Negotiating a Job Offer Like a Champion
In addition to our earlier post specific to negotiating in-house job offers, check out this post on how to negotiate a job offer generally: “Today I write the first of a two part posting in…
Inhouse Counsel Salaries
Negotiating the In-House Job Offer
When you are negotiating an in-house job offer, consider The Lawyer Whisperer’s perspective: “The road to the offer stage in an interview process is usually a long and winding one with a few bumps along…
Australian in-house salaries among best and worst
Ok, but figures aside, they also get to work in Australia 🙂 “There are more Australian corporate counsel earning in the highest income bracket than their European or North American counterparts – but they also…
The Compensation Conversation
Melissa A. Peters, Esq., Managing Director at Princeton Legal Search Group, gives insights and tips on the oft-dreaded compensation conversation when interviewing for legal positions: “When you are interviewing for a new legal position, you…
Lawyers With Lowest Pay Report More Happiness
Support for the adage that less is sometimes more: “Of the many rewards associated with becoming a lawyer — wealth, status, stimulating work — day-to-day happiness has never been high on the list. Perhaps, a…
Salary Wars Boost In-House Counsel Pay
Finally, a war that all in-house counsel can get behind – a war that can boost in-house counsel pay! “A seasoned and skilled in-house attorney looking for work appears increasingly to be a candidate worth fighting…
Pay growth stagnates after 10 years – but not for lawyers?
In many industries, pay growth stagnates after a period of time – but not for lawyers, according to a recent report: “Most workers see the biggest pay increases in the first 10 years of their…
Making Sense of In-House Counsel Compensation
In-house counsel compensation demystified in another excellent piece by Bob Major, Jr., of Major, Lindsey & Africa: “To the basic question, “What do I have to pay?” my typical response is that there are two answers….
Top female in-house counsel get paid a lot less
A recent survey indicates that pay equality is not the norm in the upper reaches of the in-house counsel world: Women lawyers working in top in-house jobs make significantly less than their male counterparts, a…
In-house Counsel Compensation on the Rise
TGIF – good news from the in-house counsel compensation front – a recent survey reveals that compensation is on the rise: In-house lawyers work hard for the money. And in spite of a still-sputtering economy,…