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Harrison's Perspectives ¬ Law Firm Culture & Economics ¬ Law Firm Culture & Economics
- [TRANSCRIPT] Billable Hours and Law Firm Economics: What Every Attorney Needs to Understand to get Ahead
- Beyond the Numbers: Why Cultural Fit Matters in Your Legal Job Search
- Reports of Stealth Layoffs at Snell & Wilmer: Are Biglaw Firms Cutting Headcount Under the Radar?
- Miller Canfield, Detroit-based Law Firm, Lays off Lawyers After PPP Loan
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed Law Firm Lays Off Lawyers and Staff After Receiving Paycheck Protection Loan
- Reports of Stealth Layoffs at Fox Rothschild, an Am Law 100 Firm
- Katten Muchin Rosenman Announces Layoffs and Reinstatements Amidst COVID-19 Challenges
- Reed Smith Announces Layoffs, Salary Cuts, and Reduced Workweeks in Response to COVID-19
- Dorsey & Whitney, A Leading Biglaw Firm, Announces Layoffs and Salary Cuts Amid Austerity Measures
- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Lays Off Associates and Staff amid Slowdown in Big Law Industry
- Goodwin Procter Announces Job Cuts Due to Economic Slowdown
- Cooley Law Firm Lays off 78 Lawyers as U.S. Legal Industry Faces Demand Dip
- Layoffs at Gunderson Dettmer Due to Decline in Billable Work for Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- Kirkland & Ellis Implements Stealth Layoffs Amid Economic Downturn
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Lays Off 4% of Global Workforce in Project Advance Business Review
- Winston & Strawn Confirms Layoffs with Creation of Virtual Resource Center
- Baker McKenzie, a Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firm, Announces Layoffs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- The BCG Attorney Search Law Firm Layoff Tracker
- The Importance of Law Firm Economics to Your Legal Career
- How Law Firms and Other Hiring Organizations Can Determine if an Attorney Will Do the Job Long Term
- Why Law Firm Lawyers Must Work Weekends and Holidays: Law Firms Own Your Time and You Do Not
- The Top 15 Marketing and Sales Tricks Law Firms Use to Get You to Work For Them
- Why BigLaw Firms Attorneys Are So Likely to Get Divorced: Stressed, Tired, Mad and with Nothing More to Give
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Legal Recruiting Coordinators and Their Role in the Attorney and Law Student Hiring Process
- How an Attorney Can Get a Reduced-Hour Position Inside of a Law Firm
- Why Do Attorneys in Large Law Firms Work So Hard and Bill So Many Hours?
- Are You a Bureaucrat Attorney or a Producer Attorney?
- 23 Types of Attorneys Prestigious Law Firms Avoid Hiring
- 15 Career Mistakes Attorneys Make Because They Do Not Have the Right Career Information
- Are Virtual Firms 'Worth It'? 20 Questions Partners Should Ask Before Joining a Virtual Law Firm
- 25 Reasons Why Boutique Firms Are the Best Choice for Many Attorneys and Can Be Much Safer Than Larger Law Firms
- 20 Reasons Why There Are No Such Thing as 'Lifestyle' Boutique Law Firms and Why Boutique Law Firms Can Be Much More Dangerous Than Larger Law Firms
- Top 10 Reasons Attorneys Trained in Major New York City Law Firms Command the Most Respect from the Market
- How Important Is It for Attorneys to Work at a Major Law Firm?
- Four Fatal Mistakes Highly Qualified Attorneys Make When Choosing Law Firms
- How to Not Fail, Die or Go Crazy Practicing Law: How I've Seen Attorneys Find Enjoyment and Satisfaction in the Legal Profession
- Law Firm Diversity: They All Talk the Talk, But It's Harder to Walk the Walk
- 21 Reasons Why Being a Large Law Firm Partner Is More Difficult Than Being an Associate
- The One Simple Rule You Must Understand for Succeeding in a Law Firm: Ignore this Rule at Your Own Peril
- Understanding the Pros and Cons of Different Law Firm Types: Finding the Right Fit for Your Legal Career
- Top 10 Reasons Why High Junior Associate Salaries Are Destroying the Legal Profession
- Another Big Law Attorney I Know Just Died Young
- What Yale Law School Teaches about How to Approach Your Legal Career That No Other Law School Does
- Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start
- The Four Types of Attorneys Inside of Law Firms: Are You a Finder, Minder, Binder or Grinder?
