Career Alternatives
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Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Finding Your Passion Above The Law (Part 3)
Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews lawyers who have found their passion by leaving the law. -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools
Thinking Of Leaving The Law? Here Are Some Resources
It's fine to say farewell to law, but look before you leap by doing some research. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Romance and Dating
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 2)
Looking for couples' therapy or a divorce mediator? This lawyer turned psychologist might be able to help.
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4th Circuit, Career Alternatives, D.C. Circuit, Health Care / Medicine, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.22.14
* The D.C. Circuit struck down a key component of Obamacare while a few miles away, the Fourth Circuit disagreed. This sets up an intriguing circuit split that will be resolved as soon as the D.C. Circuit takes it up en banc. Until then though, let the mainstream media talking heads freak out about what this all means. [NBC News] * Professor Thane Rosenbaum writes in the Wall Street Journal (natch!) defending the deaths of civilian Palestinians using the same logic that Osama bin Laden used to justify 9/11. He probably should have done a little more research. [Slate] * Amelia Boone, a Skadden Chicago bankruptcy associate, is a world champion Tough Mudder and Spartan Race runner. Because who says cruelly abusing yourself has to be limited to the work week? [Outside] * Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s senior picture from Cornell. [That's What She Said / Jezebel] * Elie thinks we should all get drunk and go for a bike ride! [ATL Redline] * From purveyor of justice to purveyor of donuts. [USA Today] * Congratulations to Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar of Stanford Law on his nomination to the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, maybe Stanford can start advertising about all the state judges they’ve produced. [San Jose Mercury News] * We’ve heard that Bingham is looking to merge. Lee Pacchia talks to Casey Sullivan about what’s next. Video after the jump… [Mimesis Law] -
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Lawyer's Crowning Achievement Comes From Focus On Posture, Not Posturing
What do you make of this lawyer's work moonlighting as a beauty pageant consultant? -
B for Beauty, Career Alternatives, Hotties, Quote of the Day
Lawyer Offers Advice To Pageant Queens, So Long As They're Not 'Chunkers'
A lawyer offers tough love for beauty pageant contestants to help them succeed. -
Blogging, Career Alternatives, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Internet -- A 'Silk Route' For The Ages
Young lawyer saddled with loans quits lucrative law firm job; what happens next will... make sense with the benefit of hindsight. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 1)
Why are so many lawyers in therapy, and are lawyers good clients for therapists? A lawyer turned clinical psychologist tackles these topics and more. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
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Which Awful Hit Band Did This Lawyer Leave Biglaw To Join?
A talented musician finally realized, "Why would I be a lawyer when I could be a rock star?" -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Why Unhappy Attorneys Who Still Strive For Perfection Have Difficulty In Leaving The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind discusses how perfectionism can be a barrier to leaving an unhappy career in the law. -
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From The Career Files: A Law Degree Can Help You With A Wide Variety Of Career Paths
Marc Luber challenges Jim Saksa's Slate article, "You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree," with several viable career alternatives for JDs. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Former Biglaw Associate Starts Escort Company
Who is this wonderful woman, and which Biglaw firm does she hail from? -
Career Alternatives, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, New Jersey
Morning Docket: 05.20.14
* Oregon’s ban on gay marriage was struck down yesterday, making it the thirteenth victory in a row for the marriage equality movement. The countdown to a SCOTUS case continues. [New York Times]
* After increasing its first-year class size by 22 percent just to pay the bills, folks at GW Law are starting to wonder what sort of long-term survival plan its new dean will propose. [GW Hatchet]
* Part of South Carolina’s Commission on Higher Education voted to reject the licensing InfiLaw’s takeover of Charleston Law, citing concerns about the diploma mill company’s rep. [Post and Courier]
* If can’t get a job after law school graduation, here are some jobs for your consideration — ones you didn’t need a law degree to consider in the first place, mind you. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Owners of the New Jersey mall where a young attorney was gunned down during a car jacking are attempting to get part of his surviving wife’s lawsuit dismissed. This is all really quite sad. [Star-Ledger]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
People Actually Trying To Defend 'You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree'
People are trying desperately to perpetuate the lie that you can do anything with a law degree. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Be A More Certain Lawyer By Exploring Options
Rob Jordan gives advice to attorneys on how to best position themselves to clarify or confirm their career paths. -
Career Alternatives, Lawyer Advertising, Legal Ethics, Texas, Weirdness
'The Psychic Lawyer': Probably Not A Psychic. Is He Even A Lawyer?
It's not clear what being a lawyer has to do with this psychic's routine -- or that he is, in fact, a licensed attorney. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Law Schools, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sex
This Guy Left The Law To Make Crazy Sex Toys
Who is the man who left the law to bring the world the delights of latex fetish clothing, vibrators, and blowjob machines? -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools
Lawyer With Six Figures Of Debt Forced To Work As Professional Babysitter
Take heed before you apply to law school, lest you become a nanny with six figures of debt…. -
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Morning Docket: 02.21.14
* A source says the casualties at Kasowitz were a matter of “managing the pipeline” after work involving the credit crisis dried up. Don’t worry, he says the firm’s still really busy. Aww, someone will believe you. [New York Law Journal]
* Sorry, folks, but if you want to work in Biglaw, taking classes during law school like “Law and Unicorns” isn’t going to cut it. Try to stick to the boring stuff, and you probably won’t get dinged as often. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Oregon’s AG is refusing to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage because it “cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge under any standard of review.” That’s just fabulous, darling. [Bloomberg]
* Career alternatives for attorneys: Olympic gold medalist. Jennifer Jones, in-house counsel at National Bank Financial, helped Canada’s curling team take the win this week in Sochi. You go, girl! [The Star]
* Say hi to this century’s Stella Liebeck. A woman is suing Dunkin’ Donuts after suffering second and third degree burns to her crotchal region after spilling her hot apple cider. [New Jersey Law Journal (reg. req.)]
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From The Career Files: Three Reasons Why Looking For A Job Can Doom Our Efforts To Leave The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind gives three reasons why unhappy lawyers should not jump onto job boards right away.