Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion? Contemplating a Lateral Move: Will I Get a Promotion? (17 views)
Lawyers Choose Non-Legal Careers In most large corporations the number of legally trained persons employed in management and administrative posts far exceeds that of the legal department. (17 views)
Building a Consensus between Attorneys to Run a Successful Practice Successful practice development, whether conducted by the sole practitioner or the 100-attorney firm, requires that individual attorney interests and needs be identified. Ideally, these interests and needs are met within the framework of the firm as currently structured. But the first step to meeting needs is to identify them. (17 views)
Role models of Women entrepreneurship One of the earliest forms of networking was the "good old boys" network, characterized by a well-to-do gentleman sitting in a leather covered chair in the library of his private club, smoking a cigar and reading the Wall Street Journal. (17 views)
Questions from the Interviewer Every interviewer has his or her own style. Nonetheless, there are a series of questions which seem to be asked by every interviewer. Among the first questions you should expect relate to grades. If you have not disclosed your grades on your resume, be prepared to answer questions about them early in the interview. Even if you have disclosed your grades, you will probably... (17 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)
12 Ways Law Students & Attorneys Make a Bad First Impression and How to Recover In the book You Are the Message, media executive Roger Ailes wrote that you only have seven seconds to make a first impression. With a job on the line in an interview, the pressure to immediately impress is even more intense. No wonder we get flustered. (17 views)
Starting Your Own Law Firm Many people, attorneys included, have an entrepreneurial spirit. Attorneys have the advantage that their law license is actually a business license that gives them the right to set up their law office and practice law in the state where they obtained it. (17 views)
Fighting the Good Fight: Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald, the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and a member of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel, is making headlines again, this time following the conviction earlier this week of former Illinois governor Rod ''Blago'' Blagojevich of nearly 20 counts of corruption. Charges included the sale of the Senate... (16 views)
What factors should I consider when thinking of moving from a big downtown firm to a smaller one? Answer: I talk to many associates in large cities who have to commute long distances in order to reach their large firm’s location downtown. Living in the suburbs has its appeal for many attorneys, but large firms still tend to be located in the city center in most metropolitan areas. Therefore, a move to a firm in the suburbs requires careful consideration for... (16 views)
Alternative Legal Career Transitional Strategies Self-assessment exercises can help you determine your strengths and interests, and can actually be a lot of fun and not very time consuming. For lawyers, it's especially helpful to let the creative juices flow, as you have probably been working so hard lately that you haven't had much time to reflect. (16 views)
How to evaluate if the offer is good? Question: I need your help with how to best negotiate an offer I have. I am a third-year corporate associate focusing exclusively on mergers & acquisitions. I have an offer from another firm to join their corporate securities practice. Because I've focused on M&A, I don't have any real securities experience yet, but I think I can get up to speed pretty quickly, and based... (16 views)
Recommended Academic Background for Practicing Labor Law Most labor practitioners, both union and management, agree on one point of advice to students: Take as many labor-related courses as are offered and can be squeezed into your academic schedule. An interesting educational pattern was reflected among survey participants, most of whom reported that they do not take advantage of labor courses while in law school: all now feel... (16 views)
Sandra Is No Fluke Sandra Fluke came into the media spotlight on February 16, 2012. The Georgetown University Law Center graduate and women’s rights activist was invited by Democrats to speak at a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the new Administration rules in health care. However, Fluke was originally not permitted to give testimony because committee... (16 views)
Staying in the Job Safe Zone No one is safe.It's a jungle out in today's job market. As the years pass by, the number of jobs seems to be diminishing because of the advancement of technology and the economy's unpredictability. (16 views)
How Can General Counsel Make Career Switches? Follow General Counsel Donald B. Mitchell's Example. If you're an attorney interested in switching from an in-house position to a law firm position (or vice versa), then read on. Below you will discover how one man made the switch, then switched back, and continues to thrive in the field today. (16 views)
