Know where
you stand.
See how today’s lateral market reads your credentials, and the smartest next move for your seat.
Same class year.
Different
phone calls.
Two associates with matching titles get read differently by every firm that looks. Seven factors decide the read: firm, class year, practice, credentials, experience, market, timing. The score weighs all seven and hands you the answer.
One number.
Then the why.
Your score gives you the headline. Your personal report shows what strengthens it, what holds it back, and how to read your position in the market.
10 questions.
2 minutes.
One score.
Answer 10 questions
Start with the basics. Most answers take one click.
Get your score
See your marketability distilled to a number out of 100.
See what drives it
Understand your profile, standing, and key considerations.
A recruiter’s read.
Not a quiz engine.
Built by a former BigLaw litigator, nine years inside the AmLaw 200 lateral market. Your report carries the read he gives on the phone. Judgment, not a lookup table.
Your score
belongs to you.
Your firm doesn’t see your answers. Your result isn’t published. You choose whether to share it.
Ready to see
where you stand?
Questions, answered
What is the BigLaw Marketability Score?
Ten questions about your seat, your paper, and your story. Out comes a score from 0 to 100, a named archetype, a verdict, and a written report on where you stand in the lateral market right now. Most associates have never seen their profile the way the market sees it. This is that.
How is it scored?
Judgment, not a lookup table. Practice demand, class year, firm tier, market, credentials, timing. The same weighing that happens in the first ten minutes of every honest career conversation in this industry. The quiz writes it down.
Is it confidential?
Yes, and here is what that means. Nothing goes to your firm. Nobody circulates your resume. There is no resume; you never upload one. Your answers and report are seen by one person and go nowhere else. The only public thing is the card you choose to share, and it never carries your firm, your school, or your history.
What does it cost?
Nothing. No account, no trial, no upsell. The quiz is free and stays free.
Who reads my answers?
One person: Steven Rushing. Former BigLaw litigator at Weil and Finnegan. Nine years inside the AmLaw 200 lateral market. He built this because associates kept asking him the same question: where do I stand? Your answers reach him and nobody else.
What are the archetypes?
Fourteen profiles the market keeps producing: The First Round Pick. The Hot Hand. The Golden Handcuffs. The Redshirt. The Frequent Flyer. Nine more. Everyone thinks they know theirs. The quiz has a habit of disagreeing.
Where can I read about my market?
Steven keeps written guides to the lateral market, one page per practice area and city, covering the seats he actually works. The ones associates open most:
- M&A in New York
- Private equity in New York
- Capital markets in New York
- Restructuring in New York
- Private equity in Chicago
- White collar in Washington DC
- Energy in Houston
- M&A in Dallas
- M&A in Los Angeles
- Life sciences in Boston
- Funds in the Bay Area
- Patent litigation in Austin
Pick an answer to keep going.
Last step. Where do we send your report?
Your score, your profile, and the full written read, sent to your inbox so you keep it. One person ever sees your answers: Steven Rushing, former BigLaw litigator at Weil and Finnegan. Nothing goes to your firm.
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The report is the read. The call is the plan.
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