One good sign would be when said general counsel recommends «
hiring a junior lawyer to «oversee» litigation,» writes The Wired GC in response to this post by blawgger Patrick Lamb.
A lawyer
hires a junior lawyer to help with the workload of her practice.
Not exact matches
When asked about the general outlook for
hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (
junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior
lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.
«It's really the
hire - backs, and how many
junior lawyers firms [we] will be looking to keep,» he says.
What really happens when you
hire an assistant or
junior associate is that you spend your freed - up time on management, not billable
lawyering.
Turn to lateral
hires in areas of need, reduce
hiring, speed reviews, and terminate under - performing
junior lawyers.
Law firms are increasingly embracing technology and
hiring coders or artificial intelligence experts to help them automate routine work once undertaken by
junior lawyers.
Buy - side institutions such as asset managers and private equity / hedge funds have also deviated slightly by focusing on building their teams with
junior lawyers, instead of the typical practice of taking on experienced
hires at the mid-senior levels.
According to the report, even if you
hire a first - year
junior lawyer to argue your case, it will cost an average of $ 235 an hour.
Getting
hired back is more difficult, and being able to make a name for yourself as a
junior lawyer another beast in its own right.
Fed up with the rising cost of outsourcing work to inexperienced
junior associates at BigLaw firms — whose average hourly rate is approaching $ 300 — a growing number of companies are opting for the more cost - effective route of
hiring their own
lawyers fresh out of law school and training them in - house.
Cost - sensitive clients who look to
hire junior or mid-level
lawyers should understand there is a corresponding trade - off in litigation experience.
Is it when we have finally
hired a support staff or
junior lawyer who can float our practice for six to nine months?