Recruiting in-house lawyers - a guide for General Counsel/Legal Directors
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Recruiting in-house lawyers - a guide for General Counsel/Legal Directors
A guide for General Counsel/Legal Directors to assist in the recruitment and retention of qualified lawyers.
This article also appears on LegalWeekLaw.com and Law.com Contents: The relatively limited impact of the 2008/9 recession on in-house legal departments The exponential and sustained growth of lawyers in-house The traditional rationale for hiring an in-house lawyer Why hiring in-house lawyers does not always save costs Lawyers in England & Wales – a statistical update An overview of in-house legal departments within C&I Compensation An update on law firm compensation The need for "A-grade" specialists The sell for in-house C&I Some tactics to help secure sufficient budget Retention The importance of proving your department's value to the business for recruitment & retention Summary Introduction This article is aimed at Heads of Legal or in-house counsel working within Commerce & Industry or Financial Services (defined by The Law Society as Commerce & Industry ("C&I") who have responsibility for recruitment and retention of qualified legal personnel. Its purpose is to give you an overview of the recruitment market and to alert you to some of the pitfalls, both internal and external, inherent in the in-house recruitment process. It also highlights issues pertaining to retention from the perspective of both voluntary departures and in terms of your needing to justify existing headcount internally. In respect of all the above I hope to highlight some tips and strategies to assist you. The relatively limited impact of the 2008/9 recession on in-house legal departments At the time of writing (August 2010) the world economy has only recently started to emerge from a severe g...See the full content of this document
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