What ATL Editors Wish They Knew As Summer Associates
When the ATL editors were young summer associates.
From The Career Files: 10 Things To Remember About Your Summer Employment At A Biglaw Firm
Ian E. Scott offers 10 valuable pieces of advice for Biglaw summer associates.
How MyCase Accounting Transforms Legal Bookkeeping
This complete system built for lawyers simplifies the complex world of law firm finance.
From The Career Files: How To Spend Your Summer Before Applying To Law School
Ann K. Levine of LawSchoolExpert.com gives some guidelines to pre-law students on how to most effectively use their summer to prepare for law school.
How Do You Choose Which Law Firm Offer To Accept?
ATL editors share their musings on choosing a law firm to work for.
From the Career Files: The Inside Scoop on How to Be a Stellar Summer Associate
Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews a fifth-year associate at a Biglaw firm who has some advice for 2Ls looking to make an impression as summer associates.
From the Career Files: Do You Have to Be an Annoying Suck-Up to Succeed as a Summer Associate?
Alison Monahan, founder of The Girl's Guide to Law School, shares some practical advice for summer associates.
Why Better Financial Acumen is the Key to Law Firm Success in 2025
From training to technology, uncover the essential steps to futureproof your law firm in a competitive market.
From the Career Files: Ten Tips for Your Summer at the Screen
Ross Guberman provides some summer advice.
Summer Associates: Please Don’t Dress Like Fashion Victims
Fashion and image consultant Anna Akbari offers style advice to this year's summer associates.
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 7):<br><em>A Final Note on Networking.</em>
We’ve reached the end of our career advice webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer, in which a panel of experts provided career advice for this summer. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company, which provides law students with free access to its excellent resources so they can […]
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 6):<br /></br><em>What NOT to do: potential pitfalls for summer associates.</em>
In prior installments of our Above the Law webcast offering career advice for this summer, graciously sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company, we’ve focused on what law students should do in order to make the most of their summers. We’ve discussed such subjects as how to find summer jobs, how to network, […]
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 5)<br /></br><em>Does where you went to law school matter?</em>
Law school deans — as well as other administrators, and law students — obsess over law school rankings. It’s understandable why deans fixate on rankings; for better or worse, it’s their job. But what about law students? Should they put so much stock in rankings? Do people, specifically employers, pay too much attention to where […]
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 4)<br /></br><em>The post-recession summer associate experience.</em>
In cooperation with our friends at the Practical Law Company, we produced a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer. Career experts, including law firm partners, discussed subjects of interest to law students who want to excel as summer associates. The recession might be officially over, but we’re not back to the glory […]
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 3)<br></br><em>Government jobs; balancing work and play in Biglaw.</em>
Here at Above the Law, we try to offer practical tips for how to succeed in the legal profession. See, e.g., our recent posts about how to take vacation in Biglaw, or the best time for starting your own law firm. Together with another company that provides useful advice and insight to lawyers, the Practical […]
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 2)<br><em>Beyond Biglaw; advice for 1Ls; networking.</em>
Above the Law recently produced a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer, in which a panel of career experts discussed how law students can make the most of their summers. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company, which provides law students with free access to its excellent […]
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 1)<br><em>Introductions, and how to find a summer job.</em>
Earlier this month, Above the Law recorded a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer. We convened a panel of career experts to discuss how law students can make the most of their summers. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company. (We previously explained PLC and its mission […]