pay per hour vs. the Am Law 100
control over where and how you work
paid for
originations
of work is
shared
- Reuters
But don’t just take our word for it. Here is what our attorneys highlight when asked why they choose to practice at Scale.
The quality of the team is the #1 reason our attorneys work here. With thousands of applications in a few short years, we’ve been selective about who joins.
Our tech-first, efficient platform lets attorneys take home the majority of the value they create, which is high on the list of why our attorneys join the firm.
Despite our remote-first platform, two-thirds of our attorneys regularly work in teams of four or more attorneys.
We ask our attorneys to give us a regular NPS score (does your firm know what that is?), and we consistently rank “excellent,” the highest category.
Pillar One
From our associate program to business development workshops, we help associates and counsel build their skills, own their practice, and define “where, when, and with whom they work.”
Pillar Two
For experienced attorneys who have honed their craft, we actively work to help them deepen their practice with team growth, marketing programs, and community support. Scale attorneys “bet on themselves and succeed.”
Pillar Three
At a remote-first firm where half of the work is shared, our high-quality team provides fertile ground for rainmakers to continue on their successful path that’s “lucrative for the pocketbook and the soul.”
Traditional firm fees are mostly waste: costs and profit that do not benefit the average client or attorney. We’ve turned that model on its head, and pass through the majority of the fees collected to the attorneys doing the work. That simple but fundamental switch reflects a completely different way of doing things.
We have deep field experience and come from the world's best law schools, law firms, companies, and government institutions.
Scale's attorneys were partners, shareholders, counsel, or associated with the following firms before joining our team:
Most of our attorneys have practiced law in house, and in that role, answered to business leaders and executives at these industry leaders:
Former Big Law
“Scale was built on the idea that a larger percentage of the billables received should be going to the attorney. That structure enabled me to have ownership over my own rates and valuing my own time.”
Formerly:
Former In-House
“It was really rewarding for me at the end of my first year at Scale to realize that I had been part of the biggest transaction for 10 different companies ... I was able to make such a huge impact on so many startups as they’re growing.”
Formerly:
Former Boutique Owner
“I found Scale and I know that I found my people ... it supercharged my practice. Our group of attorneys are commonly focused on making businesses succeed. We share a love for entrepreneurship and building businesses.”
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Dear WOMAN LAWYER SEEKING MORE:
This summer, we witnessed a woman presidential candidate on a national party ticket and US female Olympic athletes earning 53% of their country’s medals. So why is the landscape for women in law still so riddled with inequities? Is career advancement actually within your control? The answer is a resounding yes! Find out why.
Finding Community in the Post-Pandemic Legal World
For those in the legal profession, the need to build community has never been stronger. According to research conducted by the Harvard Business Review, lawyering still counts as one of the “loneliest professions,” and a growing body of research has raised alarms about the mental health of overworked attorneys: one 2023 study found that lawyers facing high stress, overwork and loneliness were more than twice as likely to contemplate suicide as other working adults. The crisis is not confined to attorneys putting in long hours at the largest firms, however, but affects lawyers across the profession including in solo practice, suggesting that isolation and lack of community are significant contributing factors in addition to workload.
