Lawyers Wanted: Abroad, That Is

SARAH N. GLENN, a fourth-year associate at the venerable law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, is moving to Japan in January.

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Evan P. Jowers, a legal recruiter for Kinney Recruiting, in Hong Kong. He says that as more lawyers seek jobs overseas, firms are being more selective.

Although she is 5-foot-10 and has shoulder-length red hair, she blends in with the crowd when she walks to work in Lower Manhattan, not far from Wall Street. She anticipates that some adjustments will be in order when she starts working in her firm’s Tokyo office.