Career Alternatives
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Morning Docket: 02.11.13
* “You just sit there, looking stupid.” The justices of the Supreme Court aren’t required to show up and look like “potted plants” at the State of the Union address, but some of them do every year. [CNN]
* Well, thanks to the DOJ’s fraud lawsuit filed against ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, it’s starting to look a lot like a litigation gang bang up in here as far as the states are concerned. [Bloomberg]
* Dewey know whether D&L’s retirees are still kicking (legally speaking) or if they’ve decided to send their claims to hospice? We certainly do, and we’ll have more on this later. [Am Law Daily]
* That “death and taxes” thing may be true, but when you’re trying to navigate the U.S. tax code as a married same-sex couple and the government won’t even recognize your union, there’s an uncomfortable air of uncertainty. [New York Times]
* “Have we seceded already? The execution is faster than I thought.” Guess which state in the Deep South accidentally raised a Confederate battle flag over the building that houses its Supreme Court. [Clarion-Ledger]
* Mama said knock you out: if you’re trying to figure out how to get a job after graduating from New England Law School, moonlighting as a champion boxer will help you beat down the competition. [Boston Herald]
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Enabler of Fashionistas
Love fashion? Why not ditch the law and help young designers make a name for themselves? - 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… -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Professional Balloon Twister
From lawyer to balloon twister -- yes, like the kind of you see at children's birthday parties. But how many have twisted balloons at the White House for two presidents?
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Lego Brick Artist
Are you good at building stuff with Legos? One former Biglaw associate has turned it into a career. -
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From the Career Files: The First Step in Leaving Law Behind -- It’s the Money, Stupid
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for unhappy attorneys who want to leave the law. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: From Biglaw To Big Breasts
An associate left her Biglaw job to launch a lingerie business aimed at helping women like herself: big-busted but not plus-size women who have a hard time buying bras. -
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The Lapsed Lawyers Survey Results
Lapsed lawyers: Why did they choose the law in the first place? Why did they leave? What are they up to now? Survey says.... -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Novelist and Blogger
Scratch a lawyer and you'll find an aspiring writer beneath the surface. Trying to make the jump from practicing law to a full-time writing career? Here's a case study. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Technology-Enabled Fashion Apparel Designer
How does one go from practicing law to designing technology-enabled clothing? Find out here! -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Tough Mudder
Learn how this former tax attorney gets thousands of people to pay to torture themselves in 10-12 mile physical endurance events. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Yoga Instructor
Learn about how one lawyer chose happiness, balance, and zen in her life over the practice of law. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Restaurant Reviewer Surveyor
Learn about how two lawyers built a nine-figure business. -
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An Open Letter to Law School Deans
Dear Law School Deans: How’s the media boycott going? Oh wait… you’re not doing that? So it must feel a bit like a digital mob is baying at your walls. Apparently, any attempt to defend the “value proposition” of a legal education will be met with instant scorn and mockery (and not just here on […]
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Perfumer
In today's look at alternative careers for lawyers, we meet a lawyer who now has his own perfume business on a Caribbean island. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Comedian
Meet a Biglaw and in-house alum who's now a hugely successful, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian. -
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Calling All Lapsed Lawyers
We are reaching out to lapsed lawyers to ask them their personal stories. Please take our survey and share your experiences. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Forager
Meet Tama Matsuoka Wong, a former in-house counsel who is now the official forager for Restaurant Daniel. -
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Master of Wine
How would you like to leave the practice of law and basically drink wine for a living? -
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Non-Sequiturs: 11.12.12
* Barack Obama will not be invited to party with the Supreme Court justices to celebrate his reelection -- which is too bad, because from what we hear, they really know how to get down. [WSJ Law Blog] * Here's a protip that essentially comes straight from David Petraeus. You can add these to the list of crazy things that your jealous mistress will say to any other woman who so much as looks in your direction. [Althouse] * “Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better?” Career alternative for this attorney: bludgeoning Karl Rove with witty election night insults. [Daily Beast] * Here's a list of the five kinds of partners you'll typically find in Biglaw. All you've got to do is find their weaknesses, and use them to your advantage. [Greedy Associates / FindLaw] * In the days ahead, should law schools cut tuition or cut class size? Obviously the solution is to do a little from column A and a little from column B, but you know they'll never budge on tuition. [PrawfsBlawg] -
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Mr. Legal Entertainment: Comedy > Lawyering
This week, Mr. Legal Entertainment sat down with a lawyer who quit his job to become a comedian. Check out the interview!