Unhappiness
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Health / Wellness, Social Media
Lawyers Share Their Deepest Secrets Anonymously On Twitter
Perhaps this can be the first step in opening up a dialogue about what it means to be a lawyer. -
Health / Wellness, Law Professors, Law Schools
Happy Lawyers? Yes, They're Out There!
New research contains encouraging findings about lawyer happiness in the wake of the recession. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Health / Wellness, Job Searches
How To Know When It's Time To Quit
Being in the wrong job will make your career feel endlessly long.
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Job Searches, Technology
alt.legal: Are You A Happy Attorney? Are There Happy Attorneys?
Okay, so most American attorneys are unhappy -- what can you do about it? -
Biglaw
Why You’re So Unhappy
Lawyers, there are three things missing from your life -- three elements critical to happiness. What are they? -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Quitting Someone Else's Dream
Life is simply too short to waste it on doing something that you hate, according to columnist Jeena Cho. -
Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
11 Reasons Why It’s So Hard Being A Lawyer (Part II)
What do lawyers wish non-lawyers understood about them, and why is it so hard to be a lawyer in the first place? -
Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
11 Reasons Why It's So Hard Being A Lawyer (Part I)
What do lawyers wish non-lawyers understood about them, and why is it so hard to be a lawyer in the first place? - Sponsored
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50… -
Biglaw, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Are Lawyers Only Happy When They're Miserable?
According to managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld, if you're unhappy with your work/life balance, maybe you just need to change your perspective. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Pre-Law, Rankings, Reader Polls
Happy Cities, Unhappy Law Students (And Vice Versa)?
How does law student satisfaction compare with the broader population? -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Why Unhappy Attorneys Who Still Strive For Perfection Have Difficulty In Leaving The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind discusses how perfectionism can be a barrier to leaving an unhappy career in the law. -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyers
From The Career Files: A Law Degree Can Help You With A Wide Variety Of Career Paths
Marc Luber challenges Jim Saksa's Slate article, "You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree," with several viable career alternatives for JDs. -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Back In The Race: The Long-Term Career Plan
How should you conduct your job search when you're a fourth-tier law school graduate in the tough legal economy?
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Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50…
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Sign up and join us for our CLE webinar. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the…
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Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for.
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work.
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Job Searches, Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Back In The Race: Reasons To Close Your Practice
You shouldn't waste your time working for a firm that makes you unhappy, broke, or both -- even if the CEO of that firm is you. -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyers
From the Career Files: The Second Step in Leaving Law Behind – Cut Your Losses
The second step in leaving law behind? Getting over law school....