Chief Talent Officer Jennifer Bluestein was interviewed in “In-House Q&A: Perkins Coie’s Jennifer Bluestein,” an article in Above the Law, regarding the place of T14 law schools and what led her to write books guiding associates’ careers.

Above the Law: You’re currently the Chief Talent Officer at one of the country’s biggest firms. Do you view this role as sort of being in-house within a law firm, in a way, overseeing the internal operations?

Jennifer: My responsibilities include learning, development, recruiting, staff recruiting and development and retention, compensation, benefits, all of that for a leading Am Law 50 firm. It’s a lot.

But my responsibilities do not include the legal advising. We still have in-house counsel. Most large firms either have somebody 100 percent, or multiple people, as an in-house counsel department.