Resumes
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Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Your Second Job Out Of Law School
Joshua Stein provides practical suggestions for lawyers looking to go solo or move on to another law firm. -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Résumés: The Harsh Reality
What are law firms looking for in a résumé? Anonymous Recruitment Director reveals all. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Strategic Career Choices And (Yawn) Cover Letters
How can you break into Biglaw if you didn't get a summer associate job as a 2L?
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Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, LSAT, Pre-Law
From The Career Files: Tips On Five Key Pieces Of The Law School Application
Ann K. Levine, a law school admission consultant and owner of LawSchoolExpert.com, offers helpful tips for law school applicants. -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Education / Schools, Legal Ethics, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Don't Lie On Your Résumé -- Even If You're A Partner
Legal secretaries and other support staffers aren't the only ones getting fired by Biglaw; partners who lie on their résumés get shown the door too. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers, Pro Bono
From the Career Files: Biglaw Practice Today -- Damn The Torpedoes
Sarah Powell of Duke Law offers four benefits of working at a Biglaw firm: résumé gold, training, flexibility, and pro bono. -
Ask the Experts, Career Center, Career Files, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: How to Improve Your Résumé This Summer If You’re Applying This Fall
Anna Ivey helps pre-law students figure out how to improve their resume for fall law school applications. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: What to Expect If You're Planning on Applying to Law School (Part II)
You’ll probably be producing at least 10 separate pieces of writing when you apply to law school. That’s manageable, right? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, Defamation, Drugs, Gay, Gay Marriage, Insider Trading, Law Schools, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Murder, Paul Clement, Trials
Morning Docket: 01.23.13
Ed. note: We apologize for getting such a late start today, but we were experiencing some technical difficulties. Thanks for being patient with us.
* Barack Obama made some bold statements about marriage equality in his inaugural address, but the jury is still out — literally — on whether he thinks laws banning same-sex couples from marrying are constitutional. [BuzzFeed]
* You can smoke pot for sh*ts and giggles in several states, but the D.C. Circuit is siding with the DEA on this one. Marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I drug in the eyes of the (federal) law. [National Law Journal]
* With claims of prejudicial evidence, Rajat Gupta is trying to get his insider trading conviction overturned. We’ll wait for more on this story from note passer field correspondent, Benula Bensam. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Here are some tips on how you can refine the résumé that will accompany your law school application — but make sure you get the accents aigus right, or else. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* “Why are all high school teachers freaks in the sacks?” Sarah Jones, the cheerleader-cum-sexy teacher, cried over phrases like that yesterday during testimony in her defamation case against The Dirty. [ESPN]
* George W. Huguely V, the UVA lacrosse bro who was convicted of killing his sometimes girlfriend, has got one hell of an appellate lawyer. Perhaps famous litigator Paul Clement is a friend of the family. [Bloomberg]
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Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers, Money
From the Career Files: The First Step in Leaving Law Behind -- It’s the Money, Stupid
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for unhappy attorneys who want to leave the law. -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Need Résumé Help? Don’t Bother Career Services, They Might Be Too Busy.
Career services offices are doing triage; are law schools giving them the resources they need? -
Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Partners in Practice: Anatomy of a Lateral Move (Part III)
Interested in learning about the anatomy of a lateral move? This series will present all of the information you could possibly need. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Lessons Learned From The Résumé Professionals
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers some tips about writing a résumé, along with reflections about the difference between preparing a résumé when you work at a law firm compared to preparing one when you work in-house.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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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"? -
Advertising, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Building a Convincing Legal Résumé
As the market continues to grow with applicants across various practice areas, qualified or not, it’s more important than ever for your résumé to stand out, especially from the competition. -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Spring Clean Your Résumé
Spring has sprung, and instead of just cleaning out your home, small-firm columnist Valerie Katz advises that you should spring clean your résumé, too. -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches
House Rules: Use Your Resume and Cover Letter to Get Inside
This is the second part of a series on getting yourself in the door to an in-house position. Even though you might not have that much “sexy” work to list on your updated resume, it may not be a problem... -
Advertising, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Pro Bono, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Three Ways the Holidays Can Boost Your Résumé
For most of us, the holidays are synonymous with family, fun, and fruitcake. Work, at least for a few days, drops off our radar. However, the down time received during the holidays is the perfect time to break out the old résumé and, in fact, improve it. Whether or not you are looking for a […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Tips for Selecting a Legal Recruiter
The lateral hiring market has improved substantially over the past year. With that improvement, associates are receiving a greater number of cold-calls from recruiters. For many junior associates, these calls are a new phenomenon. Your choice of a recruiter — and the way you manage the process — will have a profound impact on your […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Trials
Inside Straight: Showing, Not Telling, That You're Competent
When we write briefs, we show — we don’t tell — the reader that we win. Thus, we do not tell the reader: “This case is barred by the statute of limitations,” which is mere assertion. Instead, we show the reader why we win: “The accident in which plaintiff was hurt occurred on June 1, […]