I don’t know why this isn’t intuitive, but, if you bring in new business to a law firm, or you are identified as having the ability to bring in new business, your job will be, for the most part, safe in this economy.
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog discusses this in Do Law Firm
On a daily basis I look for inspiration for work, for the blog, for my personal life. However, it’s been hard to find “inspiration” when every article seems to be about law firm layoffs, job deferrals, or withdrawn job offers, with or without a golden parachute.
In the comments section of an
There certainly is plenty of bad news to go around. Enough so that it even has the good guys looking down at their shoes. What’s a law firm to do?
1. Passion And Leadership Are Imperative
Successful firms will have a strong, visible leader who oozes belief in the firm’s raison d’être and the client