The Origins of LawCrossing Summary: The founder of LawCrossing explains his motivations and aspirations in building the largest legal job portal site on the web. (436 views)
Small Law Firms Prove to Be Big Source of Jobs Summary: More and more attorneys are looking at small firms than ever before after they graduate from law school. Find out what they have to offer in this article. (2439 views)
What is the Best Way to Get an In-House Position? Summary: This has been really, really popular – and at first I did not even understand why. (167 views)
Checklist to Follow before Starting a Legal Job Search Summary: Here is a checklist that you should follow before you start your legal job search. (887 views)
How to Get a Legal Job | An Attorney Job Search Guide for Attorneys and Law Students Summary: Your dream attorney job may seem like a mere daydream right now, especially if you feel stuck in a nightmare job. Here’s how you can turn your dream into a reality. (174 views)
Tips for Finding Contract Lawyer Jobs In today's cost-conscious professional environment, legal employers are reluctant to add another salary to their operating expense until they see a clear financial benefit. That's why contract work (also called temporary, freelance or project work) is fast becoming an inside track to long-term employment. Not all temporary opportunities translate into permanent positions... (281 views)
What Everybody Ought to Know about LawCrossing Some plain talk about a simple business that is frequently misunderstood (1297 views)
Top Ten Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs When I first started practicing as a legal recruiter, I was amazed at how difficult it was for older attorneys to find jobs. Partners from major American law firms would frequently call me and express an interest in moving to a different law firm. However, many of these senior attorneys often had no choice but to move because they were being forced out of their law firms. (30801 views)
What Every Attorney Should Consider Before Accepting That First Offer The interviewing process can certainly be overwhelming and exhausting.While you are anxious to receive that offer, there are certain criteria every attorney should consider before accepting just any position.In order to find success and happiness within your job, you must carefully examine the long-term potential the opportunity embodies.Making sure this job is an ideal... (25 views)
How We Work on Client Files at Legal Authority The process of working on client files at Legal Authority is quite complicated and works like this: (13 views)
The Benefits of Contacting Law Firms and Companies Without Openings One of the questions we often receive at Legal Authority is why would you possibly want to send your application materials to a law firm without openings? This question doesn’t take into account the business model of most law firms or their internal economics. (235 views)
Landing an In-house Legal Job – 3 Important Tips Recruiters usually don’t cover in-house legal jobs at all. You may not realize this until you look specifically for an in-house legal position. Normally, recruiters focus on jobs in various law firms; very rarely do they list or even look at openings for in-house legal positions. On the other hand, those recruiters who do focus on this type of job are on the payroll of... (161 views)
Low Grades Should Not Stop You from Landing a Great Legal Job The belief goes like this, “If you are not in the top 10% of your class, you are not likely to get a good job in the legal field.” The first thing you should remember as a lawyer and professional, is that everything is possible if you push it strongly enough. In this case, you need to approach the task just like you would if you had filed for bankruptcy and were... (47 views)
5 Tips for Targeting Your Job Search as the Economy Recovers Many new college graduates take a similar, passive approach to attempting to gain employment: Post a resume on job sites and hope for the best. However, as the economy begins to recover jobs are still at somewhat of a premium, so doing this and nothing more just isn't going to cut it. (15 views)
How to Land Your First Job as a Lawyer Students fresh out of law school have little better than a 50-50 shot at landing a job as a lawyer within nine months of receiving a degree, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Many of the graduates find work as sole practitioners or at smaller firms, which tend not to hire full-time until graduates pass the bar exam. (307 views)
Getting a Job in the Legal Field - A More Serious Issue than Getting the Degree A legal career is gaining momentum and is rising up with many other job options. Many are getting attracted toward a legal career as the perks that it offers are far more impressive than many other career options. Once you find out that you have all the skills required for an attorney and you have earned your degree, how do you get started with your practice? (320 views)
How to Land Your First Job as an Attorney Everyone wants to begin on the right foot, and it’s no different for law graduates. Finding the right first job is like laying the foundation of a building. If the foundation is not strong then the strength of the building is always vulnerable. However, on the contrary, a strong foundation ensures a firm structure for many years. In current scenario, getting the first... (193 views)
Locating Legal Employment after Third-Year It's not unusual in the current job market to be a third-year student without law firm job prospects by the time graduation rolls around. But don't despair and lose complete faith in your ability to find a position as a third-year student or beyond. Increasingly, many firms, especially the small ones, are waiting until after students take and pass the bar exam to hire new... (15 views)
Finding New Law Associate Positions The key to finding a position as a third-year student is to determine which firms are hiring. Some firms hire new associates all of the time, while others hire only once in a ten-year period. Your job is to keep moving and to find and target the firms that are hiring now. Your best bet is to stay away from the large firms (firms with over 75 to 100 attorneys) and... (10 views)
Second-Year Hiring in Small Law Firms I've talked a lot about how large and medium-sized firms hire students for their summer programs. But your chances of landing a law firm position are much greater in a small firm than in a large firm, simply because more hiring is being done in small firms than in large ones. Usually the stakes aren't as high, and the credential factor, isn't as big an issue with the small... (39 views)
General Legal Job-Hunting Tips No matter what type of legal job you are looking for, or when, the following general tips and guidelines should be kept in mind. (73 views)
Traineeships in Scotland Traditionally, vacancies in the job market are made known through adverts in newspapers or relevant professional journals. For those who seek a legal traineeship it is extremely rare to find a job advertised in this way. It is not necessary for law firms to advertise a vacancy as they are inundated annually with requests from law students looking for positions. A few... (389 views)
Traineeships in England and Wales The profession in England and Wales is proportionately much larger than that of Scotland and this may explain the more comprehensive range of literature available to students seeking a traineeship there. While gaining work experience or a vacation placement is desirable for the student seeking a traineeship in Scotland, it is virtually mandatory for the student in England... (3 views)
Legal Careers Other Than Traineeships For students who do not want a traineeship in either the private or public sector, but who are interested in a wider job market, the options for gathering information about what is available and about the prospective employer are slightly different. Careers Fairs vary in their focus but those with a general remit are usually attended by organizations such as the civil... (17 views)
Law Jobs at the Local Government in United Kingdom Local authorities throughout the United Kingdom employ a significant number of solicitors, usually in legal departments or in administrative departments that contain a legal unit. There are also solicitors employed in local government often in high-ranking, managerial posts, whose job is not primarily to give legal advice. However, for the purposes considered here, we are... (15 views)
Legal Profession beyond Private Practice When we talk of the legal profession there is a tendency to think mostly of solicitors and perhaps as an afterthought the more specialist roles of advocates or barristers. But there are a whole host of career opportunities available to lawyers beyond the corrals of the solicitor's office or the advocate's chambers. I have touched on some of these already in discussing the... (16 views)
Other Public Bodies Apart From Local Government Where You Can Look for Law Jobs Separate from local government there is a range of public bodies that also employ solicitors. These bodies include the Mental Welfare Commission, Equal Opportunities Commission, Race Relations Commission, Scottish Consumer Council, Scottish Child Law Centre and the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureau. As will be obvious from their titles, solicitors appointed... (19 views)
The Legal Profession and Its Job Opportunities The main employment opportunities in the law are to be found in: (39 views)
Law Job Interviews for Women and Employment Barriers They Face Job interviews can be unpleasant because, despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidelines about what employers may ask consistent with anti-discrimination laws, some judges and lawyers continue to ask women questions about their marital status and plans for having children. Remarks such as, "You're so pretty; I don't care about your grades" and requests... (111 views)