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Advertising, Career Center, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Your New Year's Résumé Checkup
It’s the new year – time to dust off that résumé. Even if you are happy with your 2010 bonus and not ready to jump ship just yet, you never know when you might get a call about a job opportunity that you simply can’t pass up. Or maybe you have been searching for a […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Forced Mentorship Is Latest Response to Broken Legal Education System
Given that law schools keep pumping out more graduates than the market can handle, the state of Oregon is trying an interesting approach to deal with the mass of lawyers being unleashed into the system. Following in the footsteps of Georgia and Utah, Oregon will now require new lawyers to enroll in a year-long mentoring […] - 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… -
Education / Schools, Job Searches, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Is Educational Pedigree Overrated?
When you read the accounts of recruiters at these firms, you get a sense of why they might choose these metrics. They have multiple stacks of resumes. They meet hundreds of applicants at career fairs. Rather than scrutinizing anyone’s resume it’s easier just to limit the pool to the top three or four universities. Do […]
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, New York Times, Student Loans
Now That the New York Times Acknowledges the Perils of Law School Debt, the Next Question Is How to Recover From the Ruin
Like many of you, I read the epic New York Times article on law school debt over the weekend. To answer the most consistent question I’ve received in the past 36 hours: no, I don’t feel like I’ve “won.” And I don’t feel like the NYT has somehow validated some of my commentary over the […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Clerkships, Job Searches, Legal Ethics, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: The Informant
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, I am an assistant clerk at a state court. I graduated in May 2010 and worked hard to find a decent job after taking the July bar. I have noticed over my past few months that a co-worker, also a […] -
Bonuses, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Money
Inside Straight: In-House Compensation
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. I really don’t care much about compensation. Let the abuse begin. If you hate your job, then no one can pay you enough to make going to work every day worthwhile. And if […] -
Associate Advice, Job Searches, Social Networking Websites
Unemployed Lawyers and Law Students: Is Your Résumé Why You Don't Have A Job?
So lawyers, if you’ve recently been laid off or have been out of school for over a year without a job, it’s probably time to look at your résumé and take out any reference to the fact that you’re, you know, “dynamic.” Sure, you might be. But so is everyone else. And, more importantly, nobody […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News to Disclose ALL the Job Info It Collects: But Let's Not Lick Each Other's Popsicles Just Yet.
Last week, the people at the Law School Transparency project scored a major victory. They got U.S. News to agree to disclose all of the employment information the magazine collects about law schools, with the release of next year’s influential rankings. According to stories around the blogosphere, U.S. News rankings guru Robert Morse is even […] - 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, Job Searches, pls hndle thx, Romance and Dating
Pls Hndle Thx: There Are Daggers Behind Men's Smiles
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com Hi: I’m an associate at a small firm with a very specialized practice area. My firm shares a client with a Biglaw firm that handles most of the client’s litigation and other work. As such, there are a couple of partners at […] -
Canada, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Small Firm Renaissance?
It’s pretty clear that traditional large-firm jobs in big cities are still hard to come by. Even those cushy government jobs sometimes offered as a Biglaw equivalent are, as of last week, slightly less appealing. Well, fear not; the small law firm renaissance is here! A recent article in Lawyers Weekly suggests that small towns […] -
Federal Government, Job Searches, Technology
Government Is Serious About Dissuading Job Seekers From Reading Wikileaks
Last week, we reported that Boston University School of Law was warning job seekers not to read (or link to) WikiLeaks if they want to get a government job. The government still regards the documents as classified, and so somehow if you link to them (say on Facebook), you might fail a to get the […] -
Job Searches
Interview Season Will Start Even Earlier at Harvard Law School
If we all try really hard, maybe we can get 2L interviewing season to start immediately after 1L finals. For the second time in three years, Harvard Law School has decided to start it’s early interviewing program (EIP) earlier in the year. But this time they’ve also decided to push back the start of fall […] -
Federal Government, Job Searches
Could Just Reading WikiLeaks Get You Nixed From Working as a Federal Attorney?
As if law students did have enough to worry about when trying to get jobs, career services at Boston University School of Law has pointed out another potential pitfall that may terrify its students. According to BU, merely reading the WikiLeaks documents could prevent you from getting the security clearances necessary to get certain government […]
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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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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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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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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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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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Drinking, Facebook, Job Searches, Outsourcing, Quote of the Day
Facebook Status Update of the Day: Well, they can't send bartending jobs to India.
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Job Searches, Law Schools, LLMs, No Offers, Recovery
Double Down
Ed. Note: Will the Lost Generation ever find its way back into Biglaw? This new column is written by a member of the Lost Generation who initially was thrown off of the Biglaw bandwagon but was able to get back on, and is now trying to hang on to his Biglaw second chance. By the […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches
DOJ Honors Program Offers Are Being Issued: Open Thread
Congratulations to successful applicants to the U.S. Department of Justice’s prestigious and highly selective Honors Program. As noted on the program’s website, the DOJ Honors Program “is the only way that the Department hires entry-level attorneys.” (Otherwise you have to clerk or practice elsewhere first — as I did, before joining the DOJ as an […] -
Associate Advice, Job Searches
Pucker Up: Traits of Highly Effective Boot Lickers
Flattery will get you everywhere in your legal career. Really. Professors at the Kellogg Business School did an entire study and figured out that people with a legal background are especially skillful at sucking up — and sucking up will take you far. On the one hand, this shouldn’t surprise anybody. People kiss up because […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools
The Secret To Inflating Employment Rates? Only Survey Law Grads Who Are Employed
The following will shock no one who has been paying attention to how law schools are trying to openly game the U.S. News law school rankings and mislead prospective law students. When it comes time to collect employment data, law schools are selectively surveying their graduates: they’re seeking survey responses from employed graduates, while ignoring […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans
Even If You Told Prospective Law Students the Truth, Would They Care?
We’ve devoted a lot of coverage around here to efforts at forcing law schools to be more transparent about the true employment opportunities for law graduates. We’ve screamed at the ABA, at NALP, and at law school deans themselves. We’ve begged them to just tell the truth about jobs to would-be law students. Maybe it’s […] -
Craigslist, Job Searches
God Awful Jobs for Lawyers Potpourri
It’s been a while since we took a look at how little lawyers are willing to pay new attorneys. But today we’ve got two jobs which pay a combined salary of $1,000 per/month. I guess these employers are trying to ensure that whoever takes these jobs will show up to work on time because the […]