Career Advice
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Small Law Firms
What Is The Role Of Lawyers?
You get to define for yourself how you want to practice and what kind of lawyer you want to be. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 5)
What does the future hold for small law firms and solo practitioners? Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld offers predictions and advice. - 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. -
Technology
Today's Tech: A Lawyer, A Path Less Traveled, And An IPO
How has technology affected your career path in the law?
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In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Try A Little 'Configance'
What is "configance," and why do you need it as a lawyer? In-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst explains. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Things You Can Do Today To Build The Practice You Want Tomorrow
Nothing is guaranteed, but you can increase the odds that something good will happen to you in the future, as in-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Associate Advice, Small Law Firms
Memo To New Associates: Manage Your Own Career
You must take an active role in the development of your career, it's not your law firm's job to do it for you. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 4)
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld to regional law firms: sorry, but being regional is not a viable strategy. -
Books, Career Alternatives
alt.legal: Conscious Uncoupling . . . With Your Law Firm
How can you make a successful transition out of law while leaving the door open for a future return, just in case? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: I Don't Like The Soup Here
Instead of letting workplace complaints tilt the balance of the workplace to a negative environment, we can indulge in the immediate gratification of a good workplace complaint, but don’t let it consume you. -
Small Law Firms
5 Mistakes To Avoid At Client Intake
Just like first dates, the initial client consultation or the first meeting holds a great deal of importance. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Thoughts On Moving Up Through The Ranks -- At Law Firms And In-House
The skills needed to succeed in-house are not the same as the skills needed to succeed at a law firm, according to Biglaw partner turned in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Being Yourself In Your Role As A Lawyer
While you can seek permission to be yourself from the other people in your life, the permission ultimately comes from you. -
Job Searches
How To Make Your Résumé Shine For Racist, Homophobic, Misogynists
A legal recruiter pens a fantastic screed explaining the virtues of keeping your mouth shut if you're not a straight white guy.
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Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
Sponsored
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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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…
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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Law Schools
Quinn Emanuel Partner Warns: 'Don't Go To Law School'
Even if law school works out for you, this partner reminds you that it doesn't. -
Small Law Firms
Rock The Boat
Conflict is part and parcel of being a lawyer, there is no reason to avoid it. -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches
The Road Not Taken: There Be Dragons Here
As lawyers, we don’t always put too much thought into career planning -- maybe we should. -
Law Schools, Law Students
The 1L Preparation: A Guide
Here's why 1Ls should create their own outlines, rather than risk using someone else's. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: 3 Distasteful Lawyerly Traits
What traits often demonstrated by lawyers contribute to creating a distasteful impression of such lawyers in the eyes of colleagues, clients, and the general public? -
Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
10 Tips For Dealing With Infuriating Emails (Part II)
Here are some more tips on how to avoid sending emails to colleagues that you you may later come to regret. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
The Perils Of Specialization
Is it better to be a generalist or a specialist? It depends, as columnist Mark Herrmann explains.