The Life and Career of Mark S. Levinstein: Partner with Williams & Connolly, LLP, and Co-author of Sports Law: Cases and Materials. Mark Levinstein, a partner with Williams & Connolly, LLP, in Washington, DC, said that he has wanted to be a lawyer since he was 12 and that he was inspired by his grandfather to enter the legal field. (1135 views)
Should You Be Bothered With Pro Bono Work? According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, pro bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning ''for the good.'' The complete phrase is pro bono publico, ''for the public good.'' It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service. In some cases, pro bono counsel may assist an individual or group on a... (196 views)
Recruiters Face New Obstacles in an Unstable Market In today's uncertain economic climate, lawyers are more reluctant to change positions, forcing recruiters to come up with innovative strategies to convince them to reenter the job market. (34 views)
How much do hot practice areas vary from state to state? Hot practice areas typically differ quite dramatically from state to state. However, there are consistencies which are almost always present in most geographical areas. These consistencies are generally applicable across most time periods, in most geographic areas. While this is the sort of question I would love to ''write a book about,'' for purposes of brevity I will... (410 views)
The Life and Career of Richard Buery:Co-Founder, President, and Executive Director of Groundwork, Brooklyn, NY In Brooklyn, the statistics surrounding young people are not pretty. Studies show that over 50,000 kids between the ages of 7 and 14 live in public housing projects, and more than half of the city's youth live at or below the poverty line. However, studies also show that education programs combined with work experience can drastically increase a student's motivation to... (147 views)
The importance of proofreading, suggestions, Reader Response and Q&A's In a previous column on formatting, an error was inserted into the paragraph on proofing your documents. The subject was how easily we could mistakenly use a homonym. You remember what homonyms are: those words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings, such as hear/here or there/their. The example I used in my column was to/too/two. However,... (156 views)
What qualities/characteristics should I look for in a recruiting company? Being a good legal recruiter is very difficult work. If you take the average graduating class at a law school of say 500 people, I would estimate that 70 percent of the graduates could be outstanding lawyers if they apply themselves. Conversely, I would estimate that 99 percent of the people who graduate from law school could not be good legal recruiters (i.e., 1 percent... (377 views)
The Life and Career of Gerry Spence: Author, The Making of a Country Lawyer With courtroom victories against Kerr-McGee, Penthouse, and McDonald's, among many others, Gerry Spence is a small-town attorney at the very top of his game. (4362 views)
Cover letter covers more than the resume itself Cover letters have been debated over the years. Sometimes they are tossed away without being read. Sometimes they are the only document that is read. In any case, we at Attorney Resume recommend them for several reasons. (197 views)
Hiring Outside Counsel Corporate Counsel continues its five-year-old tradition. After asking GCs at Fortune 250 companies to name their ''primary'' law firms in four key practice areas, the publication has released its survey results in an August report entitled ''Who Represents America's Biggest Companies.'' (126 views)
How do I know when it's time to use a recruiter for my next job or if I should search on my own? Working with a legal recruiter is the smartest decision a good attorney can make. Legal recruiters typically operate in the upper echelon of the legal profession; and for people who are suited for their services, legal recruiters are the absolute best career resources. Legal recruiters will identify the best opportunities for you, counsel you on your move, provide you... (166 views)
The Life and Career of Dennis Kennedy: Author,DennisKennedy.blog In a legal field bursting with blogs, Dennis Kennedy is probably most well known for his annual Blawggie Awards. A true technology buff, Kennedy is excited to find out what the future of blogging holds. (30 views)
Legal Technology: An Inside Look at Accepting Credit Cards as an Attorney—Without Getting Fleeced Accepting credit cards can be a very intimidating option to consider as a sole practitioner or small-firm attorney-if you deal with collecting retainers from your clients. (19 views)
Formatting Your Resume It used to be that only graphic designers were judged to have the necessary skills and talent for designing and formatting. Now that page-layout software is ubiquitous, everyone thinks him/herself to be a formatter and—by extension—a graphic designer. It is off-topic here to debate whether flyers that ''everyone knows'' are poorly designed actually speak to their... (6052 views)
The Journey up the corporate ladder from GC's to C.E.O's The corporate and legal communities received two shocks within the past month: first, when General Counsel Jeffrey Kindler became Pfizer, Inc.'s new CEO, and second, when General Counsel Paul Goldean became Scottish Re's new CEO. (1021 views)
