Research Reports

Today, it’s not enough for a law firm to spend tens of thousands of dollars to find a seasoned associate or lure a partner with a book of business into making a lateral move.

You’ve got to keep today’s lawyers happy, motivated, and productive once they’ve joined you, too, with professional development training in key areas such as leadership, mentoring, management, interpersonal skills, communication skills, and rainmaking.

That’s why IOMA and the editors of LOMAR have put this two-volume hiring and retention best practices set together. With it, you'll find out how to avoid the mistakes that can result in failed lateral and associate hires in law firms, as well as what kinds of training and professional development programs are most effective and successful in helping retain hires.

You’ll find detailed articles and case studies covering hiring and training and development issues, such as:

• How to minimize risk in making lateral hires
• 5 steps to get improved results from your search firm
• How to building a sound mentoring program
• Case Study: Arnold & Porter’s usage of IDPs to focus associates’ career paths
• How to avoid being on the wrong side of a lateral acquisition
• Data highlights the importance of mentoring programs for women of color
• Competencies for in-house training managers: 12 ways to enhance your role
• Spotting lateral associates who will become tomorrow’s partners
• 5 simple rules to get your training budget approved
• How to assess lateral prospects’ true profit potential
• Is your firm a learning organization? Take Harvard Business School's 5-point quiz
• The most critical interview questions for lateral hires
• How to measure your ROI for management training
• How to focus your firm’s business objectives before making lateral hires
• 20 ways your partners can help train associates
• ALA report outlines skills associates need to grow into partner/leaders
• Checklist to get the very best from your online CLE providers
• Miller & Chevalier: A competency-based approach to training

Finally, you'll receive samples of the "working tools" that top firms use to make the right lateral hiring decisions, including checklists, questionnaires, charts, tables, survey findings, data and analysis.

Plus, you’ll learn how leading firms are raising their expectations of their training and professional development managers to perform more effectively, measure their success, and show ROI in both training and hiring.