Career Advice
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs
Inside Straight: The Managing Partner On Billing Time
Mark Herrmann imagines what a managing partner might say to the troops about billing time. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Lawyers, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: Getting Your Work Done (Part One)
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for associates on how to get their work done. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, john quinn, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Cream of the Crop
Who makes partner in law firms? The most thorough? The hardest working? The most efficient? Not necessarily any of the above....
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Creating Dual Career Tracks
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann shares some thoughts on the desirability of outlining dual career paths in law. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Practice Pointers
House Rules: Time Out
Wherein in-house columnist David Mowry explains why lawyers should have mentors in their lives. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating
Buying In: Thoughts on Making Partner (Part 1) – The Personal
You just made partner; congratulations. Now pull up a chair and listen to some wise advice from Anonymous Partner. -
Conferences / Symposia, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms, Technology
The Practice: The Future of Law, Circa 1972
Small firm columnist Brian Tannebaum opines on why nothing else about practicing law matters if your reputation sucks. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From the Career Files: Five Steps to Delivery of a Written Assignment
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for new associates on delivering work product to their supervising attorneys. - 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
From Biglaw to Boutique: Departure Memos
Small firm columnist Tom Wallerstein on why you shouldn't underestimate the importance of the farewell email. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
From the Career Files: How to Supervise a Secretary or Assistant
Here are some suggestions from our Career Files for working with secretaries and paralegals. -
Book Deals, Books, Career Alternatives, Crime, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Department of Justice, Job Searches, Murder, Prostitution, Sex, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Violence
Law Firm Associates and Prostitutes: A Comparative Analysis
You’re good-looking, you like people, you know how to bill by the hour -- you could totally do this. But is being a high-class escort really a better job than the one you've got now? It depends.... -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Money
Inside Straight: Professional Life Is So Easy!
Why does Mark Herrmann think professional life is so easy? Here are some of his tips on how you can make yourself an in-house star. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Lessons Learned From The Résumé Professionals
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers some tips about writing a résumé, along with reflections about the difference between preparing a résumé when you work at a law firm compared to preparing one when you work in-house.
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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.
Sponsored
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…
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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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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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Career Alternatives, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: How To Tell Your Parents You're Not Going to Law School
Are you being pressured into law school by your parents? Here are some tips for making the case against law school. -
Accounting / Accountants, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Student Loans, Unemployment
Dear Prudence: My Husband Is Contemplating Ruining Our Lives By Going To Law School
Dear Prudence sets the record straight for the wife of a future law student when it comes to student debt and entry-level jobs. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Buying In: Upon Further Review
Anonymous Partner thinks that the whole review process in Biglaw firms is a big waste of time. Do you agree? -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Lawyers
From the Career Files: A Dozen Suggestions for New Lawyers
Are you a young lawyer looking for some practical career advice? Here are twelve tips from a longtime law firm partner. -
Clerkships, In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Should You Do A Clerkship If You Don’t Want To Practice Litigation?
Is there any value in doing a clerkship if you would eventually like to practice transactional law in-house? In-house columnist Susan Moon provides her thoughts. -
Books, Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Should Have Used Contraception?
What do you do with a B.A. in English? Try not to go to law school, for starters. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: How To Drive Outside Counsel Nuts!
In-house lawyers: do you engage in any of these annoying behaviors, which are guaranteed to drive outside counsel crazy?