Movin' On: Bay Area Mid-Level Associates Express Doubt They'll Stay Put
Associates all around seem to be wondering about their futures, according to ALM Intelligence's 2018 Midlevel Associate Survey. But that's particularly true in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, where associates expressed the most doubt that they'll be at the same firm in the next two years.
September 10, 2018 at 05:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
Where is the best place to be a law firm associate? The short answer is: It depends. In the chart below, we aggregated the average satisfaction scores from ALM Intelligence's 2018 Midlevel Associate Survey by the city where firm offices are located, and sliced across a few metrics.
There isn't a huge amount of variation across the major U.S. legal markets, indicating that midlevel associates at large law firms are generally pretty pleased. Miami ranks top by a hair when it comes to benefits and compensation satisfaction, while Los Angeles take the crown in terms of work satisfaction generally.
But as our colleagues at The American Lawyer summed it up, associates all around seem to be wondering about their futures. That's particularly true in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, where associates expressed the most doubt that they'll be at the same firm in the next two years.
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