Career Alternatives
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American Bar Association / ABA, Attorney Misconduct, Breasts, Career Alternatives, Celebrities, Drugs, Holidays and Seasons, Legal Ethics, Marijuana, Money, Morning Docket, Nauseating Things, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 10.31.11
* Snowtober was a treat for some, but a trick for many more. Let us know how your firm is handling this Halloween horror. Email us or send a text to (646) 820-TIPS. [Reuters] * Will the legal profession continue to be a slave to ethical rules of the past? Only if lawyers can’t profit […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Breasts, Career Alternatives, Michael Jackson, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Nude Dancing, Rap
Morning Docket: 10.13.11
* People seriously need to stop complaining about alternative careers for attorneys. Having a JD can lead to a fulfilling career outside of the law, assuming you can make partner at Cravath first. [DealBook / New York Times] * Due to a decline in filing fees on the killing of the American dream, the Florida […]
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, U.S. News
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Being Anything Other Than A Lawyer
You know things are bad when U.S. News, the Holy Grail for students trying to figure out where to go to law school, is writing articles about all of the non-law-related jobs recent graduates are taking just to get by. Everybody who is in law school knows how difficult the job market is. But U.S. News is giving this sobering message about "non-traditional" legal careers to people who have not yet signed up for their own financial doom. And it turns out that even going to a highly-ranked school doesn't save you from having awful job choices....
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11th Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Bar Exams, Barack Obama, Career Alternatives, Department of Justice, Drugs, Election 2012, Elena Kagan, Health Care / Medicine, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS
Morning Docket: 09.26.11
* Will the DOJ ask the 11th Circuit to reconsider Obamacare before appealing to SCOTUS to get the president reeelected? Does a bear sh*t in the woods? [Los Angeles Times] * The verdict is in on Elena Kagan’s first year on the bench, and one thing’s for sure: the ladies love her. That’s definitely what […]
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Career Alternatives, Law Schools, Politics
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Dictator?
With the legal economy in the toilet, the morale in career services offices has reached an all-time low. They all know that law school graduates are getting sick and tired of putting the "bar" in barista. They all know that law school graduates living the legal grind are busy serving lattes. Well aware of these facts, the career services brigade at one highly-ranked law school decided that it was time to put their heads together and come up with a way to make career alternatives look exciting and new.... -
Bad Ideas, Career Alternatives, Feminism, Gender, Job Searches, Money, Nude Dancing, Women's Issues
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Stripper?From the Bar to the Pole
Most women who go to law school think that their advanced education will buy them out of taking their clothes off for money (unless, you know, it's partner money). But as a practical reality, stripper skills are very useful. For today's tale of a lawyer cum stripper, we have a young lady who has ended up stripping to pay her bills and law school debts. It's not a sob story, though; she says that in one sense the job is less hostile than any law office she’s worked in... -
Career Alternatives, Federal Government, Job Searches, Law Schools
Reminder: Presidential Management Fellows Applications Are Due Soon
The job market remains challenging for graduating law students. Here at Above the Law, we try to do what we can to bring opportunities to the attention of 3Ls. In recent weeks, we’ve discussed judicial clerkships and the DOJ Honors Program. Granted, clerkships and the Honors Program are opportunities that are (1) fairly obvious and […] -
Career Alternatives, Fast Food, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law
Temple Law Wants Its Alumni to Work on a 'Lunch Truch'
As it turns out, working at a cupcake truck can be a lucrative career. In the past, we've profiled several successful lawyers with mobile cupcakeries. And Temple Law School has apparently caught on to the fact that a lawyer can rake in the dough as a baker, so they've posted an exciting job opportunity on their Career Planning Manager. Let's see what's cooking.... - Sponsored
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Career Alternatives, Chapman and Cutler, Education / Schools, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
Size Matters: The Power Of 'And'
Small firm columnist Valerie Katz shares the secret to maintaining a well-balanced life AND excelling at small-firm practice. Behold the power of "and".... -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Contests, Exercise, Sports, UVA Law
Career Alternatives: Becoming The 'Fittest on Earth'
Think all attorneys are pasty-faced couch potatoes? Think again. One recent law school graduate is in the running to be the fittest woman in the world. -
Blogging, Career Alternatives, DealBreaker, Goldman Sachs
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Seriously Guys, This Blogging Thing Might Have Legs
If you are lawyer who is looking for a career change, you really might want to give blogging a try. You won’t make as much money as you would in a Biglaw job. You probably won’t make as much as you would working for a well-respected small law firm. But money isn’t everything. Take it […] -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools
Indy Law Offers Its Alumni the Most Nontraditional In-House Position Ever
Are you a recent law school graduate searching for a job in a down economy? Do you hope to find a nontraditional position in the Great Midwest? Do you have an unconditional love for breakfast foods? If so, you need look no further, because Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis may be able to assist you with all of your employment needs, but only if you like waffles. -
Boutique Law Firms, Cars, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Small Law Firms
Biglaw Alternative: Getting Drunks Off
Most lawyers would cringe at the thought of spending their entire careers trying to find loopholes that will release drunk drivers back onto the streets. But one small firm is building a DUI defense empire in Georgia. You’ll be so happy that they get your case thrown out that you won’t even mind when they use your full name and share the details of your drunken escapades to drum up more business.
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Career Alternatives, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Peddling Popsicles
When faced with a job that isn’t making you happy, sometimes creativity is necessary in order to escape. Because hey, not everyone can enjoy courtroom glory like that of Jose Baez, knight in shining armor for Casey Anthony. And so, for these people, there are many career alternatives to choose from. We’ve written previously about […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Email Scandals, Exercise, Travel / Vacation
Into the Wild: Where In the World Is Tyler Coulson?
Do you remember our Lawyer of the Month for March, Tyler Coulson? He’s the former Sidley Austin Chicago associate who decided that he’d rather walk from Delaware to California than do another day of lawyering. Is he still alive, or did he get eaten by a bear? -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Masturbation, Prostitution, Sex
Career Alternatives: Massage Therapist?
Are you familiar with the website Post Secret? If not, you should check it out. It describes itself as “an ongoing community art project, where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.” The secret-spilling postcards are then posted to the web. One of the entries from this past weekend […] -
Cardozo Law School, Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools
It's Hard Out Here for a Career Services Dean
The most important person in law school administration is the dean. That makes sense. He or she makes policy and is in charge of the academic and financial footing for the entire school. But who is the second most-important administrator? The dean of students? The head financial aid officer? I say that the second most-important […] -
Career Alternatives, Craigslist, Hotties, Pictures
Lawyer Seeking to Hire Attractive Woman
Having known many, many lawyers over the years, it seems clear to me that the typical overworked lawyer spends most non-working moments daydreaming of one of two things: an exit strategy and meeting another attractive human being. The demanding hours of the legal profession can make it difficult to meet a potential mate. After too […] -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Fame Brief, Fast Food, Food, Reality TV, Television
Fame Brief: Former Paul Hastings Associate May Be America's Next Great Restaurateur
What do you get when you cross Top Chef with Mark Cuban’s The Benefactor (anybody remember that? HA), steal half the name of America’s Next Top Model, and throw in inexplicably famous “chef” Curtis Stone? Only the single greatest reality show on NBC during the 8 p.m. time slot on Sundays: America’s Next Great Restaurant. […] -
Career Alternatives, Law Schools
Ironic Message About What You Can Do With A Law Degree
Raise your hand if one of your reasons for going to law school was that somebody told you a law degree was “versatile” and that you can do a whole bunch of things with a J.D. Keep your hand up if time and the recession have proven that “versatility” thing to be a complete load […]