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- Does 10 Years of Associate Experience Make a Lawyer Too Old in NYC?
- Women Lawyers and Marketing
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- Experienced Attorneys Should Consider Unconventional Firms if They Hit a Dead End on the Partnership Track
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My legal placement professional made the process very simplified for me. She explained everything step by step and didn'....Read more >
Stephanie Greene
Harvard Law School, Class Of 2014
Placed at Roche Freedman LLPMy legal placement professional was incredibly thorough, number 1, and very responsive to my needs. She really found som....Read more >
Alex Stacey
Notre Dame Law School, Class Of 2018
Placed at Menn Law Firm, Ltd.I think my favorite thing about BCG is that they identified openings with firms that I wouldn't have otherwise known abo....Read more >
John Clifford
George Washington University Law School, Class Of 2012
Placed at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.I loved attention that I received from BCG. I really felt valuable and that they were working really hard for me trying ....Read more >
David Hawkins
New York Law School, Class Of 2021
Placed at Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.I was very fortunate, because the recruiter I worked with was highly qualified. She was very dedicated to me, had great ....Read more >
Susan Louie
Georgetown Law, Class Of 2009
Placed at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPI thought that the two [recruiters] I worked with were both very helpful and knowledgeable, both in terms of our phone c....Read more >
James Geiser
University of Michigan Law School, Class Of 2016
Placed at Troutman Sanders LLPMy legal placement professional made the process very simplified for me. She explained everything step by step and didn'....Read more >
Stephanie Greene
Harvard Law School, Class Of 2014
Placed at Roche Freedman LLPMy legal placement professional was incredibly thorough, number 1, and very responsive to my needs. She really found som....Read more >
Alex Stacey
Notre Dame Law School, Class Of 2018
Placed at Menn Law Firm, Ltd.I think my favorite thing about BCG is that they identified openings with firms that I wouldn't have otherwise known abo....Read more >
John Clifford
George Washington University Law School, Class Of 2012
Placed at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.I loved attention that I received from BCG. I really felt valuable and that they were working really hard for me trying ....Read more >
David Hawkins
New York Law School, Class Of 2021
Placed at Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.I was very fortunate, because the recruiter I worked with was highly qualified. She was very dedicated to me, had great ....Read more >
Susan Louie
Georgetown Law, Class Of 2009
Placed at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPI thought that the two [recruiters] I worked with were both very helpful and knowledgeable, both in terms of our phone c....Read more >
James Geiser
University of Michigan Law School, Class Of 2016
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