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Career Center: Juggling Assignments and Your Sanity During the Summer
If the law firm is a circus, the summer associates are the clowns –- albeit clowns with one heck of a paycheck. I could go on and on with other circus-themed comparisons: the partner is the ring leader, the senior associates are the lion tamers, the junior associates on document review are the shovelers following […] -
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Career Center: Master Your Own Destiny (Or At Least Your Assignments)
Mastering assignments begins with understanding what the lawyers you are working for want. You are not in law school; this is not a contest where you are graded against other students. Clients want answers, not issue spotting. Sophisticated clients already know the issues. Clients want answers based on the facts and applicable law — not […] - Sponsored
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Career Center: Manage Your Time -- Life on a Professional's Clock
Welcome to the world of Biglaw — a world of wonder, a world of magic, a world of pure imagination — okay, not really. After you are done watching Willy Wonka, come with me and you’ll see a world of schedules, time constraints, and statutory deadlines with loopholes and an infinite number of exceptions. If […]
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Advice for Summer Associates: Don’t Cost Law Firms More Than You Have To
Jerry Maguire made a memorable plea to retain his client: “Help me, help you. Help me, help you.” As a summer clerk, you are very expensive for the law firm — in addition to your salary and entertainment expenses, firms spend hundreds of attorney hours monitoring your work and keeping you interested. You do not […] -
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Is Your Summer Clerkship Too Boring for a TV Show? Good!
What you do during your summer clerkship should not be viewed as a potential plot line in a TV series — or your future at the firm will last as long as The Deep End. From your fashion prowess to your social interactions, you should really be remembered for your work ethic and social competence. […] -
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Career Center: A Social Events Guide for Summer Associates
Summer associates are inundated by invitations to lunches, dinners, in-firm programs, and social activities outside the firm. Particularly in a summer when the economic outlook is still a bit uncertain, summer associates must act with care and discretion at firm-sponsored social events. Almost invariably misconduct involves excessive late-night drinking. Someone once said “nothing good happens […] -
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Career Center: Essential Reading for the Summer Associate (Because You Don't Read Enough Already)
If Oprah had a book club for summer associates, you can bet the following reading materials would be on that list (in addition to Above the Law). While I am sure extra reading is the last thing you want to do after long days (and nights) of working and schmoozing at the firm, the items […] -
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Career Center: Summer Associate Speed Dating (aka Splitting Your Summer)
Today’s Career Center tips for summer associates focus on how you can successfully split your summer between firms. Obtaining a summer clerkship at one firm is great, so splitting the summer with another firm is even better, right? Not necessarily. In some cities, such as Dallas and Houston, the split summer has been a fact […] - Sponsored
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Career Center: Tips for Summer Associates
The Career Center is featuring a special series this summer for law students who want to excel as summer associates and ultimately secure permanent offers. Starting today and continuing throughout the summer, we will feature tips to help you manage your assignments, juggle conflicting demands, account for your time, handle feedback and criticism, and much […] -
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Career Center: Summer Associate Caveat Emptor - What Are Associates Really Thinking?
Summer is almost here, which means summer associates will begin working at major law firms around the world. Will you be summering at one of the law firms profiled below? If you are a Biglaw summer associate and want to know what firm associates really think about the firm you are clerking at, check out […] -
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Career Center: How well did your firm behave during the recession?
Some firms handled the great recession with grace and poise, while others need lots of improvement if they ever want to receive a Miss Congeniality award in the near future. Check out the blurbs below, as well as the firm profiles at the Career Center, to see which firms are pageant contenders and which firms […] -
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Career Center: Law Firm Life Outside of the City That Never Sleeps
Not all of the players in the Biglaw scene are based in New York City. Check out the firms below that established their roots outside the Big Apple. True, total compensation at these firms is sometimes lower, and you may not earn the respect of Partner Emeritus — but the majority of associates surveyed who […] -
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Career Center: Do you have what it takes to survive at the following firms?
Try and guess which firm is highlighted in the blurbs below, and click on the link for each firm to view the full profile. Want to know what the associates on the inside think about their firms? Check out the updated firm profiles at the Career Center, powered by Lateral Link. While a Biglaw firm […]
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Career Center: How Does Your Firm Compare?
Spring bonuses, salary thaws, hiring increases — 2010/2011 marked a turning point in the economy, as well as the business of Biglaw. Check out the firm profiles below to see which firms spread the new wealth around, and which firms remained cheap. And be sure to see how your firm or other firms fared in […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Comparing Compensation Systems
Back in 2009, when killing lockstep was all the rage, a number of large law firms announced that they would be moving to some form of a merit-based compensation system. Now that we’re a few years into those systems, how many firms have stuck with the plan? And which systems do associates prefer? Of the […] -
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Career Center Tip of the Day: Making Work-Life Work (Part 2)
In the first part of our Career Center “Tip of the Day” series, focused on helping you to achieve a work-life balance in your daily schedule, we provided tips aimed at managing your work to help free up time for your personal life. Today, we feature tips aimed at helping you maintain your personal life. […] -
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Career Center Tip of the Day: Making Work-Life Work (Part 1)
Coming off a successful year in which some firms even saw record-setting revenues and profits, many Biglaw associates are now the busiest they have been in recent memory. While this uptick in work may initially be a welcome relief for some, in the long run associates often find themselves struggling to balance an increased workload […] -
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Career Center Tip of the Day: Evaluating the Counteroffer — Should You Stay or Should You Go? (Part 5)
In the first four parts of our Career Center “Tip of the Day” series, focused on how to evaluate a counteroffer, we covered the importance of re-evaluating your current employment situation, assessing what the new firm is offering, analyzing the counteroffer of your current firm, and considering the ramifications (both tangible and intangible) of accepting […] -
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Career Center Tip of the Day: Evaluating the Counteroffer — Should You Stay or Should You Go? (Part 4)
In the first, second and third parts of our Career Center “Tip of the Day” series, focused on how to evaluate a counteroffer, we covered the importance of re-evaluating your current employment situation, assessing what the new firm is offering, and analyzing the counteroffer of your current firm. It is now time for you to […] -
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Career Center Tip of the Day: Evaluating the Counteroffer — Should You Stay or Should You Go? (Part 3)
In the first and second parts of our Career Center “Tip of the Day” series, focused on how to evaluate a counteroffer, we covered the importance of re-evaluating your current employment situation and assessing what the new firm is offering you, to determine whether it addresses the issues/shortfalls of your current firm. Today we’ll discuss […]