Inside Straight
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Thoughts On Résumé Strategy
Some thoughts from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann on résumé writing. Specifically, what is the point of including an "executive summary"? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Structure Of Corporate Law Departments
An in-house lawyer’s work environment turns in part on the structure of a corporation’s law department, and outside counsel can better serve clients if counsel know how a law department is organized…. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Baseball, Biglaw, Books, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.19.12
* If anything, baseball stadiums need less netting to prevent fans from catching foul balls. And if your six-year-old gets clocked in the head by a batted ball, it should be a lesson to wealthy fans in great seats to pay attention to the goddamn national pastime instead talking on your cell phone or watching the scoreboard or doing whatever non-baseball activity that distracted you from the 2-2 count with the lefty up at bat. [Legal Blog Watch] * Pop quiz, law professors. What do you do? [Volokh Conspiracy] * Here’s a great review of Mark Hermann’s book: Inside Straight, that focuses on Hermann’s use of the commenters in his material. This will provide excellent research for my own project: How I Became An Affirmative Action Walrus. [Simple Justice] * Don’t you love how the Michigan Law walk-out on Rob Portman is now actually a bit of a thing in the VEEPstakes? [Gawker] * It’s been a while since I studied commercial paper, but I’m pretty sure SpongeBob Squarepants coins aren’t going to pass muster. [Dealbreaker] * Ohio tries to further regulate fracking, but efforts to frustrate fracking f**k-ups feel futile. [Fulbright Fracking Blog] * Morrison & Foerster elects new firm leadership. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Practice Pointers
Inside Straight: Did We Win?
Some advice on communicating with your client, from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Inside Straight: The Shoemaker's Children
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann describes a case in which an outside law firm provided legal advice -- and then, moments later, violated its own advice... -
Biglaw, Fashion, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Dress To Excess
Dressing well can cut both ways, according to in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Theory Of 'Whose Head Will Roll?'
Here’s a management technique for you to consider for legal (or any) projects: Specify the person whose head will roll if the project is not accomplished. -
In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Thanks For The Statute; Do You Have Any Advice?
Why do lawyers routinely transmit information via email without supplying legal advice? - Sponsored
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. -
Headhunters / Recruiters, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Landing An In-House Job
What's the best way to land an in-house job? Here are some practical tips from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Books, In-House Counsel, Shameless Plugs
Inside Straight: Cravath Summer Bonuses!?
Mark Herrmann just might have some shocking, scandalous news... maybe... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Odd Misperceptions Of Job Qualifications
What are some differences between hiring for in-house positions compared to hiring for law firm positions? In-house counsel (and former Biglaw partner) Mark Herrmann explains. -
Health Care / Medicine, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Kids
Inside Straight: What Happened To The Careers?
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann wonders whether law is actually any worse off than many of the other career fields that face challenges today. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Pessimism Has Its Pleasures
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers some thoughts on the power of negative thinking.
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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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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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How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Mergers and Acquisitions
Inside Straight: Does Going In-House Ruin Your Skills?
How going in-house will affect your skills depends on the nature of your in-house position, how your corporation works, and what skills you’re thinking about.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: On Lawyers' Business Plans
In-house lawyers, like their non-lawyer colleagues, prepare business plans. Why don't lawyers at law firms? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Inside Straight: Kvetching About Comp
Do lawyers at your corporation complain about their compensation compared to the compensation of their peers within the company? Or are law firm partnerships uniquely vicious in that regard? If so, why? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Heller Ehrman, Howrey LLP, In-House Counsel, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Inside Straight: Dewey Know Who's Next?
Mark Herrmann believes it’s a near certainty that another firm will collapse within the next year or two. Who will it be? -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: On Clients Who Can't Tell Good Work From Bad
How should a lawyer deal with less-sophisticated clients, the kind of clients who can't tell good work from bad? -
Depositions, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Trials
Inside Straight: On EUSLAs, Depositions, And Trials
Wherein our columnist gets called out by one of the outside lawyers he discussed in a recent column.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Inside Straight: On Robin Williams And Saying 'Thank You'
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers some good, simple advice -- which not enough people follow, sadly.