Recruiting and Retaining Lawyers (eBook)

Innovative Strategies to Attract, Develop and Retain Legal Talent

Rebecca Normand-Hochman (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
177 Seiten
Globe Law and Business Ltd (Verlag)
9781787420366 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

Law firm strategy for recruiting and retaining legal talent 5
Rebecca Normand-Hochman
Venturis Consulting Group

Collaboration among partners: increasing the odds of productive lateral hiring 17
Heidi K Gardner
Harvard Law School

The new employer proposition: getting the balance right between the firm’s strategy and the expectations of its workforce 31
Jean-Baptiste Lebelle
Allen & Overy, Paris

Legal education and training: supporting the recruitment and development of legal talent 45
Tony King
AGK PSF Training Ltd

Equipping partners with the skills and abilities to retain talent 63
Alison Nolan
Open Consulting

Coaching lawyers through change 79
Antonin Besse
Besse Executive Coaching and Training

Retaining women lawyers: the need for new perspectives 99
Ida Abbott
Ida Abbott Consulting

In-house careers 115
Cecilia Poullain
Natixis Asset Management

Recruiting and retaining talent in first-generation law firms 125
Anna Grishchenkova
KIAP Attorneys at Law

Managing underperformance 137
Patrick J McKenna
McKenna Associates Inc

Working with legal search consultants 147
Guillaume Pican
Page Executive

Case study: designing and implementing a new people strategy 155
Alessandro Portolano
Chiomenti
Gerard J Tanja
Venturis Consulting Group

Alumni and the value of creating strong networks 161
Mahmood Lone
Allen & Overy LLP
Boyan Wells
Retired Allen & Overy partner

About the authors 173

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Law firm mangement • Law firm mangement, recruitment, partner retention • partner retention • Recruitment
• ISBN-13: 9781787420366 / 9781787420366