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Virtual teams are becoming the norm for many corporate departments. According to SHRM’s 2017 Employee Benefits Report, more than 60% of companies offered telecommuting options. Today, that number is even higher. While much has been written about the...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

We are currently living and working in a thriving economy with a low unemployment rate. A low unemployment rate means the availability of the perfect candidate to fill your legal team’s needs may feel like finding a needle in a haystack. And when you...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Since “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” premiered at the beginning of 2019, the KonMari method of organizing has taken the world by storm and has been applied again and again to almost every aspect of life—and you can use it when evaluating your career,...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Let’s face it: the majority of law graduates around the world, including myself once upon a time, start out with aspirations of becoming a partner at one of the world’s best law firms. However, over the last decade or so, such ambitions have dwindled...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Law firm clients are starting to demand blockchain expertise to guide them through a business, technology, and regulatory environment that is shifting in real time. Brian Burlant, with Major, Lindsey & Africa, explores the essential fields and...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Hiring a Contract Attorney for your law firm to assist with substantive matters may ease concerns in ways you never thought in ways you never thought were possible. In working with Law Firms, here are the most common concerns and how to address them...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

The legal industry is constantly challenged by how to do more with less. In today’s market, law firms and legal departments are under increased pressure to control costs and increase productivity. Coupled with changing views about work-life balance,...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Career satisfaction derives from filling a wide range of desires, and every individual partner defines satisfaction differently—with happiness and satisfaction tied more often to “soft” factors like lifestyle or practice fit than compensation. In...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Most associates don’t leave their firms because they absolutely hate it and want to burn it all down. Most are just looking for a different partner to work with, are interested in pivoting slightly (or more than slightly) in the work that they do,...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

You are a rock star associate. You got good grades in law school. You have worked hard these first few years in Big Law and are making a name for yourself. You have done all the right things to prepare yourself for the next step in your career — a...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa