NALSC Newsletter | Winter 2026 Working as a legal search professional is an extraordinarily meaningful and impactful career – and also one that brings a continual stream of pressure, unpredictability, and sudden urgency. Whether you work in a law firm, a company, or a search firm,...

NALSC Newsletter | Winter 2026 Law firm partnership agreements increasingly include financial disincentive provisions tied to departures. These provisions include, but are not limited to, forfeiture of earned compensation, and clawbacks of bonuses and/or other compensation. Whether these provisions are enforceable turns on a factspecific inquiry...

NALSC Newsletter | Winter 2026 The Strategic Planning Committee has been hard at work analyzing the rising costs NALSC incurs in putting on the Symposium and Conference, our two annual in-person events. In order to accommodate the ever-increasing number of search firm members, sponsors, supporting members,...

NALSC Newsletter | Winter 2026 NALSC’s membership numbers continue to boom, with a growth rate of nearly 20% over the past year! Our total membership is at an all-time high of nearly 350, comprised of 270 search firm members, 77 supporting members (law firms), and 1...