“I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumblin’ down … .” As I was listening to Carole King singing her 1970s hit, it occurred to me that those words also describe today’s legal market. I’m not sure about the sky falling down, but the earth is clearly moving under many lawyers’ feet.
In the 25 years I’ve been in the legal search arena, working with hundreds of partners and law firms, today’s legal market is about as fluid and chaotic as I’ve seen. In this post-recessionary economy, which many think is not “post,” the tremors are being felt everywhere.
