Legal Staffing Advice: What Professional Staffers Say About Working in the Legal Industry Do you have a question about working in the legal profession? About LawCrossing? No matter the topic, + send us an e-mail and we'll be glad to answer it for you! (154 views)
How Legal Staffers Feel About Their Jobs: Hear From The Experts Do you have a question about working in the legal profession? About LawCrossing? No matter the topic, + send us an e-mail and we'll be glad to answer it for you! (58 views)
Legal Staffers Share Insight: Tips for Gaining Experience and Finding Jobs in the Legal Industry Do you have a question about working in the legal profession? About LawCrossing? No matter the topic, + send us an e-mail and we'll be glad to answer it for you! (13 views)
Make a Solid Start to Your Legal Career: A Guide for Small Business Lawyers At the outset, it is important to realize that much of what I am saying goes against the ''traditional'' view of the law as a profession. Obviously, the law is a profession. Notwithstanding the use of the word ''profession,'' though, you can still get fired, not advance, or find yourself in a dead end job. Your skills or specialty can quickly become irrelevant in the... (29 views)
5 Reasons Why Working Weekends and Holidays is Essential for Lawyers While it may not seem fair, attorneys in law firms looking to get ahead MUST work as many hours as possible — even if it means sacrificing your leisure time, according to our recruiters. (491 views)
Checklist for Handling Job References - A Comprehensive Guide for Job Seekers Reputable law firms WILL want to hear from your past employers. Our recruiters discuss how to avoid getting burned in what is often the last step of the hiring process. (29 views)
Using Legal Recruiters To Help Maximize Your Job-Seeking Reach: How Mass Mailing Your Resume Can Help You Get Noticed This week, our recruiters answer questions about the work involved in their often misunderstood profession. (633 views)
Navigating the Improving Job Market for Transactional Attorneys - What You Need to Know Transactional attorneys were the hardest hit when the economy went south, but with hopeful economic forecasts for the new year, the market, recruiters say, may be looking up. (223 views)
Discover Your Individual Strengths - An Essential Guide to Professional Success in the Legal World This career book offers insight into how we need to play up our strengths to find success and happiness in our careers. But what did our reviewer think of its message? (110 views)
Hire the Right Person for the Job: Harnessing the Benefits of Good Hiring Practices in Legal Firms As far as Bernice Davenport is concerned, students can't visit her office too much. As Director of Career Services at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Davenport wants to see her students come back again and again so she can help them with their job searches. ''I want them in my face. If they're in our faces, they become the ones at the top of our heads, who we think of first... (204 views)
Enhance Your Legal Career: Learn How to Make the Most of Working at McDermott Will & Emery McDermott, Will & Emery, founded in 1934 in Chicago as a tax practice, has evolved into a broad-based firm as it celebrates its 70th birthday in 2004. With 15 offices spanning the globe (including four in California) and employing more than 1,000 attorneys, the firm has experienced steady growth throughout the decades. (1063 views)
How Working at Latham & Watkins Can Accelerate Your Career in Law More than just the largest law firm in California, Latham & Watkins bounced back from the recession to become a powerful international firm. (873 views)
Pfizer Inc: Learn About the Pharmaceutical Giant and Available Careers With 330 in house attorneys, Pfizer Inc. employs more attorneys than most law firms — but that does not make the competition for a position there any easier. (1663 views)
How to Turn Temporary Employment into a Permanent Job Offer: Tips for Job Seekers Temporary-to-permanent jobs are becoming more prevalent as hiring organizations seek to know what they have before they make an offer of permanent employment. Find out how you can make these opportunities work for you. (9 views)
How to Increase Job Satisfaction in the Legal Industry: Expert Tips Are attorneys happy with their jobs anymore? We talk to people in the legal industry to see what makes some attorneys love their jobs while others are miserable. (7068 views)
5 Tips for Impressing Law Firm Personnel Directors and What They're Looking For Ever wonder what goes on in the minds of the people who interview you? We spoke with legal personnel directors from law firms of varying sizes to find out their thoughts on everything from the 2004 hiring forecast to what makes a good candidate. (59 views)
Understanding Uncertainty in the Legal Job Interview Process Job interviews tend to elicit many emotions from the interviewee — but rarely is certainty one of them. While everyone experiences at least some level of insecurity during the interview process, not allowing yourself to totally succumb to it is important to the success of your job search — and to your sanity. (24 views)
How to Impress Employers with Effective Storytelling in an Interview Accomplishment storytelling appeals to the interviewer's imagination and is a powerful way to market skills when interviewing. (69 views)
Creating a Digital Resume: Tips & Best Practices from Legal Professionals You can easily develop an electronic resume and send it by e-mail, but there are caveats. (42 views)
Stay Informed with the Latest Law News - The Law Buzz List The hottest people + trends + ideas in the law. All compiled in one place. (74 views)
Securing the Legal Job of Your Dreams - 10 Strategies to Land a Perfect Job Outplacement versus Placement — Which is right for you? (58 views)
How Law Firms are Increasing Minority Hiring to Develop a More Diverse Workforce Moral, business interests raise awareness of differences. (197 views)
Overview of the Job Market for Law School Students and Laterals in 2003 The employment outlook for the upcoming year: so-so. (31 views)