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Document Review, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Clement, Summer Associates
Non-Sequiturs: 06.16.11
* “I doubt this is constitutional, but let’s just do it.” Sounds like business as usual down in the Senate as to plans to extend the FBI Director’s term. [Blog of Legal Times] * Are we really still talking about desegregating schools in Arkansas? I can’t even believe that this is a serious proposition. [WSJ […] -
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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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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 7):A Final Note on Networking.
We’ve reached the end of our career advice webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer, in which a panel of experts provided career advice for this summer. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company, which provides law students with free access to its excellent resources so they can […] -
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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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Who Are This Year's Celebrity Summer Associates?
In a few months, Chelsy Davy, the on-again-off-again girlfriend of Prince Harry, will be starting as a trainee solicitor in the London office of Allen & Overy. The blonde beauty’s arrival at A&O will set tongues wagging, no doubt. Meanwhile, here in the States, summer associates are arriving at their law firms — and surely […] - Sponsored
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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 […] -
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 6):What NOT to do: potential pitfalls for summer associates.
In prior installments of our Above the Law webcast offering career advice for this summer, graciously sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company, we’ve focused on what law students should do in order to make the most of their summers. We’ve discussed such subjects as how to find summer jobs, how to network, […] -
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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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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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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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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 5)Does where you went to law school matter?
Law school deans — as well as other administrators, and law students — obsess over law school rankings. It’s understandable why deans fixate on rankings; for better or worse, it’s their job. But what about law students? Should they put so much stock in rankings? Do people, specifically employers, pay too much attention to where […] -
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 4)The post-recession summer associate experience.
In cooperation with our friends at the Practical Law Company, we produced a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer. Career experts, including law firm partners, discussed subjects of interest to law students who want to excel as summer associates. The recession might be officially over, but we’re not back to the glory […] -
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 3)Government jobs; balancing work and play in Biglaw.
Here at Above the Law, we try to offer practical tips for how to succeed in the legal profession. See, e.g., our recent posts about how to take vacation in Biglaw, or the best time for starting your own law firm. Together with another company that provides useful advice and insight to lawyers, the Practical […] -
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 1)Introductions, and how to find a summer job.
Earlier this month, Above the Law recorded a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer. We convened a panel of career experts to discuss how law students can make the most of their summers. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company. (We previously explained PLC and its mission […] -
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Should Working Students Pay for Their Pro Bono Classmates?
Incoming summer associates, would you donate one day of your summer salary to help other students at your school who did not get summer jobs? Would you donate that money for a pro bono or public interest cause? Would you donate that money so your law school could fund the pro bono interests of other […] -
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Are You a Law Student Seeking Career Advice? Send Us Your Questions.
After we announced our special event for law students, We Know What You Should Do This Summer, we heard from a number of our readers from outside New York. These law students, from D.C. and South Carolina and elsewhere, expressed apoplectic anger regret that they wouldn’t be able to attend our NYC event and benefit […] -
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How To Make the Most of Your Summer
Are you a law student (or lawyer) who belongs to one of the following groups? You’ve lined up summer employment, and you want to ensure that you make the best of the opportunity (e.g., that you get an offer, if that’s an option). You haven’t lined up summer employment, and you’re interested in ideas and […]