Are There Too Many Lawyers Out There?

I began looking for new hires in the 1-5 year experience bracket in August 2008.  I advertised in the newspaper several times and on the internet.  Word of mouth got around in the legal community too.

I had a few applicants, but some possibilities raised conflicts issues and others did not seem to be a good fit.  One promising hire fell through at the last minute.

I would like to think that Ches Crosbie Barristers has a good reputation as a place to work with opportunity for professional growth in the personal injury arena and prospects for good income.  But, few young lawyers beat a path to the door looking for legal work in what we do, which is representing people in accidents, medical malpractice and class actions.  So I would have to answer the question, are there too many lawyers out there? with a "no".  If there were, I would have had more applicants for the position.

The good news is, we have two bright and enthusiastic new members of the legal profession coming to work for us, one in July and the other in September of this year.  One trained in British Columbia and the other in Alberta.  I will introduce these exciting additions to our legal team in a further blog.  They say "hire slowly, fire fast".  I certainly got the hire slowly part right!