Legal Authority confidentially services both individual attorneys and legal hiring organizations. We firmly believe there is no more cost effective means than Legal Authority for either (1) attorneys to find a new position, or (2) employers to conduct outplacement. With a full time staff of 10 researchers, five attorneys and a database updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Legal Authority is the largest portal of legal employment opportunities in the world, seamlessly bringing attorneys and employers together throughout their career cycle. With the largest database of legal employers anywhere, Legal Authority has contacts for over 75,000 legal employers in all fifty states and over 150 countries. We are an excellent source for individuals to take charge of their job search and employers to ensure that their attorneys and staff experience success in their outplacement.

We help law students, practicing attorneys and anyone who wants to work in a legal job apply directly to almost any legal employer anywhere, including law firms, corporations, judges, public interest organizations, public defender's offices, prosecutor's offices, state or federal governmental agencies, law schools-you name it. Our services are profoundly cost effective and, compared to most job search methods, we do not believe there is a better bargain anywhere.

Why It Works

In a given city, if a job exists that matches your interests, there is only one way to be sure that you find that opportunity. You must contact the specific employers that match your interests, and you will find every existent job. It is as simple as that. No job boards, classified sections, legal recruiters, on-campus interviewing programs or job fairs have all of the jobs. In today’s job market, it is estimated that over 85% of all legal jobs are not advertised and recruiters fill less than 3% of all available positions. When jobs are advertised or when recruiters get involved, a legal employer may receive well over 1,000 applicants for one position. The fact is that many employers do not have jobs until they are presented with a candidate that is attractive to them. This is why self-initiated targeted mailing is the most effective means for finding a legal job.

If you are serious about getting the type of legal job you want, you have come to the right source. Legal Authority has the largest database of legal employers anywhere. In the 1996 edition of What Color is Your Parachute?, the author states that over 1,400 resumes are mailed for every one job secured. While a legal job can generally be found by mailing far fewer resumes, if you are sporadically applying to the occasional job via the Internet, classified ads, or through a recruiter, it may take you a long, long time to find the position you are seeking. Legal Authority can help you ferret out and apply to the legal hiring organizations you want. It is your choice: Either you can remain unhappy with your current employment situation, or you can find the job you want today.

For Employers

We are an excellent means to supplement whatever outplacement counseling you are currently using: Legal Authority is the largest portal of legal employment opportunities in the world, seamlessly bringing attorneys and employers together throughout their career cycle. With the largest database of legal employers anywhere, Legal Authority has contacts for over 75,000 legal employers in all fifty states and over 150 countries. We can help your attorneys and staff apply directly to almost any legal employer, including law firms, corporations, judges, public interest organizations, public defender's offices, prosecutor's offices, state or federal governmental agencies, law schools-you name it.

Recruiters & Traditional Outplacement Firms Are Not Nearly as Effective as Legal Authority. According to the National Association of Law Placement, "The most common means for locating a position is through a letter or other "self-initiated" contact with an employer." Our model is based upon the fact that we are able to assist those in the legal profession apply to all potential jobs which match their interests. This strategy is extremely effective and works. No legal recruiter or other outplacement firm can make this promise to its clients.

• "Recruiters?" Referring an employee to a recruiter may be a good strategy in an up economy. In this economy it is definitely not. Would you pay fees for a junior corporate attorney right now? In California alone, our database contains over 6,000 legal employers. No legal recruiter has this many potential legal jobs.

• "Traditional Outplacement Firms?" The name of the game as far as we are concerned is to get your terminated employee a new position. No outplacement firm is a match for what we can do: We have a staff of five attorneys and ten researchers who gather hiring contacts for law firms, corporations, public interest organizations and virtually every type of legal employer out there.

"No Outplacement Firm or Recruiter Can Compete With Our Cost Effectiveness." Our database was developed at a research cost in excess of $1,000,000.00. This database is being updated in both the United States and abroad 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We can send out over 10,000 resumes and personalized cover letters a week--and that is all we do. That said, Legal Authority is also extremely–and profoundly–cost effective. Our average cost per employee for our outplacement services is less than $500.00. We will (1) revise your staff member’s resume and cover letter and (2) assist your staff member in applying to as many employers as they want for a cost that can be as low as $1.00 per employer.

Make Legal Authority Part of Your Outplacement Team! Making economic adjustments leads to tough decisions regarding employees: who stays, who goes. When you release an attorney due to poor performance or economic conditions, the results can be troubling not only for that attorney but also for the rest of the employees. When economic forces require a large number of people be let go, the problems can multiply if the separation is not handled with care, and the results for your firm can be devastating. These results are even more devastating when the attorney does not get another job.

When you let people go, your decision becomes a life-altering event for a host of attorneys and staff. In addition, productivity can suffer as the downsizing is carried out, and as the remaining attorneys adjust to the loss of their co-workers. "When will the partner stop by my office and close the door?" some may wonder. Others might ask themselves, "How could the firm be so cruel?" Your job is not easy, but if those you let go actually get positions, you can preserve:

• your firm's image in the mind of the terminated and current employees

• the ability of those let go to support their families

• the productivity of those who remain at the firm

• your own psychological well-being.

We invite you to visit our web site at www.legalauthority.com or contact us at the above number. While we are not a traditional outplacement firm, what we do actually works. If, and when, you are ready to take charge of your outplacement program and ensure your people do find new jobs we would very much like to hear from you!