Advice for the Lawlame
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Advice for the Lawlame
What Does Failure Look Like In The Legal Profession?
We all fail, all the time, in all different ways. No one is immune to it. -
Advice for the Lawlame
Life Lessons For Lawyers From Winston Churchill
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Advice for the Lawlame, Media and Journalism
Lawyers Pile On Dear Abby
The gunners who also happen to be loyal Dear Abby readers are ready to pounce.
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Advice for the Lawlame, Small Law Firms
The Practice: Why Would Anyone Hire You?
If you want people to hire you, you're going to have to give them a pretty good reason why. Here's some advice from Brian Tannebaum on how to do just that. -
Advice for the Lawlame, Bad Ideas, Law Professors, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Parties
Law Profs Have Holiday Party In The Reading Room During Exam Period
Hmm... what's the worst place at a law school to hold a holiday party? -
Advice for the Lawlame, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Do Not Cry At Work And Other No-Nos
Most people know not to cry at the office. What other icky behaviors should small firm attorneys avoid at work? -
Advice for the Lawlame, Ann Israel, Biglaw, NYLawyer.com, Pranks
Advice for the Lawlame: Hell Hath No Fury Like An Advice Columnist Mocked
Back in this post, an ATL reader confessed to playing a little trick on Ann Israel, the legal recruiter who writes NYLawyer.com’s popular Advice for the Lawlorn column. He wrote: Love ATL’s Advice for the Lawlame column. My friends and I have been reading NYLawyer.com’s Advice for the Lawlorn with a sort of amused contempt […] -
Advice for the Lawlame, Biglaw, Practice Pointers
Advice for the Lawlame: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
It has been forever since the last edition of Advice for the Lawlame. In this feature, we take a question submitted to one of NYLawyer.com’s popular advice columns, such as “Advice for the Lawlorn,” and offer our own unique take. Here’s the condensed version of today’s question: I am a mentor in my firm to […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Advice for the Lawlame, Ann Israel, Biglaw, NYLawyer.com
Advice for the Lawlame: An Amusing Anecdote
This actually isn’t a new installment of our Advice for the Lawlame column (although one is in the works). Rather, it’s a funny email we received from a reader who shares our fascination with NYLawyer.com’s Advice for the Lawlorn column. Here it is: Love the “Advice for the Lawlame” column. My friends and I have […] -
Advice for the Lawlame, Biglaw, Lunacy, NYLawyer.com
Advice for the Lawlame: My Senior Partner Is a Freak Show
Time for another installment of Advice for the Lawlame, the closest thing that Above the Law has to an “advice column.” We take the questions submitted to NYLawyer.com’s popular advice columns, including “Advice for the Lawlorn,” and offer our own take on them. (We’ve been at this for quite some time now. For the Advice […] -
Advice for the Lawlame
Advice for the Lawlame: Why Are Lady Lawyers So Bitchy?
Before you call us sexist and let slip the dogs of war, please note that the question in the title of this post isn’t ours. Rather, it’s a question submitted to one of the NYLawyer.com advice columns, by a female attorney. Here’s the complete query: I am a female associate, and I wonder if I’m […] -
Advice for the Lawlame, Ann Israel, Biglaw, NYLawyer.com, Rank Stupidity
Advice for the Lawlame: Said I Loved You But I Lied
One of our favorite features over at NYLawyer.com are the advice columns. There’s Advice for the Lawlorn, a column by Ann Israel, a legal recruiter based in New York. And there’s Crossroads, in which job consultant Linda Laufer offers insights on career direction and job transition. In a typical column, some clueless correspondent writes in […]
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