A Law Boutique’s Unusual Recruiting Tactic

For law boutiques, hiring the wrong lawyer can be costly, as one bad apple in a small team can do more damage than a swing-and-a-miss at a 3,000-lawyer global operation.

This truth has a number of small firms going to extra lengths to ensure that they attract the best lawyers who will jibe with the firm’s culture.

The most recent evidence can be witnessed over at the Washington, D.C. intellectual property boutique Fisch Sigler LLP, where founding partner Alan Fisch required applicants for a new position to write an essay.

The topic of Fisch’s essay prompt? Whether Nobel Prize winning ...