Twelve Tips for Doing Associate Performance Reviews
Summary: Need guidance in conducting associate performance reviews? Learn more about various aspects of...
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What To Do After Losing a Law Firm Job in 2024
Losing a job is something almost every attorney goes through at least once in their legal career. It can feel...
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Role of the Paralegal in Client Relationships
According to rules of professional conduct and model behavior regarding client relationships, attorneys are...
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Secret Job Search Strategies for Attorneys
Summary: Learning how to effectively plan and manage your career as an attorney will help you find your dream...
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5 Benefits of Joining Law Review - Part II: Networking Possibilities and More
In Part I of this article, three practicing attorneys discussed the many unique advantages and opportunities...
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How Law Review and Law Journals Work
How one joins or becomes a member of a law review varies from one law school to another. At some schools,...
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Recession-Proof Practice Areas — Do They Exist?
It's a question worth pondering in light of today's economic climate: is there such a thing as a...
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Office Space Law School: The University of West Los Angeles School of Law, San Fernando Valley
Tucked away in Suite 271 of an office-like building in Woodland Hills, CA, sits the underdog of all law...
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The Importance of Networking and Your Legal Career
Summary: Your success as an attorney depends on how well you network with others. Learn why networking is so...
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Differences Between Private Practice and Corporate Law: Should You Make the Switch?
Are you more cut out for practicing in a law firm or a corporation? We talked to corporate in-house attorneys...
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How to be a successful freelance paralegal
Being a freelance paralegal might be a good fit for someone who has spent years in the legal field and needs...
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Advice for New Paralegals: What Every Paralegal Must Know When They Begin a New Paralegal Job
Summary: This article uses real experiences from paralegals to illustrate the job and its processes to those...
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In-house Attorneys and Go to Law Firms for Top 500 US Companies
Summary: Here is an in-depth directory of the top legal officer at the top 500 companies in the US. This also...
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How to Take a Great Deposition: Top 11 Tips
Summary: Every lawyer will need to know how to take depositions, and these 11 tips will help him or her take a...
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Is Law Still a Prestigious and Profitable Business?
Summary: We’ve seen a bimodal split for starting salaries of lawyers between the high amounts offered by big...
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If My Boss Gets Mad at Me or I Get a Poor Review, Does This Mean I Should Look for a New Job?
Fortunate are the attorneys or law students who find themselves in situations where their bosses are demanding...
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Famous Lawyers Who Were Bad News: Lincoln Was a Drunk, Justice Holmes a Racist, Bork Was in a Punk Band
Summary: Many famous lawyers had a dark side that most of the world didn’t ever see. Here are some of their...
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Unaccredited Law Schools
Most states allow only graduates of law schools approved by the American Bar Association to take their bar...
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Top 25 Table Manner Rules for Attorneys and Law Students during Lunch Interviews
Summary: Tackle your next lunch interview as an attorney or law student that will show the interviewer that...
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Interviewing a Law Firm: Distinctions that Make the Difference
I recently asked a managing partner (who is actively in the market for lateral partners) how his firm...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Cover Letter Writing
Cover letters are a necessary evil in all job searches — a necessary and critical evil. While many job...
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Legal Interests and Skills
You can become a lawyer. Almost anyone can. That's the great attraction-and the great risk-of a career in law....
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How to Avoid a Bad Reputation at Work
Little things that you do every day without thinking could be driving your coworkers crazy. Your bad business...
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How Hard is it for a Paralegal to Land a Job at a Good Law Firm?
We asked attorneys and legal staff members throughout the country how hard it is for a paralegal to land a job...
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Arsene Ethan Millogo, Suing for Libel and Slander
Arsene Ethan Millogo, a law student at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, recently filed a civil...
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Important Legal Techniques: Preparing a Witness for Cross-Examination
Refreshing Recollection Just as it is important for the attorney to prepare to cross-examine adverse...
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Top 7 Common Behavioral Interview Questions Asked In Legal Interviews
More and more, legal employers are asking behavioral questions during interviews to see how candidates would...
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How to Create a Five-Year Career Plan
Summary: An attorney’s five-year career plan is, in its most simplistic definition, no different than anyone...
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Top 8 Legal Writing Tips for Law Students and Attorneys: Improve Your Legal Writing With These Simple Rules
Summary: One of the best ways to improve yourself as a writer is to improve your legal writing.
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When Hiring a Litigation Attorney, What are Key Questions the Interviewer Should Ask?
We asked attorneys in the United States what key questions the interviewer should ask when hiring a litigation...
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