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		<title>Big Law’s Extreme Makeover</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/11/24/big-laws-extreme-makeover/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a business level, Big Law cannot continue to support large numbers of non-equity partners who do not contribute solid numbers to the bottom line.  I predict that we will see a very significant restructuring effort at the partner level across most Big Law firms.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
 
There has been great speculation all year about how the broader recession would ultimately affect Big Law.  Some predicted a fairly moderate bump in the road, remedied by some quick associate layoffs, while others imagined a dramatic change in the way that Big Law operates, ranging from revised fee structures to new [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lawyers:  Now Is Not the Time to Join a Law Firm</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/07/07/lawyers-time-join-law-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Can I get hired today in Big Law?”  The better question is “Should I seek a position today in Big Law?”
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka


 
Most lawyers who are not currently employed in Big Law are not necessarily aware of the uncertainty facing many law firms. Lawyers working inside of companies, government agencies or non-profits are asking, “Can I get hired today in Big Law?” The better question is “Should I seek a position today in [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Study Confirms Change is Unlikely for Law Firms</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/07/02/study-confirms-change-law-firms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article posted to the AmLaw Daily yesterday only confirms my own thoughts posted last Friday:
Study: Law Firms Have &#8220;Little or No Interest in Change,&#8221; CLOs Say
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/06/study-says-law-firms-dont-want-change.html
Posted by Brian Baxter
An annual survey of chief legal officers conducted by legal consultancy Altman Weil has found that law firms aren&#8217;t exactly embracing the forces of change that many claim [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An article posted to the AmLaw Daily yesterday only confirms my own thoughts posted last Friday:
Study: Law Firms Have &#8220;Little or No Interest in Change,&#8221; CLOs Say
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/06/study-says-law-firms-dont-want-change.html
Posted by Brian Baxter
An annual survey of chief legal officers conducted by legal consultancy Altman Weil has found that law firms aren&#8217;t exactly embracing the forces of change that many claim [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Beginning of the End of Lockstep for Big Law</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/06/25/beginning-lockstep-big-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law firms have begun the clear process of deconstructing the long-lived “lockstep compensation” structures that associates have always enjoyed.  This move probably makes very good business sense, and it will add an important measure of flexibility as Big Law continues to right-size its talent base in response to the declining demand for legal work. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
Law firms have begun the clear process of deconstructing the long-lived “lockstep compensation” structures that associates have always enjoyed.  This move probably makes very good business sense, and it will add an important measure of flexibility as Big Law continues to right-size its talent base in response to the declining demand for [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Key to Success in Your Next Career Move</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/06/22/key-success-career-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Execute a Strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having worked with countless professionals making career changes, I have learned that the most important piece of work we do is to identify an individual’s strengths and consider career moves that emphasize those strengths.  Look around—every successful person out there has simply chosen to focus intently on what he or she does well, as opposed to giving a lot of attention to weaknesses.  For example, no one really cares if Tiger Woods is an accomplished writer—and perhaps he is—but he has focused his professional efforts on the thing he does well naturally—golf. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
Many professionals today are in the midst of examining their next career move—some out of necessity and some as a solid risk-management measure.  Either way, there is an important aspect to taking a solid and profitable next step, whether that next step involves a lateral move, a new industry, starting a new [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big Law Compensation Cuts Could Be Dramatic</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/06/05/big-law-compensation-cuts-dramatic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next wave of cuts at Big Law is coming—but those cuts might not come in the form of lawyer layoffs.  Law firms have realized that layoffs can be expensive (in terms of providing three- to six-month severance packages) and so a more subtle tactic has begun—dramatic cuts in compensation.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
The next wave of cuts at Big Law is coming—but those cuts might not come in the form of lawyer layoffs.  Law firms have realized that layoffs can be expensive (in terms of providing three- to six-month severance packages) and so a more subtle tactic has begun—dramatic cuts in compensation.
Here is a [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Laid-Off Lawyers Need Options, Not Outplacement</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/25/laidoff-lawyers-options-outplacement/</link>
		<comments>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/25/laidoff-lawyers-options-outplacement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If law firms seek to offer something of value to lawyers that will be let go, those firms need to think about creative and innovative services that will truly assist these lawyers in thinking outside of the limited paradigms in which they’ve lived and worked.  Those paradigms have vanished. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
Original article posted March 17, 2009
The world of big law firms has never seen anything like the layoffs that have happened during the first 3 months of 2009.  Speaking from my own experience as a lawyer with Milbank for nearly 10 years, I can say with confidence that the typical large firm [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The State of the Job Market for Big Law Lawyers</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/21/state-job-market-big-law-lawyers/</link>
		<comments>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/21/state-job-market-big-law-lawyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But here’s the reality.  The market for lawyers is gone.  If any of these lawyers ends up in need of another position, there will not be one available—and most are simply stunned to learn this information.  I have seen lawyers with absolute top drawer credentials look for a job in every conceivable space for 9 months—to no avail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
 





Every day I speak with Big Law and corporate law lawyers who are curious about the state of the job market.  Most of these lawyers have escaped the ugliness of a layoff (so far) and are diligently plodding ahead on whatever work they can find, eyes on their desks and screens.  They’ve [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Chance to Challenge the Status Quo</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/13/chance-challenge-status-quo/</link>
		<comments>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/13/chance-challenge-status-quo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a talented professional—lawyer, investment banker, mortgage broker, marketing director—who has been laid off or is facing the strong possibility of a layoff, half the battle is in reframing what is happening into a positive thing.  Here is my suggestion—see it as an opportunity to challenge the status quo.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
If you are a talented professional—lawyer, investment banker, mortgage broker, marketing director—who has been laid off or is facing the strong possibility of a layoff, half the battle is in reframing what is happening into a positive thing.  Here is my suggestion—see it as an opportunity to challenge the status quo.
You have [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You Are More Than Your Career</title>
		<link>http://leverage4lawyers.com/2009/05/11/career/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their careers have left them little time or energy to know themselves beyond that limited context.  It is no wonder that the idea of leaving that context can be downright terrifying.
There is tremendous power in coming to know ourselves outside of the career context.  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posted by Elizabeth Zelinka
I work regularly with big law lawyers and other intense professionals in reinventing themselves—sometimes due to a layoff and other times during a time of transition brought about by a desire to reach beyond their current circumstance. 
In both cases, I find that most of these professionals have little to no identity beyond [...]]]></content:encoded>
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