{"id":97305,"date":"2024-12-04T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T01:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/04\/biglaw-signing-bonuses-may-be-back-in-action-come-2025\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T01:02:50","slug":"biglaw-signing-bonuses-may-be-back-in-action-come-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/04\/biglaw-signing-bonuses-may-be-back-in-action-come-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Signing Bonuses May Be Back In Action Come 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need some extra cash with that lucrative job offer? Just sign on the dotted line!<br \/>\nThe post Biglaw Signing Bonuses May Be Back In Action Come 2025 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1078230\" class=\"post-1078230 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-biglaw tag-biglaw tag-bonuses tag-quote-of-the-day tag-signing-bonuses\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1078246 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/signing-bonus-money-GettyImages-185271804-300x168.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the last few months, I have seen a pickup in hiring. I am expecting (sign-on bonuses) to come back a little bit, but I\u2019m not sure we are going to see it at the same scale as we did in 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2014 Stephanie Biderman, a recruiter with Major, Lindsey &amp; Africa, in comments given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2024\/12\/04\/are-associate-sign-on-bonuses-back-not-just-yet-recruiters-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>, on the return of the sign-on bonus for strong corporate candidates. Will <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2021\/10\/biglaws-throwing-around-500000-signing-bonuses-in-red-hot-lateral-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">signing bonuses<\/a> flourish once again within Biglaw as they did in 2021? Stay tuned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#3b484f5a58527b5a59544d5e4f535e575a4c15585456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"shs-form-918f9998-ad56-4438-b7e2-7d3c4676b70e\" class=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/bonus-time-Biglaw-bonuses-money-law-firm-bonus.jpg?resize=600%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bonus Time\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need some extra cash with that lucrative job offer? Just sign on the dotted line! The post Biglaw Signing Bonuses May Be Back In Action Come 2025 appeared first on Above the Law. Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. In the last few months, I have seen a pickup in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":97306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/signing-bonus-money-GettyImages-185271804-scaled-PXROts.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1430&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}