Tailoring Your Resume To Push Yourself Strongly For Non-Legal Jobs The vast majority of resumes look the same. Why? They look the same because the vast majority of job seekers do not put enough of their own thought or effort into writing them. They use a form resume out of a book as a template. Then, all that is left to do is slap together one page of seemingly unrelated data that ends up reading like an obituary notice, make a lot of... (312 views)
Reasons Why Practicing Law Is Extremely Stressful It is a well-known fact that practicing law, especially in big law firms, is extremely stressful. As a legal recruiter at BCG Attorney Search and a former attorney myself, I know a lot about the legal profession and meet with many law firm attorneys daily. Many of the attorneys I have worked with have had heart issues caused by the stress in their forties, and some even... (312 views)
Why General Counsel Support ''Convergence'' in External Law Firms From the middle of the 1990s, more and more large businesses have started discarding the trend of having a large number of external service providers, or external law firms to handle their work, and are instead emphasizing on the ''convergence'' model. To an extent, this shift has been both proposed and encouraged by general counsel to reflect the trend of having their pay... (311 views)
Changing Legal Practice Areas? Here is Everything You Need to Know Choosing a legal practice area is one of the most critical decisions that legal professionals make in their careers. It can shape their trajectory, job satisfaction, and overall fulfillment in the legal profession. However, as lawyers gain experience and their interests evolve, they may find themselves contemplating a change in their practice area. Whether driven by a... (310 views)
Defining the Legal "Profession" The fact is, when you start asking what it means to be a lawyer, you hear some peculiar answers, and you might like to ponder them before charting your future. (297 views)
Personal Injury Attorneys Personal injury attorneys deal with cases that involve accidents, slip and fall incidents, workplace injuries, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. This article discusses the qualification one needs to become a personal injury attorney. It also discusses the roles and responsibilities of a personal injury lawyer. This is one of the most lucrative of all legal fields. (295 views)
Calculation of Legal Charges as per Billable hours Evan R. Chesler, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, wrote an article for Forbes Magazine in mid December that has generated quite a bit of discussion. He has contended that the billable hour for lawyers and firms should be killed. He has given several arguments in defense of his opinion (of course he did; that is what he gets paid so much to do) and even made sense doing it. (286 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Planning for a Job Change as a Lawyer The career planning process will go on throughout your lifetime. Although you have chosen to pursue the study of law or are currently practic¬ing law, there are still a number of decisions that you will need to make. There are also a number of myths that you need to dispel as you make your career decisions. Probably the first and foremost myth to dispel is that career... (284 views)
Environmental Lawyers If lawyers have gained a bad reputation, don’t be drawn into it – they do a world of good, they stand for the law, and, if you are an environmental lawyer, they stand for the world. An environmental lawyer lobbies for balanced regulations so businesses and people avoid polluting, recycle and reuse materials, and protect the ecosystem from mankind. While in principle... (284 views)
Law Jobs in an Economic Slump This article deals with the hazards of the economic downturn and how legal professionals and employees are responding to the stress involved. Economic deterioration is a major issue with the lawyers, among whom a high rate of suicide has been reported. Law firms are resorting to pay cuts, layoffs etc. (283 views)
Choosing a Career as an Attorney in Children's Education It's hard to acknowledge that there would be a requirement for attorney's jobs in children's education. Unfortunately for the children, there is a growing demand for the lawyers in this field of law. These lawyers often represent the children along with their caregivers and are responsible for safeguarding their legal rights when it comes to legal custody matters. Often... (281 views)
How to Find a Work-From-Home Lawyer Job The legal profession, like many other industries, has experienced a significant shift towards remote work in recent years. Advancements in technology, coupled with changing work culture and the need for flexible work arrangements, have contributed to the growing trend of remote work in the legal field. Lawyers and law firms are increasingly embracing the idea of working... (281 views)
