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Law Firm Lateral Hiring Plummets 35% To Lowest Level Since 2010

Paul Caron
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Law360, Lateral Hiring Plummets As Post-COVID Talent Wars Cease:

Lateral lawyer hiring plummeted 35% overall in 2023 — marking the second consecutive annual decline and the softest market in 13 years, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement [NALP press release.

The downturn in the lateral market follows 2022's decline of 11.5% and the 2021 hiring surge that saw lateral recruitment overall skyrocket to an unsustainable 111%, the NALP said in an analysis of its 2023 Lateral Hiring Survey.

Law360 Lateral Hires

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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