
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

Among law firms, there’s an ongoing “arms race” for talent. In 2025, lateral movement hit a five-year peak—”one of the most robust years for legal talent movement on record.” Big questions remain about what’s driving this movement. Still, the nuts and bolts of reshuffling legal talent warrant attention. The dynamics of leaving and staying affect
Asaf Eckstein (Hebrew U. Jerusalem), Ziv Granov (Hebrew U. Jerusalem) & Ariel Shillo (Hebrew U. Jerusalem), Leave the Door Open? Towards a Context-Based Approach to the Revolving Doors, __ Ari. St. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2026) (with a related post at the CLS Blue Sky Blog):