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Law Firm Associates: Why Your 5th Year Determines Your Future

By Cordell Parvin on February 27, 2020
Posted in Career Development, Legal Recruiting

I’ve invited two of my Lateral Link Colleagues, Kristina Marlow and Stephanie Ruiter, to share with you why your 5th year is so important.

Kristina Marlow is a senior director in Washington, DC. She is one of the few recruiters to have both practiced law and later recruited for Big Law.

Stephanie Ruiter…

Lawyer Interviews: Top Tips Part 2

By Cordell Parvin on February 13, 2020
Posted in Legal Recruiting

My Lateral Link colleague Naomi Kaplan is back with her top tips for lawyers interviewing.

The day of the interview:

1. Look (and smell) your best. Dress professionally (rarely will a candidate go wrong in a well-tailored black or navy suit), don’t wear any cologne or perfume or smoke something that might make you smell…

Lawyer Interviews: Top Tips Part 1

By Cordell Parvin on February 11, 2020
Posted in Legal Recruiting

Naomi Kaplan is one of my Lateral Link colleagues.  Naomi has some great ideas for lawyers interviewing. I asked her to share her ideas in the next two blog posts. Here is part 1.

By the end of a successful job interview, you’ve demonstrated that you have the skills and experience to be a…

Young Lawyers: Don’t Screw Up Your Career: Part 2

By Cordell Parvin on August 13, 2019
Posted in Career Development

My colleague, Abby Gordon continues with part 2 of her advice to young lawyers.

The Lateral Market
15. Always keep your résumé up to date (and your deal sheet or representative matters sheet as well) because you never know when opportunity will knock….

16. Be conscious of your deal experience. To lateral to another firm,…

Young Lawyers: Don’t Screw Up Your Career

By Cordell Parvin on August 6, 2019
Posted in Career Development

Abby Gordon is one of my Lateral Link colleagues who works in the Lateral Link New York office. She has great ideas for young lawyers and I’ve asked her to share those ideas in a series of blog posts.

In this post, Abby shares the first 14 of 25 things to know to not screw…

Client Development: How Teaching Differs from Coaching

By Cordell Parvin on May 14, 2019
Posted in Client Development Coaching

Did you miss the first Rainmaker Series session? No worries, here is a link to the recording.

Two years ago I spent four weeks in Spanish Immersion in San Miguel de Allende. From 9-1 each day I sat in a class with five other students and teachers taught us grammar, conversation, and vocabulary. Most…

Lawyers: What your clients want…and don’t want

By Cordell Parvin on May 9, 2019
Posted in Client Development

Well, today is the day. It’s the kick-off of the Lateral Link Rainmaker program. I’m ready. I hope to see you at 11:00 AM CDT. (I think I may have written noon in an earlier blog post.) If you know me, you know that I love helping young lawyers succeed. So, I am excited…

Making Rain: Prepare Like the Beatles

By Cordell Parvin on March 27, 2018
Posted in Career Development, Client Development

First, I’m back working. I started last week as a Senior Director at Lateral Link and discovered just how much I have to learn.

I am at the moment the least experienced legal recruiter in the firm, and yet in Spanish Soy el reclutador más viejo. (I am the oldest).

My new business email is…

I’ve Decided: I’m Becoming a Recruiter

By Cordell Parvin on March 13, 2018
Posted in Career Development

If you are a regular reader, you know that at the end of last year I mentioned I planned to retire. Afterward, Larry Scott, a former partner of mine suggested I consider becoming a recruiter.

At first, I was skeptical, but I received many encouraging messages from law firm leaders and lawyers I have…

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