I received a fair amount of mail this past week asking about transitioning to in-house positions from firm life. I tried to offer useful responses when time permitted. I certainly appreciated all the kind words, and I feel for those enduring the struggle of a job search, especially in this economy. Many folks share in […]
I received a fair amount of mail this past week asking about transitioning to in-house positions from firm life. I tried to offer useful responses when time permitted. I certainly appreciated all the kind words, and I feel for those enduring the struggle of a job search, especially in this economy. Many folks share in […]
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Your company was just named in a new complaint, and there’s no obvious choice of counsel to defend you. What do you do? You ask around internally to see whether any of our lawyers has worked with good counsel in the jurisdiction. Perhaps you ask a trusted outside lawyer or two for recommendations. You narrow […]
How can you make your small law firm stand out in a Biglaw beauty pageant? Valerie Katz has got some tips so you can put on your evening gown, wish for world peace, and go get that client....
* Shocker: tenured law professors are well-paid (check out their median salaries), and they enjoy high job satisfaction. [TaxProf Blog] * Congratulations to David Boies and Ted Olson on winning the American Bar Association Medal, for their remarkable work on Perry v. Schwarzenegger (aka the Prop 8 case). [American Foundation for Equal Rights] * In […]
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann discusses the delusion of personal exceptionalism when it comes to Biglaw firms and the request for proposal process. When everyone sounds the same, how can you make your firm stand out?
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Here's a lesson in business development. In-house columnist Mark Herrmann describes two law-firm pitches: a good one, and a not-so-good one.
The holder of an LLM from NYU was just named Miss India. How beautiful must you be in order to rank #1 out of 600 million women?
Over time (and it doesn’t take long), law firm pitches all begin to sound the same. “We save you money because we staff cases leanly. We send in the Navy SEALs, not the Fifth Fleet.” Do you really think the guy in here last week was saying, “We waste your money hand over foot. We […]
You have to hand it to the University of Michigan Law School. They always keep it interesting in Ann Arbor. Today’s tale of wacky wolverines arises out of the law school’s “Mr. Wolverine” beauty pageant. Yeah, it sounds like exactly what it is. It’s a nice little event where Michigan men “dress down” for the […]
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This is why we shouldn’t let people under the age of 18 speak in public. Ever. The new Miss America, Teresa Scanlan, is just 17 years old. Why we live in a society that regularly parades minors out in public to be ogled (whether for their beauty or dunking prowess or whatever) is a subject […]
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Think for a minute about business development for law firms. Your firm wants to expand its litigation presence in a particular practice area. What do you do? Many firms figure they’ll march out […]