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Biglaw, Blogging, Job Searches, Media and Journalism, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms
Seven Types of People Who Are Interested in Small Law Firms
I wrote last week about the perceived level of interest from attorneys at small law firms in finding a collective voice. As I’m currently camping somewhere in the remote, internet-less regions of our northern neighbor, I haven’t the chance to check in with your comments and emails, but promise to do so upon my return […] -
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Career Center: Are You Deciding Where to Summer?
Summer associate survey results have been out for a while. If you’re trying to decide where you’d like to be a summer associate, be sure to check out the profiles below, to see which firms scored big with its summers — and which firms could use a little improvement. Before accepting that summer associate offer, […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Money, Nauseating Things, Sweet Hot Justice
Poor You! (Literally.)
Picture, if you will, my lawyer friend, Caitlin. She’s a mid-level finance associate at one of New York’s biggest lawyer factories. She’s been at the Big Law game long enough to be depressed on the good days and on the hunt for sturdy noose material on the bad days — which is to say most […]
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Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Job Searches
Would You Work for a New York Law School Student... For Free?
Self-awareness: it’s a really important character trait. As you go about your day, your life, and your life’s work, it’s important to have an understanding of who you are and how you are perceived. But what if your self-perception is grossly misaligned with objective reality? Well, then things could get tricky. You might make a […] -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools
Magical Thinking
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell attorney, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. So many cases like this appear at my office that I’ll […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, No Offers, Summer Associates
UCLA Law: The Jobs Will Come Out... Tomorrow!
Last month, on their blog, Bruin Briefs, staffers in the career services office of UCLA School of Law offered some advice to 3Ls who didn’t receive offers from their summer employers. If you’re in this ship that be sinking boat, you might find the counsel helpful; check it out here. One UCLA law student identified […] -
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Career Center: Summer Programs to Approach With Caution
If you’re looking for brutally honest opinions about the summer programs at the top law firms, head on over to the Career Center. Here are some examples of what you’ll find there: Although this firm had one of the largest summer associate classes in 2010, a high offer rate in 2009, and no start date […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Craigslist, Drinking, Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Firm Seeks Experts in Alcoholic Beverages
Usually when we report on jobs that have been posted on Craigslist, we’re talking about some kind of horrifying example of how the open market values attorneys at about the same level it values responsible high school girls. But today we have a legal job that most lawyers couldn’t have performed in high school. At […] - Sponsored
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Career Center: More Summer Program Profiles
About to head out for that call-back interview? See if that firm is one of the profiled firms listed below. While you’re at it, go to the Career Center, and browse through the profiles for more in-depth information on all the major firms. The summer associates at this firm describe the full-time attorneys as “extremely […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News, Vanderbilt
Most Schools Would Like Law School Transparency to Just Go Away
In July, we profiled the efforts of a group of Vanderbilt law students who are trying to bring more accuracy and transparency to the employment statistics provided by law schools. Their group, Law School Transparency, has requested all ABA-accredited schools to provide useful information to prospective law students — information that neither the ABA nor […] -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Job Searches
Duke Law Turns to Craigslist to Fill Key Administrative Role
If I reported that Duke Law School was turning to Craigslist to find its next dean, the U.S. News people would issue “revised” rankings to knock Duke out of the top tier. Heck, if I told you that Duke Law was looking for a new 1L contracts professor on Craigslist, at the very least that […] -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Immigration, Job Searches, Law Schools
Clerkship Application Season: Open Thread(And a tricky issue re: non-citizen law clerks.)
It’s that time of the year again: clerkship application season. Here is the requisite open thread for discussion, where you can trade news and gossip about which courts and judges are hiring, which ones are done, which clerkships are great, and which clerkships you’ll hate. Pursuant to the 2010 Law Clerk Hiring Plan for federal […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Small Law Firms
Money v. Job Satisfaction: How Much Do You Need?
Last week I had dinner with a friend who used to work at a large law firm and now has a non-legal career. I asked her what, if anything, she missed about life in Biglaw. “Just one thing: the paycheck,” she said. “I miss being able to go crazy in the shoe department of Bloomingdale’s.” […]
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Career Alternatives, DealBreaker, Job Searches, Layoffs
From Laid-Off Lawyer to... Cleaning Lady!
A Dealbreaker reader was out and about on the Upper West Side, and something caught his eye. He moved in for a closer look, snapped a photo, and sent it to Dealbreaker. Our colleague Bess Levin has been having a grand old time ever since. Me? I just want people to see it before they […] -
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Career Center: Taking Control of Your Career
From time to time, we “go live” with the Career Center resources, to give you access to firsthand advice from the hiring partners and in-house counsel at major law firms and companies. Our next opportunity for this type of professional development will be Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. If you are in the […] -
Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
A New Approach to Fall Recruiting
Back in February of this year, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced a minor change to its recruiting guidelines. I was underwhelmed. New associates are graduating law school in a terrible job market, firms are sick of being forced to hire people two years before they know their staffing needs, and NALP is […] -
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Post-Labor Day Report Reveals More Labor for Lawyers
I hope all of you had a fine long weekend. I also hope at least some of you have some skills at building infrastructure. But maybe you have some legal skills. If you do, the market for your talents is ever-so-slightly recovering. The latest jobs report shows that the American economy stinks as a whole, […] -
Associate Advice, Education / Schools, Job Searches, Law Schools
Cut Your Losses, or Finish Law School? An ATL Debate
At what point should you give up on your dream of becoming a lawyer? It’s a question on many people’s minds lately. Whether they were laid off during the recession and haven’t been able to get back in, or if they’ve just graduated law school to the triumphant sounds of crickets, people are wondering when […] -
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Career Center: A Resource for Researching Large Law Firms
Just a reminder that the 2010 summer associate survey results have been incorporated into the Summer Associate Program sections within each of the Firm Snapshots. So be sure to visit the Career Center, where you’ll find inside information about the summer programs at all the major law firms. Here are some examples: Lunches at this […] -
Biglaw, Blog Wars, Federal Government, Job Searches, Public Interest, Summer Associates
The World Hates Lawyers: Mainstream Media Manages to Criticize Biglaw Summers AND Public Sector Lawyers in the Same Breath
Earlier this week, Conor Friedersdorf, writing for The Atlantic, poured a big bottle of haterade all over the legal profession. More specifically, he criticized the way “Ivy League” lawyers are recruited, and the “palpable sense of entitlement” they exhibit even when they don’t take Biglaw bucks and instead work for the government. Here’s the set […]