Career Advice
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Technology, YouTube
alt.legal: Why Is There No YouTube For Legal?
Columnist Ed Sohn of alt.legal interviews Suzanne Natbony, co-founder and CEO of LawTake. -
Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
10 Tips For Dealing With Infuriating Emails (Part I)
What tips do you have for managing highly emotional emails? Here's some 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. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Summer School - E For Effort
Once you're at a networking event, what do you do? Here's some advice from a novice networker.
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 3)
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld notes that if you look at the most profitable law firms in recent years, a good chunk of them are "pure play" firms. -
Fashion, Small Law Firms
Dress Like A Lawyer
Sometimes getting clients is as easy as looking the part. You should always be dressed like a lawyer. -
Law Schools
4 Types Of People Who Might Be Good Candidates For Law School
Yes, there ARE some people who are good candidates for law school today -- might you be one of them? -
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Books, In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Go Set A Watchman
Regardless of your views of Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee has given those of us who have chosen the legal profession as our career a gift, according to in-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst. - 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, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Speak Kindly... About Yourself At Least
Lawyers must train themselves to never speak ill of themselves, according to columnist Gaston Kroub. -
Health Care / Medicine, Small Law Firms
Why Self-Care Is Critical For Being A Good Lawyer (Part I)
For attorneys, focusing on self-care and wellness isn't being selfish. It's necessary. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
2 Thoughts On What To Do When You're Exhausted And Just Want To Mail It In
In-house columnist and former Biglaw partner Mark Herrmann offers thoughts for lawyers, especially associates, on what to do when you're too tired or too overburdened to produce great work product. -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms, Trials
Always Try Your Case -- So Get The Trial Experience Any Way You Can
One of the most basic practices of the best litigators is getting ready for trial immediately, no matter how far away or unlikely trial may seem -- but that also means knowing what a trial involves. -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Summer Associates
7 Epic Examples Of On-Campus-Interviewing Fails
These stories are funny, but they're also educational.
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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.
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
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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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.
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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Small Law Firms
The One Thing That Must Be Right When Building A Home Or A Practice
The foundation of a successful law firm is the the delivery of quality legal services -- first and foremost, you have to be a good lawyer. -
Biglaw, Small Law Firms
Don't Leave Law Just Yet
Be proud of your law degree, and make every effort to keep using it. Stay in law. Give it another chance. -
Law Schools
4 Types Of People Who Shouldn't Go To Law School
Columnist Shannon Achimalbe discusses the pros and cons -- mostly cons -- of going to law school today. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: It's A Trap!
As lawyers, we're all trapped, but we don't have to be prisoners. -
Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Keeping Your Taxi Clean
Lawyers must respect the tools we use to make a living, according to columnist Gaston Kroub. -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Quitting Someone Else's Dream
Life is simply too short to waste it on doing something that you hate, according to columnist Jeena Cho. -
Lateral Moves
Get Caught Up On The Latest In The Lateral Job Market
What is going on in the lateral market?