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April 16, 2009 Press Release 
Major, Lindsey & Africa Launches Attorney Outplacement Service

Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA), the world’s largest legal search firm, announced today that it has launched an attorney outplacement service in response to demand from law firm clients seeking to help their attorneys laid off during the global economic downturn. More than 3,000 attorneys have been laid off by major U.S.-based law firms ...

 

June 18, 2009 Article  Diana Rubin  andPaul Williams 
Seven Secrets of Landing Your Next In-House Job

Despite the economic downturn that has put increased pressure on in-house attorneys to do more work with fewer resources, we have not noticed any reduction in lawyers’ desire to secure either their first or their next in-house position. As legal recruiters specializing in in-house search, we have observed that the most successful candidates ...

June 1, 2009 Article  Sharon Mahn 
Business Plans A New Reality

A couple of weeks ago, I was a panelist at an event sponsored by the New York Bar Association. The event was designed to help attorneys learn the importance of, and how to produce, a business plan. Ten years ago when I first became a legal recruiter, business plans were not a regular part of the screening process for lateral partners. But ...

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