We specialize exclusively in recruiting lawyers for our clients, and represent highly skilled and experienced professionals in the field. Our recruiters have worked extensively in the legal industry as lawyers and their knowledge is invaluable when assisting clients with unique and general hiring requirements.
The Bar List conducts routine and contingency legal searches for law firms, companies and government offices. Aside ministries and government agencies, we work with national and international clients as well as smaller local businesses and law firms. We get to know our clients so as to understand the specific skill set and individual chemistry that is required in a successful candidate.
Our representation starts with a candid assessment of what each client is looking for. We attempt to meet face-to-face with an organization’s hiring or recruiting contacts to better understand the client’s style, culture and professional personality. We seek to ensure that the goals and desires of our clients are met on all levels of the search process.
The Bar List has an extensive database of the top legal talents available nationwide. Our professionally developed and nurtured database covers a virtual who’s who of both local and national lawyers at all levels of seniority and in all areas of legal expertise. In addition to our vast network of skilled lawyers, our carefully cultivated network of professional contacts helps us to prepare a focused list of potential candidates to contact for any legal employment need.
Once we locate those lawyers who seem to have the appropriate skill set for our client’s specific needs, we pre-screen each applicant to ensure an appropriate personality fit. We evaluate each candidate’s specific set of abilities, academic background, interpersonal skills as well as their career objectives to ensure the best fit with the organization. Only those candidates who closely mirror the profiles established by the client are submitted for consideration. We spend our time and energy on all of the details so you can spend your time doing what you do best.
Contact us for a private consultation to discuss how we may help you. All inquiries are held in the strictest confidence. Our current fee schedule and guarantees will be furnished upon request.
The Bar List has an impressive national client base, which we serve through our extensive contacts in the legal community. In addition to our corporate and government clients, we represent most mid- to large-size law firms in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, as well as national firms and specialized boutique law firms. For lawyers, we identify the best legal opportunities available to fit with each person’s specific personal and professional career goals. Presently, our services are provided at no cost to lawyers. Our fees are paid exclusively by the employers we contract with to perform a search.
Our experience, dedication and trustworthiness is what sets us apart. We are there for the duration of the interviewing process. We prepare attorneys for the interview process and educate them as to available opportunities that match what they may be looking for. We always seek a candidate’s permission to approach a client about a particular job and never present curriculum vitae without first obtaining the specific prior approval of the lawyer. If there is mutual interest between a client and a candidate, we promptly facilitate the interview process until either a successful match is made or one party decides that it is no longer interested in going forward. We are there to ease the emotional and practical considerations involved in job changes.
We handle both temporary and permanent lateral lawyer placements. We are also able to assist new law school graduates. We generally work with new lawyers from the law school, who graduated at or near the top of their classes.
If you are interested in using our services, please e-mail us a copy of your curriculum vitae. All inquiries are held in the strictest confidence. Due to the tremendous volume of curriculum vitae we receive, we will only contact those lawyers for whom we believe we have an appropriate position.
Projects are common in the legal industry. Law firms, companies and government offices may need lawyers on ad hoc basis. Temporary attorneys provide the expertise you need without the costs and space associated with a permanent employee. We work with our clients to reach a competitive remuneration for each candidate, based upon level of experience and expertise.
There is only one name in legal recruiting: The Bar List. We have earned our unrivalled reputation as the premier recruiting firm for lawyers nationwide by delivering precisely the lawyer required for every client need.
