Navigating Multiple Lateral Moves: Crafting a Strategic Narrative in Your Legal Career Journey In recent years, the legal profession has experienced profound changes that have reshaped the way lawyers practice, firms operate, and clients seek legal services. Technological advancements, globalization, shifting client expectations, and regulatory reforms have all contributed to this transformation. The legal landscape is no longer static, but dynamic and... (104 views)
When to Draw the Line: Navigating Ethics in IT Law | LawCrossing Oral argument in the Supreme Court had barely begun on March 2 when Justice Sandra Day O'Connor interrupted with a question. The case was Van Orden v. Perry , No. 03-1500. At issue was the power of Texas to sanction a display of the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds in Austin. Erwin Chemerinsky, of Durham, N.C., spoke for the plaintiff, Thomas Van Orden. (743 views)
How To Successfully Relocate Your Career To A New City There is nothing more exciting than leaving one area of the country and going to a new area to start a new career and life. One of the advantages of having chosen a career in the fluid legal industry is that you do have the option of living in other parts of the United States or even the world. (136 views)
Understand Your Skills and Interests Before Joining a Study Group, Looking for a Job, or Changing Careers What possible relevance could a Delphic Oracle have to the current practice of law? Plenty. ''Know thyself'' was an inscription carved on the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi in the 6th Century B.C. But judging from some of today's practical law school curricula, two millennia have done little to tarnish the timeless truth. (234 views)
Avoid Common Job Search Mistakes: Here Are the Biggest Ones to Watch Out For This week, an attorney employment advocate from Legal Authority breaks down the most common errors that attorneys make in their job searches and explains how to steer clear of them. (45 views)
Surviving in the Legal Profession Without Making Partner: What Your Career Path Might Look Like It's every loyal attorney's worst nightmare: you stick it out as an associate with the same firm in the hopes of making partner, but when they are calling the names of people in your class, yours is notably absent. What do you do? (385 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)
Mary Harblin: Director of Career Services at Syracuse University College of Law | Expert Advice on Law Job Opportunities ''My background lends itself well to counseling students in finding employment, since I know the thought processes involved in ferreting out where they see themselves fitting and what type of employment will fit them personally.'' So says Mary Harblin of Syracuse University College of Law, our featured Career Counselor of the Week. (125 views)
Specialize Your Legal Practice: Strategies and Tips from LawCrossing Should you specialize your legal practice? We offer some pros and cons to narrowing your practice to one particular field of the law and some tips on how best to go about it. (1505 views)
How to Conduct a Successful Long-Range Job Search - Tips from LawCrossing We offer tips to help you discover out-of-town resources and find new career opportunities when moving to a new geographical location. (79 views)
Learn How Considering Your Career Alternatives Can Unlock New Opportunities Most attorneys have one thing in common - they don't want to be attorneys. Is the unhappiness that is rampant throughout the profession due to the profession itself or the attorneys getting in the wrong situations? (56 views)