- Why Attorneys and Law Students Almost Never Find Quality of Life and Lifestyle Firms: Law Firms Only Make Money When You Bill Hours
- How Attorneys Destroy Their Careers by Choosing the Wrong Law Firms
- Four Union-Like Rules Attorneys Must Observe if You Are Going to Succeed Working in a Law Firm: If You Do Not Follow These Rules You Will Fail
- Top 10 Reasons Most Law Students and Lawyers Prefer Large, Famous Firms
- What Do Law Firm Titles Mean: Of Counsel, Non-Equity Partner, Equity Partner Explained
- 10 Biggest Career Mistakes Big Law Firm Attorneys Make (and 10 Ways to Survive in a Big Firm)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go: What Should Partners Do When Their Firm Merges with Another Firm?
- Your Legal Career as a Small Business
- Salary Wars and Associate Hiring
- Why Attorneys Need to Figure Out How to Fit in in their Law Firms or Find a New Firm Where They Do: The Importance of Fitting In
- Why Law Firms Have Become More Like Factories in the Industrial Revolution than Simple Offices
- Why Attorneys Who Do Not Make the Attorneys Who Give Them Work Feel Important Can Destroy Their Legal Careers
- Why the Culture of the Law Firm You Are Working for Will Determine How Happy and Successful You Are Practicing Law
- How Law Firms Make Money from their Attorneys and Clients: A Guide to Law Firm Economics for Attorneys
- The Perpetual Salary Wars
- Can an Attorney Transition Back to a Law Firm After they Have Worked In-House?
- Why Lawyers Are No Longer as Interested in Becoming Partners Anymore
- How Realistic Are Law Firm Flex-Time Arrangements for Attorneys?
- Salary Wars in Light of the Recession: Bridging the Associate / Partner Divide
- Should an Attorney Choose a Small or Large Law Firm to Work in?
Harrison's Perspectives ¬ Law, Society & Culture ¬ Law, Society & Culture
- Law Firms That Hire You Are Always Making Business Decisions
- The Top Three Qualities Warren Buffett Looks for When Hiring Attorneys, Managers, and Others-and Why This Is All You Need to Know to Hire, Get Hired, and Be a Great Employee
- How to Get a Job with a Major Law Firm if You Did Not Go to a Top Law School or Are Not Working at a Top Law Firm
- Why Most Law Firms Expect Their Attorneys to Conform and Act Like Other Attorneys in the Firm
- The Seven Deadly Burdens of Being a Law Firm Attorney: Rejected, Criticized, Never Enough, Marginalized, Lied to, Insecure, and Cast Out
- Top 10 Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs: Why Law Firms Prefer Younger Attorneys With Less Experience
- Law Firm Diversity: They All Talk the Talk, But It's Harder to Walk the Walk
- The One Simple Rule You Must Understand for Succeeding in a Law Firm: Ignore this Rule at Your Own Peril
- Understanding the Pros and Cons of Different Law Firm Types: Finding the Right Fit for Your Legal Career
- What Yale Law School Teaches about How to Approach Your Legal Career That No Other Law School Does
- Why You Should Find Your 'Tribe' and Not Just Focus on Money in Making Law Firm Job Decisions
- Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start
- How to Easily Determine the Best Attorneys and Law Firms: The Five Prestige Levels of Attorneys and Law Firms
- Why Attorneys and Law Students Almost Never Find Quality of Life and Lifestyle Firms: Law Firms Only Make Money When You Bill Hours
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