President’s Letter
Happy New Year to everyone in the NALSC Community! This past year, 2025, was a banner year for NALSC, with our organization adding new search firm and law firm members at a record pace. Our sponsor ranks grew, as well, with several existing sponsors increasing their commitment to NALSC, [...]
Top 5 Takeaways from the 2025 NALSC Fall Symposium in Denver
I attended my first NALSC conference back in September and–just like my whopping 1,500 LinkedIn followers had to hear about it–so now, dear reader, do you. Why was this my first conference? Well, I just recently joined Alpert Associates, the Washington, DC-focused legal search firm that was founded by my [...]
Membership Report
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 [...]
NALSC Member Profile: Jennifer Gillman
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 [...]
Online Presence Committee Update
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 [...]
LinkedIn Commenting: The New Cold Outreach for 2026 (that actually warms)
“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 [...]
Greetings from Long Range Planning!
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 [...]
THE RECRUITER’S BOOKSHELF: The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
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 [...]
Meet the Law Firm Advisory Committee
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. [...]
Beyond the Handshake: The Essential Agenda For a First Law Firm Merger Meeting
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 [...]
Are Financial Disincentive Provisions Enforceable? What Recruiters Need to Know
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 [...]
Thriving Through the Chaos: Science-Backed Techniques for Legal Search Professionals to Emotionally Thrive and Maximize Productivity
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, [...]
NALSC Newsletter Committee
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