Working as a legal search professional is an extraordinarily meaningful and impactful career – and also one that brings a continual stream of pressure, unpredictability, and sudden urgency. Whether you work in a law firm, a company, or a search firm, your days are shaped by shifting priorities, demanding clients, emotionally charged candidates, and deadlines [...]
Law firm partnership agreements increasingly include financial disincentive provisions tied to departures. These provisions include, but are not limited to, forfeiture of earned compensation, and clawbacks of bonuses and/or other compensation. Whether these provisions are enforceable turns on a factspecific inquiry involving which law governs, how the firm applies the provision in practice, and — [...]
It is all too common for firms to get sidetracked by war stories, irrelevant history, boasting, or term sheet specifics before this foundational assessment has been made. Reprinted with permission from the November 11, 2025 edition of Law.com© 2025 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited, contact (877) [...]
The NALSC Law Firm Advisory Committee was established to provide insights, guidance, and industry expertise to help NALSC grow and stay ahead in the legal recruiting world. Its role is to advise and provide input to NALSC to assist in shaping strategy, industry positioning, and guiding member engagement and programming. The Committee is comprised of [...]
Recruiting is a profession defined by friction; it’s not the exception but the environment. Candidates change their minds, clients shift priorities overnight, and hiring markets contract without warning. Yet, these very disruptions are what make the work meaningful. They reveal skill, discipline, and resilience. Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is the Way offers a lens [...]
The Strategic Planning Committee has been hard at work analyzing the rising costs NALSC incurs in putting on the Symposium and Conference, our two annual in-person events. In order to accommodate the ever-increasing number of search firm members, sponsors, supporting members, and non-members who would like to be part of our events, HQ has had [...]
“I had two prospect calls on my calendar that came as a result of LinkedIn! Interestingly enough, they weren’t from the over 300 DMs I’ve paid a media company to do on my behalf, but from two thoughtful comments I’ve left on posts that led two people to reach out to me to talk [...]
The Social Media/Website Committee recently changed its name to the Online Presence Committee, to better reflect its mission to enhance NALSC’s presence online. Its purpose is to broaden and be more strategic about how it helps NALSC accomplish one of its key stated goals: to provide education and information on trends and issues in the [...]
Meet Jennifer Gillman, who wears many hats for NALC. As a member of the Board of Directors, she also Chairs the Newsletter Committee and sits on the Nominations and Strategic Planning Committees. A former practicing lawyer, Jennifer is the founder of New Jersey-based Gillman Strategic Group, which specializes in partner placement. Jennifer thinks [...]
NALSC’s membership numbers continue to boom, with a growth rate of nearly 20% over the past year! Our total membership is at an all-time high of nearly 350, comprised of 270 search firm members, 77 supporting members (law firms), and 1 associate member (vendor). We’re happy to extend a big welcome to the NALSC [...]
