A new year (hopefully) brings new opportunities—and the same may hold true in the legal job market. While 2020 was in large part dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms, corporate legal departments and alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) are continuing to find creative ways to plug gaps in talent. In some cases, those changes are being driven by the attorneys or workers themselves, who are attempting to adjust to the massive cultural shifts the pandemic has wrought by finding positions that offer a more refined balance of work and free time. Meanwhile, both law firms and corporations alike are preparing for a boost in privacy-related activity driven by regulations like the California Consumer Privacy Act. Here are five hiring trends to be watching inside of legal.