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LocalGovernmentLawyer The Legal Department of the Future February 2016 45 important he said. I cannot see how I can task some of my team to deliver 1m income next year for me and accept thats just part of the job. Pretty quickly theyre going to look at private practice and see that seems to be exactly the same job that theyre currently doing but its paying more money. I cannot see how you dont have some modest reward for meeting your income targets. Why else they would do it Getting the best what do lawyers look for in an employer Respondents were asked to rank their top three most important factors in deciding where they work. Four stand out in order Paypension included in the top three by 62 of respondents work- life balance 59 quality and type of work available 53 and location 42. Of these work-life balance and qualitytype of work are actually the most commonly given first choices at 25 each. Reflecting the general state of disillusion with promotion prospects amongst local authority lawyers satisfaction with which was the lowest of all the working key criteria see article p36 career prospects are not a primary concern for the vast majority being included in the top three by just 17 of respondents. A similarly realistic view of the ability of local authorities to provide job security seems to have been taken by respondents a fifth of whom 22 place this category in their top three considerations. Instead when compared with the last careers survey in 2013 the importance of work-life balance has increased quite sharply up 8 while the importance of career enhancement has dropped by 5 in two years. One consequence is that if more lawyers are content to stand still rather than move on to enhance their career prospects it will lead to greater inertia in the recruitment market making the hiring of experienced lawyers harder still. Derek Bedlow is the publisher of Local Government Lawyer In the pipeline Forthcoming supplements from Local Government Lawyer and Public Law Today include Adult Social Care and Child Protection Dispute Resolution Planning Property and Regeneration Public Procurement Advertising from 495 VAT sponsorship from 1795 VAT. For further information please contact Richard Worth on 01625 363045 or email richardlocalgovernmentlawyer.co.uk.