From The Career Files: Strategies For Succeeding As A Solo
Ari Kaplan interviews Nancy Mertzel, the former chair of Herrick Feinstein’s Intellectual Property Group, who recently founded Mertzel Law PLLC, a boutique IP law firm.
From The Career Files: Doing The Ordinary Better Than Everyone Else Is A Hallmark Of Client Service
Ari Kaplan spoke with David Kempston, a Minnesota-based plaintiff's workers’ compensation lawyer, who is the self-published author of That's Why They Call It Practicing Law.
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
Disruption And The T-Shaped Associate: How Young Lawyers Should Look To Develop In A Transforming Industry
How should a young lawyer approach their career progression?
From The Career Files: The Law School Admission Game, Play Like An Expert, 3rd Ed.
The Law School Admission Game, first published in 2009, has been rewritten and updated as a third edition.
From The Career Files: What’s Going On With The LSAT?
Here’s a rundown of changes relating to the LSAT that you should know if you plan to apply to law school in the next year or two.
From The Career Files: Bridging The Gap Between Legal Education And Legal Practice Through Mentorship
What are some strategies for students who want to find an internship or a mentor?
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
The 2017 Law School Rankings: The Finest In Fact-Based List Making
This is our fifth year ranking law schools, but it's the first year schools west of the Hudson take the top spots.
From The Career Files: One and Done, How To Stop Procrastinating
Struggling with procrastination? Here's advice on how you can stop doing that.
From The Career Files: How Can Pre-Laws Improve Their Writing Skills?
Here are some tips and tricks.
From The Career Files: Are You Forcing Your Life? Or Living Your Life?
There is something about law school, they say, that makes everyone a little competitive and nutty.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
From The Career Files: 5 Survival Tips For New Associates
More often than not, new lawyers aren’t just worried about being new lawyers.
From The Career Files: How To Stop Treating Conversation Like Cross-Examination
Have your friends, family, or romantic partners ever told you to stop “arguing like a lawyer”? This is what they mean.
From The Career Files: Advice For Very Young Would-Be Lawyers
Being a lawyer can be fascinating and rewarding. But it’s not as glamorous as media portrayals.
From The Career Files: Help
Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.
From The Career Files: Dealing With Difficult Opposing Counsel
Some interactions with opposing counsel can be stressful, challenging, and even downright hostile.