The Life and Career of Sarah Weddington: Professor, University of Texas at Austin, TX Everyone has heard of Roe vs. Wade; but who exactly was Roe, and who was Wade? Sarah Weddington knows. In fact, as the attorney who represented and won the case on behalf of Roe, Weddington probably knows more about the case than anyone does. (561 views)
Tips on How to Write a Great Cover Letter and a Resume Your resume and cover letter are arguably the most important documents of your career, and you have direct control over exactly how good or how bad they are. When your career is at stake, it's important to make sure your resume and cover letter are not only excellent, but that they reflect who you are and the many skills you can bring to the firm or corporation to which... (4612 views)
Essential Resume Profiles We at Attorney Resume believe that your Profile, which we put at the very top of a resume (immediately after your name and contact information), is essential to help a potential employer picture who you are. Your Profile can stand on its own, whether or not you have a cover letter. It should be accurate and backed up by details that you include in the rest of the resume.... (3048 views)
The Life and Career of Robert M. Meisner: Principal Founding Member of Meisner & Associates, P.C., and Author of Condo Living: A Survival Guide to Buying, Owning and Selling a Condominium Robert M. Meisner, who has practiced law for 37 years, decided shortly after law school that community association law would be his specialty area. And by all accounts, he made the right decision. He's a nationally known expert on condominium and association living and has a slew of notable accomplishments in that area. (992 views)
Resumes: Responsibilities vs. Accomplishments For many people, resume writing is like going to the dentist. Thinking about it is stressful, so you postpone the task as long as you can. And as time goes by without action, anxiety and consequences increase. With teeth, you may lose them. With your resume, you may forget all the great things you accomplished, hastily make grammatical errors, and/or fail to construct a... (474 views)
The Life and Career of Jeremy Blachman: Author, Anonymous Lawyer Jeremy Blachman, the brains behind the hit Blogspot blog Anonymous Lawyer, recently went a step further in documenting the exploits of his mysteriously anonymous main character. In his brand-new book, Anonymous Lawyer, Blachman elaborates on the life and times of Anonymous Lawyer, bringing in new characters and events while throwing in plenty of the sarcastic humor that... (303 views)
Tips on how to effectively manage a new start up business Whether you have just graduated from law school or have been working at a law firm for decades, starting your own practice is always an option. Although it is scary to consider putting on the pilot's hat and flying your own plane, if you follow some of these guidelines, there is no reason why you cannot learn to fly successfully. (289 views)
Summer 2006 State of the Market Report Summer 2006: State of the Market Reports for U.S. and International Regions. (29 views)
The Life and Career of Brandt Goldstein: Author, Storming the Court Once upon a time, there was a group of Yale Law School students who took on the U.S. government and won. Those students were Brandt Goldstein's fellow classmates; and in his book Storming the Court, Goldstein tells their tale. (1096 views)
Office Party Etiquette A senior partner's retirement. The annual holiday bash. No matter what the occasion, remember that a work party is still all about business. You may be on the fast track to a full partnership today; but after an evening of putting not only the hors d'oeuvres, but also your foot into your mouth, your promising career can be derailed in a hurry. (314 views)
The Life and Career of Dorothy W. Nelson: Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals 9 Circuit and Chair and Founder of Western Justice Center Foundation, Pasadena, CA Judge Dorothy Nelson has set the legal world ablaze, excelling in a number of different areas of law. However, she didn't originally plan to make a career in the legal field. Her decision to go into law happened unexpectedly and was motivated by a desire to help others. (3708 views)
The Life and Career of Steve Sabludowsky: Technology Lawyer, Founder, and Writer of Bayoubuzz.com, New Orleans, LA Last August, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast and destroyed the city of New Orleans. Unprepared, thousands of people were left stranded when the hurricane hit. We all cringed at the devastation shown on the news, which included a torn-up French Quarter, where the festivities and parades of Mardi Gras have been held for decades. (205 views)
Conversational skills pave the ways to gain success in business and social life Name the number-one skill that leads to personal and professional success. Survey says: the ability to converse! (131 views)
The Life and Career of Marci A. Hamilton: Author, God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law Author of God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law and an expert on constitutional and copyright law, Marci A. Hamilton said it was her involvement in Boerne v. Flores that ultimately determined the path of her career. Ever since the landmark case, she has been devoted to issues involving the separation of church and state. (244 views)
Is Your Body Language Sabotaging Your Job Interview? You seemed to be the perfect candidate for the position: an honors graduate with a solid work history and excellent references. But somehow you didn't advance past the first round of interviews. Could inappropriate body language have actually killed your chances? (869 views)