LinkedIn, Facebook, text messages, emails, smartphones, laptops and more, have made attorneys more accessible than ever. For recruiters, easy access facilitates quicker communication. For law firms, all these innovations are sources of potential data leaks. Thirty years ago, confidential files were physical, and you would have to break into a…
Firm Confidential - Register here to find out. Location New York, USA Job Description We are working with the venture startup advisory arm of a global management consulting company (“consulting company”) advising Fortune 500 corporate clients on ideating, founding, operating, and growing startup companies to disrupt and/or compete in important…
These are Some Effective Preparation Methods to Ensure a Successful Interview. As we begin 2020, we enter the busiest time of year for lateral attorney hiring. Law firms are less focused on on-campus interviewing and concertedly devote more attention to hiring laterals for busy and growing practice groups. Also, more…
Firm Confidential - Register here to find out. Location Washington, D.C. Job Description A top-ranked firm has an unposted need in their patent group for two second-to-fourth year patent associates in their Washington, D.C. office, focusing on either PTAB or a mix of litigation/prosecution matters in the Biotech/Chem space. About…
The macabre word “headhunter” found its first usage in the 1940s. Although the term seems a bit predatory despite its common usage today, the images of taking someone’s head may remain true for some recruiting shops out there. With low barrier to entry, many new shops can come and go…
Lateral Link is pleased to recognize two of our Principals on their 10-year anniversary with the company. We appreciate you both, Gloria Cannon and Scott Hodes, for making Lateral Link a better place over the past decade. “Not only have you both played a big role in our continued success,…
It’s been 15 years since I stood on the steps of Langdell Hall as a newly minted Harvard Law School graduate. Along with 500 of my classmates, I naturally assumed we would launch our careers, rise through the ranks, and then make partner — all at the same firm where…
No matter how you look at it, getting called in for a job interview is no small feat. After all, you’ve literally beat out hundreds (maybe even thousands) of qualified candidates. You’ve demonstrated that you have what it takes to make it to the next (and hopefully) hiring stage. However,…
You’ve found the perfect blackout curtains on Amazon, recommended specifically for overworked and late-sleeping New York associates, vampires, and Alaskans. They’re inexpensive and ship via Prime, but then you notice a wisp of yellow out of the corner of your eye that spells doom for your purchase: 3.5 stars. You…
After twelve years of grade school, four years of college, three years of law school, and eight years grinding as an associate, you finally make partner…and you are underwhelmed. After so much time, effort, and cost, how could you even consider any alternatives? This perspective is normal, but not necessarily…
