on changing trends as American's enter retirement
3/01/19
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Changing jobs is part of a lawyer’s career Tiffany Henson, search director at Parker + Lynch Legal, offers insights into interviewing, pay negotiation.
2/26/19
Jax Daily Record
Salaries Are Up And So Are The Non-Traditional Benefits 2019 Salary Guide indicates the key to finding an employer that fits your style may be in the perks.
1/16/19
Above the Law
Firms Turn to Creative Benefits to Attract Legal Talent 2019 Salary Guide features In-house and law firms are increasingly offering creative nontraditional perks
1/15/19
Salary Guide Shows Average In-House Lawyer Gets Paid Less, but Has More Fun Perks In-house lawyers earn less than their firm peers on average but are more likely to receive perks such as paid-for concerts or sabbaticals, according to our survey results.
22 e-Discovery Predictions for 2019 John Rubens, COO of Special Counsel, offers insights into finding talent in a tight labor market.
1/09/19
Relativity
Where Associate Salaries Soar, Signing Bonuses Fall, New Report Finds Special Counsel report report finds that while associates at law firms received salary increases this year, signing bonuses have seen a decline.
11/07/2018
The American Lawyer
Law Firm Associate Signing Bonuses Take a Dive, Recruiter Finds Special Counsel report report finds that while associates at law firms received salary increases this year, signing bonuses have seen a decline.
11/6/2018
Big Law Business
Parker + Lynch featured on the 50 by 25 Blog Check out tips for finding success through failure, as featured on 50 by 25.
10/22/2017
50 by 25
Relocation Not Required: Trends in working from home Special Counsel's Amanda Ellis Cuban featured in Corporate Counsel Magazine.
02/07/2017
Corporate Counsel
Transitioning from Law Firm to In-House Counsel Special Counsel featured on InHouseBlog for providing tips for the transition.
07/13/2016
InHouseBlog
EQ Named A CIO Review Most Promising eDiscovery Solution Provider, from MarketWatch Special Counsel's eQ recognized as a Top 20 vendor in annual list
02/11/2016
Yahoo Finance
Safe Harbor 2.0: Critics Slam US, EU ‘Privacy Shield’ Data Transfer Deal's Lack Of Details Special Counsel's Chris Gallagher weighs in on the proposal and its implications
02/03/16
International Business Times
Special Counsel's EQ recognized as a Top 20 vendor in annual list Special Counsel's Chris Gallagher talks end-to-end eDiscovery Solutions with CIO
CIO Review
EQ Becomes a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner Partnership will add kCura's Relativity to Managed Review Platform Offerings
12/14/2015
PR Newswire
BigLaw Finds New Roles For Older Attys Amid Age-Bias Woes Special Counsel shares insights into changing trends in the legal industry
06/26/2014
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