Tax Attorney Jobs in the US — Helping Taxpayers Navigate the Tax Maze Tax attorneys are attorneys that work with taxpayers to resolve any issues they have with the Internal Revenue Service or their state's revenue department. As a result, tax attorney jobs focus on issues of taxation and tax relief. Tax attorneys help taxpayers with audits, have liens removed, fines reduced, and aid in navigating through the morass of self-employment and... (280 views)
The Top 10 Ohio Legal Practice Areas Cleveland rocks! Pursue employment in one of the Buckeye State's top 10 legal practice areas. A visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alone should be enough. (277 views)
Technology in Law Firms Today In recent years, technology has undergone a drastic change and brought in many fantastic and sleek products. This has resulted in a marked improvement in various sectors of our economy. Various law firms now boast of better intra–office communications and uncluttered desks. In the not–so–distant past, lawyers were laden with heavy case books in crowded libraries, as... (277 views)
Attorneys go beyond the normal pereception of working on Sports personalities in legal cases Scott Boras. Drew Rosenhaus. Leigh Steinberg. (273 views)
Bankruptcy Law's Ancient Origins and Current Trends Bankruptcy law, or at least some variation thereof, existed as far back as the Roman Empire, although modern U.S. bankruptcy law springs from British bankruptcy statutes dating back to the sixteenth century. Bankruptcy was originally more of a sword than a shield, initiated by creditors and often leading to imprisonment for the delinquent debtor. A fresh start it wasn't. (272 views)
Law Firm Hirings: the Present Story No legal professional in the US can ever forget Black Thursday, when six influential law firms cut loose, laying off hundreds of attorneys and legal staffers. All six firms–DLA Piper, Holland & Knight, Goodwin Procter, Bryan Cave, Epstein Becker & Green, and Dechert–started bloodletting in their respective firms with more than 700 attorneys and legal staffers losing... (266 views)
How Choosing a Smaller Law Firm Can Benefit You: Benefits of Not Going With Bigger Law Firms Smaller firms offer less pay, but more involvement. (265 views)
The Benefits of Pursuing a Career Outside of the Practice of Law: A Success Story Law firms attract the majority of top attorneys. Why? With many other choices out there for attorneys, before you make what you may have been conditioned to believe is the obvious decision to work at a law firm, ask yourself this: Can you handle it? (260 views)
The Life and Career of Jeffrey Hughes, Owner, Legal Grind Thirsty for justice? Jeffrey Hughes' two Legal Grind cafes in the Los Angeles area offer ''Coffee and Counsel'' to those who may not otherwise seek legal advice. Through his innovative venture, Hughes has worked hard to both provide a valuable service to his community and change the public perception of attorneys. (258 views)
The Attorney to the Idea Man - Patent Lawyers A Patent Attorney confirms who gets credit for being the first inventor of an idea or product by filing for a patent on behalf of the inventor. Let's refer to a case of a professor who was working on a new idea that would later change the way fertility drugs were used. The professor decided to file for a patent only to find out another group from Australia had filed first.... (257 views)
What Is a Healthcare Lawyer? Summary: Learn what a healthcare lawyer is and what they do in this article. (252 views)
Enterprise Risk Management Conference for General Counsel General Counsel will gather on November 18 and 19 at a conference entitled 'Enterprise Risk Management for the General Counsel.' The conference, hosted by Corporate Counsel, will take place at the Harvard Club in New York, NY. (248 views)
Although Attorney Jobs Increase, the Numbers Are Not What They Appear to Be Summary: Although the numbers appear to show an increase in attorney jobs, there are other factors at play. (247 views)
The Scenario of Legal jobs in East Asia Jobs in the legal field are among the most competitive jobs in the world. The jobs are highly sought after, and the field has experienced rapid growth over the past few years. Legal markets vary in different countries, and therefore every legal market has its own attributes and factors that characterize the individual market. Most key players in the field face constant... (246 views)
Guide to intellectual property law Probably the hottest practice group in all respects for the past several years has been intellectual property law. However, many attorneys have little idea (1) what intellectual property law is, (2) why intellectual property is so popular, and (3) the types of intellectual property attorneys that are most marketable. The purpose of this article is to answer these... (243 views)
E–Mail Scams Very Costly for Lawyers—Be Aware We are all familiar with the scam scares that have been going around for several years now. They come in different packages, shapes, and sizes, but always end up cheating people out of their money. It used to be that only naïve people were being taken advantage of, but scammers are getting more intelligent and are figuring out ways to hoodwink clever business people... (241 views)