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Law Practice

Mar. 20, 2013

In-house legal departments target younger hires

As budgets tightened during the economic downturn and more work was sent in-house, junior lawyers became a way to handle low-level work on the cheap. Now some companies have begun to hire lawyers directly out of law school.


By Caitlin Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When Toyota Financial Services General Counsel Katherine E. Adkins sums up her ideal in-house hire, experience carries a premium.


"It depends upon the candidate, but ideally we want someone with eight to 10 years of experience," said Adkins, who is also vice president and secretary of Toyota's financial arm and oversees a 13-attorney legal team.


But hiring expectations are ...

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