Interview Stories
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Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Law Schools
Qui Tam: On-Campus Interviewing
Which Biglaw firm sends the coolest interviewers to on-campus interviewing? -
Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Cozen O'Connor, Interview Stories, Job Survey, Law Students, Patton Boggs, Schiff Hardin, Sheppard Mullin
'Please Pretend To Care' And Other On-Campus Interviewing Lessons
A look at the results of our OCI survey, including the firms rated most highly by student interviewees. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Summer Associates
How Do You Choose Which Law Firm Offer To Accept?
ATL editors share their musings on choosing a law firm to work for.
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Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Interview Stories, Job Survey, Law Students
So How Was OCI?
If you participated in your school's on-campus interviewing process, please let us know how it went. -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Law Schools
Some Thoughts About On-Campus Interviewing
Contrary to popular belief, law students ARE still getting jobs. Here are some helpful resources for 2Ls going through on-campus interviewing. -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Job Searches
Play To Your Strengths…
Transitioning out of a firm requires focuses on your best assets. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Interview Stories, Law Students, Summer Associates
From the Career Files: The Inside Scoop on How to Be a Stellar Summer Associate
Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews a fifth-year associate at a Biglaw firm who has some advice for 2Ls looking to make an impression as summer associates. -
Interview Stories, Law Schools
Master Class Douchery: 3L Gunner Schools Classmates in Interviewing
Sometimes the line between helpful and annoying is hard to see. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Interview Stories, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Small Firm Interviews
ATL’s Tom Wallerstein offers advice for interviewing with small firms. -
Headhunters / Recruiters, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Racism, Sexism
Legal Recruiter Fails To Understand Hiring Process, Basic Social Conventions
BCG Attorney Search CEO, Harrison Barnes, unintentionally demonstrates all the reasons he shouldn't be in the hiring business. -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Practice Pointers
Moonlighting: How to Give Great Mock Interviews? Be a Jerk!
Wherein in-house columnist Susan Moon explains that the best way to give a mock interview is to let your inner jerk shine. -
Bad Ideas, Interview Stories, Law Schools, Technology
Why Skype Law School Admission Interviews Are A No Good Very Bad Idea
Harvard Law School is now conducting admissions interviews via Skype. That sounds fun... -
Interview Stories, Job Searches, Student Loans
Gradenfreude: My Interview Horror Story (Or, How I Underwhelmed A Hiring Partner With My Law Degree)
Tristan Taylor Thomas has a no good, very bad, horrible day at a job interview...
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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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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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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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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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Law Schools
Clerkship Application Season: Open Thread
We’re smack dab in the middle of the clerkship application season. What's the word on the street? -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Job Searches
House Rules: Interviewing Challenges
When interviewing for a job, David Mowry says you have to lay it on the line. You want the job, and you likely need the job, so bust your hump to get the job. -
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ATL Interview: Carter Phillips Talks About the Obamacare Arguments
Above the Law talks to veteran SCOTUS litigator Carter Phillips about last week's Obamacare arguments. -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches, john quinn, Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Summer Associates
Quinn Emanuel Takes a New Approach to On-Campus Recruiting
Nobody has ever accused Quinn Emanuel of being too conventional. Now the firm is experimenting with a new approach to on-campus recruiting. What does John Quinn have up his sleeve? -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories
House Rules: You’re in the House -- Now, Stay There…
After that initial shock of getting an interview wears off, get to the getting. Not only do you want this job, the person on the other end of the phone wants to hire you. Nobody enjoys seeing candidate after candidate -- time is money, and unlike law firms where interviews can entail lavish lunches or dinners, in-house interviews are vastly different.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Small Law Firms
Inside Straight: Tales From The Interview Crypt
Mark Herrmann wishes he could name names; he really does. But he works at the world's leading insurance broker for law firms, and he can't go around offending the clients (or potential clients). You'll just have to guess. All of these interviews actually took place. He swears it. He didn't say these stories were uplifting. He said only that they were true.... -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Revamping Interviews Entirely
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the difference between résumé-based interviews and behavioral interviews. (In a nutshell, résumé-based interviews ask applicants for opinions about their personal histories; behavioral interviews ask for factual descriptions of how applicants handled certain situations in their lives.) I really didn’t expect that to be a controversial topic, but […]