Networking
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In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
Moonlighting: How Not to Network
In-house columnist Susan Moon has some tips on how you can avoid networking blunders this holiday season. -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Gradenfreude: Networking For Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Law School Graduates
An underemployed law school grad tried to network at his law school to get a job and failed, but at least he met a hot chick in the process. - 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… -
Entertainment Law, Videos, YouTube
Mr. Legal Entertainment: And The Emmy Goes To...
How can you market yourself in the world of entertainment law if you're just starting out? Thoughts from Sam E. Goldberg...
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Law Professors, Law Schools
Prospective Student Pesters And Annoys Yale Faculty
A prospective law student's overzealous networking culminates in a rebuke from Yale Law School. -
Conferences / Symposia, Small Law Firms
The Practice: Conferences and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Some advice from a small-firm practitioner on how you can take advantage of bar conferences... -
In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: The Art of Pickup Lines, I Mean, Elevator Speeches
How can you craft an effective elevator speech that won't make people's eyes glaze over? Advice from Susan Moon. -
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. -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches
House Rules: Meta-Networking
Can you network your way into a slot as outside counsel? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Drinking, Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: How To Network Without Getting Wasted
Networking is tough, especially for introverts. Valerie Katz is here to help. -
Advertising, Career Center, Law Schools, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Building Your Network on Campus
Networking is simply about connecting with people, and if your goal is to have a flourishing career as a lawyer, start building your network and acquiring networking skills now. Not sure where to start? Read on for Lateral Link’s top three tips on how to effectively build your network as a law student… -
Advertising, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Tips to Improve Your Network
Networking isn’t just for job seekers. And it isn’t even just for the rainmakers who bring in business. It’s what every attorney (and attorney-to-be) should be doing right now — whether you’re a first-year associate at a Biglaw firm or a senior attorney at a small regional firm. Too often, attorneys wait until they need […] -
Election 2012, Politics, Public Interest, Small Law Firms
The Practice: Political Networking
There, of course, is a natural path from lawyer to legislator. But the low pay, travel, time commitment, and mud slinging that we see on TV and the internet turn many lawyers away from public service.The current political landscape also causes lawyers to be uninterested in participating in politics at any level, whether it means lobbying, running campaigns, fundraising, or attending political functions. It’s a mistake... -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Dean of Students Gets Networking Advice All Wrong
A couple of days ago, Elie offered some networking advice to the functional alcoholics in the audience. Sure, his thoughts were a little bit outside the box, but they were better than the kind of standard networking tripe most law students get from their overmatched career services administrators. Case in point, take a look as some networking advice sent around by the Dean of Students at a New York-area law school just last week. The advice was perfect if the dean was trying to ensure that the students made no impression, and left all employers wondering why they bothered to show up for a silly networking event in the first place....
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Associate Advice, Drinking, Job Searches
How Alcohol Can Help You Network
There's a list that's been going around the past two days that purports to be A Drink-by-Drink Guide for networking events. Don't get your hopes up. It's not really drinking advice for legal networking events. It's regular advice for legal networking events that happens to use the word "drink" -- instead of "level" or "number" -- to demarcate the five tips in the article. Here's Elie's advice on how to look cool and confident while knocking back a few without getting so sloshed you end up on Above the Law in the morning.... -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: A New Year's Resolution for 2012 – Tips for a Better Legal Career
Eat healthy, workout, stop procrastinating, learn Spanish — it’s 2012 and time to make your New Year’s resolutions. One big resolution you should add to your list is to improve your legal career. Lucky for you, the recruiting professionals at Lateral Link have written articles that will help you with your career resolutions. If you […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Job Hunting Tips for the Holiday Season
Most of us correlate this time of year with holiday cheer, happiness, and general festivity. However, if you find yourself looking for a job in December, it can be a little disheartening. Employers, if they are not taking time off, focus their efforts on end of the year wrap-up. Although hiring may seem slow during […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: O Come All Ye Rainmakers - Tips for Networking During the Holidays
With the holiday season in full swing, ‘tis the season for parties. In today’s Career Center post, the recruiters at Lateral Link provide you with tips on how to work a room and expand your network while mingling with co-workers, family, and friends. 1. First, research the guest list. Come up with a list of […] -
Small Law Firms
The Practice: Enough with the Worthless Networking
There are two types of lawyers: Those that “don’t do networking,” and those that do it because it is required to establish a word of mouth practice. For those that want the word of mouth practice, and the reputation in the community as a go-to person (assuming you are a competent lawyer, and these days, that’s a big assumption), here are some things to consider.... -
Asians, Hotties, In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Specialty Bars, Attractiveness May Vary
Specialty bar associations can be great opportunities for in-house lawyers to grow their network and develop their careers. Unlike some mega bar associations, they tend to feel more intimate and collegial, even if their membership numbers are pretty large, because the members share a common interest. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the NAPABA […] -
Biglaw, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Small Law Firms
The Practice: Three Perfectly Good Uses For Biglaw Lawyers
It appears that Brian Tannebaum isn't a big fan of Biglaw -- but that’s not true. Actually, Biglaw has been very good to him, and it can be good to you as a solo or small firm lawyer. Just don’t steal any of the embossed coffee cups, and consider some of these ideas....