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The Partners Post

Legal placement industry news and opinion from The Partners Group team.

 

The Partners Post

What’s an Associate To Do?: COVID and Its Impact on Lateral Law Firm Associates

With the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, many law-firm associates have experienced a number of situational changes which have largely been out of their control: reduced salaries, layoffs, cancellation of summer associate programs and fall hiring, and lateral movement of partners who, in some instances, were mentors or direct supervisors. It’s no surprise that associates … Read More ›

New Year, New Job

Happy New Year, and cheers to the start of a new decade! Whether you’re definitely ready to make a move professionally or have just been considering testing the market, now is the perfect time to polish up your resume and connect with a recruiter here at The Partners Group. January and February are historically the … Read More ›

The Carolinas Office Supports Our Local WWCDA Chapters

Jenny Hiatt and Kirsten Dodd of The Partners Group’s Carolinas office were honored to sponsor the Raleigh meeting of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association on Tuesday, November 13th.  The board members put together an escape room ethics CLE, and it was a huge hit for the group.  This was the first WWCDA meeting held … Read More ›

Women in eDiscovery Charlotte Chapter Meeting

Kirsten Dodd and Jenny Hiatt, of The Partners Group’s Charlotte office, had the pleasure of sponsoring lunch for the October meeting of the Women in eDiscovery Charlotte Chapter. This month’s event was held at Nelson Mullins’s Charlotte office, and included a fantastic panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence and E-Discovery by members of Nelson’s Mullins’s Encompass … Read More ›

Positive Trends Abound – A Crash Course in the State of the Legal Market

As the end of bonus season approaches, we are seeing more and more inquiries about the state of the legal market.  The effects of recent increases in law firm salaries, in addition to decreases in legal budgets in-house continue to reverberate throughout the industry.  Large firm mergers continue to happen, at the same time companies … Read More ›