Career Files
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Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Career Change Trap: The Old 'You Have to Use Your Law Degree' Myth
By no means are any of you obligated to use your law degree just because everyone else thinks that you should. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: How To Survive As An Associate
Working with people who may not have your back makes things that much harder. - Sponsored
How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: The Real Life Guide To Living Your Dream
We still do not have 100% support from some of our family members, who largely claim we are risking too much by leaving the financial security of practicing law.
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Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Fries, Feelings, And Mindful Eating
Lawyers, how can you better distinguish between physical hunger and emotional eating? -
Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Lawyers, Pre-Law
Which Law School Extracurriculars Are Worth (Or Waste) Your Time?
What are your thoughts on the relative "prestige' of various possible law student extracurricular activities for a student résumé? -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: What Would You Do As A 'Non-Lawyer'?
As we leave the law, let’s remember that the most authentic way to find the next path is to explore how each of us can really help. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: The 3 Main Mistakes You Want To Avoid In Order To Leave The Law
These are the three main mistakes people make that oftentimes slows down their goal of leaving. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers, Money
From The Career Files: Is Your Relationship With Money Strangling Your Dreams?
Money stops you from doing the thing that you want to do, or so you tell yourself. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: 12 Email Fails And What They Say About You
Email fails are far from being an affliction of millennial lawyers alone; indeed, lawyers have been failing at the art of communication since their lips started moving. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students
From The Career Files: 4 Lessons From The Fall 2016 Law School Admission Cycle
Another cycle of law school admission is behind us, and people are already being admitted to some schools for Fall 2017. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Practice Advice For New Lawyers
If you are in a position of giving advice or providing value to another person, use their first name. In other situations, start with a more formal salutation. -
Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: We'll Know It When We Feel It
The hurdle so many of us run into when trying to leave the law is that all we have known ourselves to be in recent years is an unhappy, unfulfilled, not-the-best-but-not-the-worst lawyer. -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: 3 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself In Order To Leave The Law
When we truly feel authentic with what we are good at, we become powerful.
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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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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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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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This AI-Powered Document Tool Will Meet You Where You Are
Lexis Create provides simple access to internal and external knowledge — directly within Microsoft Word.
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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 Center, Career Files, Health / Wellness, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Mindfulness And Emotional Eating
When I started working at a law firm, the first things I did were set up my voicemail and gain ten pounds. -
Money, News, Technology
From The Career Files: Essentials For A Mentor Considering An Investment In A Mentee
Mentorship helps mentees make better career moves, improve their work product, increase their professional self-awareness and understand firm nuances. -
Biglaw, Career Files, Lawyers, Rankings
The 2017 ATL Power 100: Help Us Rank Biglaw Firms
The ATL Power 100 law firm rankings are our attempt to capture the strength and relevance of major law firms in today’s market. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Even More Practical Advice For New Lawyers
Most students should work to expand their professional networks and refine their writing skills. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Using Anger As A Tool For Your Career
Like many emotions, anger serves a purpose. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: 'Pay+ Credit' -- Be Careful What You Wish For
The ABA has expended considerable effort working on the dual problems of employment for new lawyers and inadequate access to justice. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Diving Deeper, More Millennial Lawyer Survey Results
When Millennial lawyers were asked what factors contributed most to their job satisfaction, the top three answers overall were...