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Recruiting and Retaining Lawyers

Recruiting and Retaining Lawyers

Ms Rebecca Normand-Hochman

(2017)

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Abstract

The competition for talent that leading experts started to describe in the 1990s has now become a reality in the legal profession. Like most industries across the globe, the legal industry is facing a shortage of exceptional people. Although in some jurisdictions there are more lawyers than the market can absorb, the reality is that the number of lawyers with the right skills is limited and that organisations are fighting to attract and retain the best professionals in a legal market that has become globalised and where mobility is now the norm. The ability of law firms to adopt innovative and tailored recruitment and retention strategies for their size, culture and market has become a strategic priority and one of the biggest determinants for a firm’s competitive success. This practical handbook, coordinated by Rebecca Normand-Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association, explores the opportunities and challenges for adopting effective recruitment, development and retention strategies. Featuring chapters by leading experts in the field, the topics covered include the new employer proposition, equipping partners with the skills and abilities to retain talent, working with legal search consultants, and ways to approach the recruitment and retention of talented people in first-generation law firms. The publication provides innovative insights and practical guidance for law firm leaders, business professionals and partners. It aims to enable them to introduce, develop or reshape their people strategy, making their firm capable of getting the best recruits on board – and then developing, retaining and promoting accomplished professionals in order to provide a first-class service to clients.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover 1
Title 2
Copyright 3
Table of contents 4
Law firm strategy for recruiting and retaining legal talent Rebecca Normand-Hochman Venturis Consulting Group 6
Collaboration among partners: increasing the odds of productive lateral hiring Heidi K Gardner Harvard Law School 18
The new employer proposition: getting the balance right between the firm’s strategy and the expectations of its workforce Jean-Baptiste Lebelle Allen & Overy, Paris 32
Legal education and training: supporting the recruitment and development of legal talent Tony King AGK PSF Training Ltd 46
Equipping partners with the skills and abilities to retain talent Alison Nolan Open Consulting 64
Coaching lawyers through change Antonin Besse Besse Executive Coaching and Training 80
Retaining women lawyers: the need for new perspectives Ida Abbott Ida Abbott Consulting 100
In-house careers Cecilia Poullain Natixis Asset Management 116
Recruiting and retaining talent in first-generation law firms Anna Grishchenkova KIAP Attorneys at Law 126
Managing underperformance Patrick J McKenna McKenna Associates Inc 138
Working with legal search consultants Guillaume Pican Page Executive 148
Case study: designing and implementing a new people strategy Alessandro Portolano Chiomenti Gerard J Tanja Venturis Consulting Group 156
Alumni and the value of creating strong networks Mahmood Lone Allen & Overy LLP Boyan Wells Retired Allen & Overy partner 162
About the authors 174