Discover Your Passion and Purpose in Law: A Q&A with Paul DeGroot A little paternal advice helped guide Paul DeGroot toward his niche in the law. Just a few years out of Widener University School of Law, DeGroot already felt uninspired working as a law firm associate handling insurance defense and personal injury cases. (665 views)
How Technology Use Is Transforming the Traditional Wedding Ceremony The art of the deal, just like Donald Trump, has made a big comeback in the tech world. December has been delightful for fans of high profile tech mergers. Last week alone, Oracle (Research) finally won its hostile takeover battle for rival software firm PeopleSoft (Research), Sprint (Research) agreed to buy Nextel (Research), and anti-virus software company Symantec... (7 views)
Discover the Benefits of Becoming an Attorney on the Road Less Traveled You've worked hard and are ready for a break. Heck, you've earned one. But you want an experience that mixes exercise and strength training while enjoying the finer things in life: beautiful landscapes, great food, and delicious wines. What to do? How about bike trips? (13 views)
Impress Your Employer: Tips for Dressing for an Interview It’s time to put away the jeans and khakis. If you want to feel confident and successful, you need to start dressing like it. (145 views)
Accounting Professionals Needed: Law Firms Look to Hire for Financial Assistance In the past decade, law firm finances have taken on new meanings and scales. Globalization has contributed to the growth of international law firms, mergers have increased the number of very large law firms, and computer technology has changed the way even the smallest law offices can do business. Of course, law firms have long had in-house accounting staffs, but as a... (5387 views)
Chad M. Papenfuss- Expert Litigation Support Administrator With Fredrikson & Byron in Minneapolis, MN One of the hottest fields in the legal profession is e-Discovery and electronic information, according to Chad Papenfuss, litigation support administrator at Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis. LawCrossing speaks with Papenfuss about the challenges of automating the law and his crusade to make legal documents a click away. (322 views)
Maximize Your Public Interest Salary: Strategies for Surviving on a Public Interest Salary In 2003 Congress reviewed a bill that would provide financial assistance to law school graduates who choose to accept employment in a public interest position. If ratified, this bill would become the ''Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act.'' It has become abundantly clear to the government, employers, American Bar Association, law schools, and the students... (1633 views)
Paul G. Pastorek: The General Counsel of NASA - A Hallowed History of Service He doesn't launch the space shuttle or navigate Mars rovers, but Paul Pastorek is the high-flying lawyer for the folks who do. Put on your space suits and explore the stellar life and career of this week's Law Star, the lawyer from Louisiana who holds the most far out General Counsel post of all. (7222 views)
What Lawyers Need to Know About Effective Legal Staffing - Legal Staffers Share Insights Do you have a question about working in the legal profession? About LawCrossing? No matter the topic, + send us an e-mail and we'll be glad to answer it for you! (88 views)
Expanding Legal Knowledge and Understanding: A Guide to The Fulbright & Jaworski Scholarship One of the biggest firms in Texas, Fulbright & Jaworski has used several recent mergers to develop into one of the biggest firms in the US, as well as a bonafide international player. Fulbright features a wide-array of practice areas, but is particularly known, as is befitting a Texas staple, for its energy practice. (281 views)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher: A Look at the Prestigious Law Firm and Their Practice Areas For attorneys looking to have the best possible time while practicing in the Big Apple, Willkie Farr is basically as good as it gets. (909 views)
How to Become an Attorney at O'Melveny & Myers: Career Advice and Insights As the nation's 15th largest law firm and reigning recipient of the ''Litigation Team of the Year'' title by American Lawyer magazine, O'Melveny & Myers can offer a lot to those attorneys who can make it through its selective hiring process. (366 views)
Recruiting During an Economic Downturn: How Law Schools Can Adapt to OCI Cutbacks The poor economy means students will have to work harder for a chance at fewer jobs in this fall's on-campus interviewing season. (207 views)