Achieving Partner Becoming Harder

An article in the Boston Business Journal reports that it is becoming increasingly difficult for associates to achieve partner in law firms, although once reached, the position provides increased financial benefits and employment security, as well as greater exposure to the business side of the practice. The National Association for Law Placement has recently studied second-career lawyers, and found that it neither helps - nor hinders - the path to partnership to have come to the legal profession after another career.