Justin Bernold
Justin is the founder of Firm Prospects LLC, a boutique legal search and placement firm.
Here on Above The Law, Justin was on the masthead as "Surveys Guru" from late 2007 to early 2009.
Posts by Justin Bernold
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Job Survey, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Associate Life Survey: Your Online Networks
We received 629 responses to Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on social networking, and it looks like most of you are avid surfers. Overall, 81% of you use at least one social networking site or maintain a blog. Facebook was the overwhelming winner, as 94% of attorneys who use social networking sites have an […] -
Job Survey, Social Networking Websites
Associate Life Survey: Are You Online?
In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we explore the tangled web of social networking. Back in May, Allen & Overy made news for attempting — unsuccessfully — to block the use of Facebook in the London office. The firm claimed that it was just worried about staff downloading too many videos from the site, […] 
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Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Associate Life Survey: Summer Escapes
In last Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you were taking any vacations this summer. We received just under 900 responses, and the overwhelming majority of you reported that you will be escaping the office for at least a little while this summer. Overall, 86% of you have taken, or will […]
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Job Survey, Layoffs
Associate Life Survey: Layoffs and Lamentations
Last month, an ATL / Lateral Link survey found that roughly 28% of associates were afraid that they could lose their jobs this year, up from just 10% of associates in December. That number might be even higher today, given recent events. But should 28% of associates be afraid? On the one hand, there are […] -
Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
Associate Life Survey: Summer Vacation?
In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, it’s time to focus on time off. ATL has previously reported on firms trimming the length of their summer programs, in part because of economic doldrums, but also at least purportedly in part because of vacation cycles. As one firm’s managing partner put it: “We believe that the […] -
Food, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Summer Associates
Associate Life Survey: The Care And Feeding Of Summer Associates
Last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on trimming summer associate programs is still open, but we’ve already been getting some interesting debate in the comments. For law students, trimming the summer programs — or at least the summer salaries — would be a critical financial blow: [L]aw School tuition is fucking EXPENSIVE. I take […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Associate Life Survey: Everything (Else) You Always Wanted To Know About Starting Bonuses But Were Afraid To Ask
While responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on summer associate programs continue to flow in (add your 2 cents here), let’s pause to consider what last year’s summer associates are going to experience over the next few months: bar exams (sorry), relocations, and sweet, sweet signing bonuses (or not). We’ve received about […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Featured Job Survey: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Starting Bonuses But Were Afraid To Ask
Last week, we posted Part Four of the results from our ATL / Lateral Link survey on bar stipends and reimbursements, salary advances, and signing bonuses, covering the range of firms from Akin Gump to Young Conaway. We’ve also posted results from our surveys on relocation benefits and whether you have to pay it all […] 
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Job Survey
Featured Job Survey: Got Morale?
Most of the time, our ATL / Lateral Link surveys have been about market conditions like clerkship bonuses and maternity leave policies. But today, let’s just talk about you. How’s your morale? Update: This survey is now closed. Click here for the results. — Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of […] -
Biglaw, Job Survey, Law Schools, Money
Featured Job Survey: Got Debt?
While the results are still flowing in from last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on bar stipends, signing bonuses, and salary advances (1,130 responses and counting), today’s survey looks at money flowing in the opposite direction: from individual associates to great big institutions. In other words, let’s talk about your student loans and other […] -
Bar Exams, Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Featured Job Survey: Bar Stipend Studies
Over the past few months, we’ve devoted several of our ATL / Lateral Link survey posts to compensation issues like base salaries, bonus amounts, and clerkship bonuses. But we’ve received quite a few requests to do another survey or open thread on another compensation issue: starting bonuses and stipends. Associates at four New York firms […] -
Allen & Overy, Job Survey, Williams & Connolly
Featured Job Survey: And Your Favorite Firm Is . . .
We received 1,036 responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on where you’d most want to work, which, in turn, was based on your nominations last month. Here’s how it turned out: Survey Results: Which Firm Would You Most Want To Work For? Overall, Latham & Watkins dominated the field, pulling in almost […] -
Job Survey
Featured Job Survey: How Does Your Work Get Assigned?
We received almost 900 responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on how work gets assigned. Here’s how you said it is: * 54% of respondents said that their work was assigned directly by the partners. * 19% of respondents seek out the work they want in a “free market.” […]
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Job Survey
Featured Job Survey: Where Does Your Work Come From?
So far, almost 1,000 ballots have been cast in this week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on where you’d most want to work, and it’s clear that some firms are trying to win those votes. Front-runner Latham has announced a “no layoffs” promise, and Ropes & Gray has upped the ante on the cool factor […] -
Allen & Overy, Job Survey, Magic Circle, Williams & Connolly
Featured Job Survey: Where's The Best Firm To Work?
This month’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, focused on which firm you would choose if you could go anywhere, was dominated by Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton. But several firms were close behind. * Respondents had several reasons to applaud Latham: “Prestige”, “Friends there are happy”, “Awesome firm, awesome people”, “They rock”, “Prestige, […] -
Bear Stearns, Biglaw, Job Survey, Wall Street
Featured Job Survey: A Bears Market?
With JPMorgan quintupling its offer for Bear Stearns earlier this morning, it seems like an appropriate time to discuss last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, which asked you whether you were afraid the recent Bear Stearns collapse would hurt your career. Twenty-seven percent of you said yes. New Yorkers were the most concerned, with […] -
Job Survey, Layoffs
Featured Job Survey: Coping With A Slowdown
I had been planning to share the results from last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on which other firm you would want to go to today, but in light of recent events at Thelen Reid and Edwards Angell, let’s just leave that survey open for a bit longer. Let’s talk about whether the slowdown […] -
Job Survey
Featured Survey Results: Would You Do It Again?(And: Which firms' associates have no regrets?)
Last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey asked, “If you knew then what you know today, would you still choose to join your current firm?” We received 540 responses, and, overall 68% of you said yes. But the gruntlement (i.e., satisfaction) varied quite a bit from market to market: • Atlanta – 50% […] -
Job Survey
Featured Job Survey: The Bear Stearns Effect
While last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on hindsight is still open, today’s survey ponders the uncertain future. And Bear Stearns’s effect thereon. Nathan Koppel has an interesting post on the WSJ Law Blog about which firms might miss Bear Stearns business. Verdict: it’s murky, but probably not that great for Latham, Skadden, Cadwalader, […] -
Job Survey
Featured Survey Results: Have Resume, Will Travel.
In last week’s ATL / Lateral Link surveys, we asked you whether you would want to work in a different city, whether, knowing what you know now, you would still want to work where you do, and where, if you could go to any other firm, you would choose to go. We received 1,189 responses […]