How to Advance Your Legal Career with Palmer Dodge: A Guide for Aspiring Attorneys With less than 200 lawyers, Palmer & Dodge is able to offer its clients an extensive array of legal services, ranging from affordable housing finance to venture capital law, while still offering its attorneys an exceptionally collegial work environment. (16 views)
Emerging Legal Markets In Asia According to Europe's largest tax and legal publisher, Wolters Kluwer N.V., China is experiencing ''explosive'' growth in the legal sector. (16 views)
Securing Attorney Lawyer Jobs If you are currently studying law or have recently graduated from law school and are preparing to begin a career the thing that is likely to be foremost on your mind is just how you are going to find a job. You have devoted a lot of time and resources towards joining the legal profession-four years for a Bachelors Degree, sitting the LSAT, then three more years in law... (16 views)
Making the Most of Your Time: How to Use the 80:20 Rule to Prioritize Your Work Most of us prioritize our work on the fly without spending much time either analyzing or prioritizing it methodically. This kind of instinctive prioritization, though useful enough, leads to loss of time, efforts, and productivity. Unless, you are a real genius (which is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration), the eighty-twenty rule of Pareto analysis can help you improve... (16 views)
How to Become a Solicitor In countries like Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Australia, the profession of legal practice is divided between solicitors and barristers. In the sense of the word, both are counterparts of lawyers (as the U.S. and some other countries call their legal professionals). If you live in a country that has divisions of legal practice like this (in Scotland, barristers are... (16 views)
Hiring Patterns in Law Schools According to a recent ABA Journal article by Debra Cassens Weiss, Indiana University law professor Bill Henderson, known for his studies of the legal profession, is predicting a ''new hierarchy'' of law schools will emerge. This hierarchy will be based on educational quality and connection to the legal profession, versus student academic credentials. (16 views)
Attorney Jobs - How to Get a Job as an Attorney The lawyer jobs are the dream for anyone graduating with a law degree. It is really essential to get hold of a good degree to apply for jobs in the more prestigious firms. A bit of hard work and the coveted lawyer jobs can be yours. (16 views)
Oklahoma City University School of Law Selects New Dean Following a year-long, nationwide search, Oklahoma City University (OCU) School of Law has named Federal Magistrate Judge Valerie K. Couch as its first female dean. Couch, 60, succeeds Lawrence Hellman, making her the university's 12th law school dean. Hellman will remain with the school as the head of the Oklahoma Innocence Clinic, which serves to assist innocent... (16 views)
Shy 4th year associate needs help in overcoming interview fear Shy 4th year associate needs help in overcoming interview fear (16 views)
Utilizing a Computer Background and a Law Degree for Profit Dear Lawcrossing, I am a third-year law student. Law will be my sec- ond career. Before law school, I was heavily involved in microcomputers. I started a $3 million busi- ness, consulted, and am now somewhat of an Internet guru. My question is this: What kind of position should I be seeking where the employer will say, "Wow, we really need this guy, let's give him... (16 views)
Extra! Extra! Law Firms Battle For Top Pay Hike As Giddy Associates Cheer Them On Biglaw starting salaries flatlined over the last five years but recently have begun showing signs of life. Last year, top New York firms raised salaries by roughly $10,000 to $150,000, with many DC firms boosting salaries from $125,000 to $135,000 or $140,000. While not a substantial increase, the ripple effect was felt as far away as Charlotte, Atlanta, and Nashville, as... (16 views)
Make a proper appearance of your Resume Resumes and cover letters are the documents potential employers are going to look at and either be intrigued enough to file away for the future or be unimpressed enough to place in cylindrical files for homeless men on street corners to use as insulation on cold winter nights. Unfortunately, most employment-seeking documents are just lackluster or laborious enough to get... (16 views)
Things to Consider Before Getting Started on Your Legal Career A noticeable anxiety in the senior class in law school starts to build up in the autumn of the final year. Prior to that time the anxieties related to courses. What is a constructive condition in a contract? Or, more to the point, why did the court "construct" a condition in one case in the casebook and refuse to do so in the case reported on the very next page? By autumn... (16 views)
Taking Up Teaching Law As A Career Students with good academic records and those who have published work that has been widely appreciated should seriously consider a career in teaching. (16 views)