It can be hard to focus on the positive momentum driving the legal industry right now when staffing issues may be holding you back from capitalizing on it. As widely reported, competition for talent has never been this fierce, with associates, paralegals and administrative staff all in short supply. Ratchet up salaries all you want, there is no guarantee you can pry that ideal candidate from a competitor’s grip.

But there is another way to go about resolving staffing challenges. The contract pool has continued to grow as people leave their jobs for greener pastures. Why vie for a precious few qualified candidates when ALSPs have broad networks of them ready to go to work? In the midst of the intensity of this unprecedented talent war, ALSPs are helping law firms and legal teams: