LEGAL SEARCH CENTER

The Legal Search Center is a directory of legal search firms nationwide and abroad, searchable by state and country.
Legal Search Firms in the U.S.
 
Legal Search Firms Outside the U.S.
About Legal Headhunters and Headhunting
Legal search positions are attorney positions sought through a third-party professional "headhunter." A legal search organization receives a job order from a client and initiates a "search" for qualified candidates...i.e., attorneys who match the client's specified criteria. The "client" is usually a law firm or a corporation; less frequently a state or local government organization, college or university, or other employer.

The job order may be given to only one legal search organization (sometimes referred to as a retained search); or, in the vast majority of cases, the same job order is given to a number of legal search organizations in the same geographic area (a "contingency" search). The fee is 100% paid by the employer. Job candidates using legal search organizations NEVER pay a fee.

The identity of the client firm or corporation is never identified in the brief description or "profile" in the job ad. It is the task of the search firm to examine all resumes received and, if a potentially suitable candidate is found, the attorney is contacted and the identity of the client firm or corporation is then revealed.

Just as there is a confidential relationship between the client/employer and the legal search firm, there is a parallel confidential relationship between the attorney and the search firm. Your identity will not be revealed by a legal search firm until you specifically authorize a formal presentation of your credentials to the hiring client/employer.


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