Skilled Adversaries Can Make Attorneys Grow
Adversaries are some of the best teachers since they can expose lawyer to new arguments.
Build Your Book Without Burning Out: 3 Easy Keys Most Lawyers Miss
Less stress and more consistency will lead to more successful outcomes.
Be That Lawyer: How To Drive Success In Uncertain Times
Even when it feels like hiding under your desk might be the safer bet, steps can be taken.
Taking Ownership Of Your In-House Legal Career
Learning from those who have navigated similar challenges can provide practical knowledge that no law school class can teach.
How To Prepare For A Q2 Job Search (And Launch Your Strategy)
You must come prepared to an interview and ready to discuss industry insights, company updates, and other pieces of data showing you’ve done your due diligence and researched the company and industry thoroughly.
Business Development Can Be More Important Than Legal Skill To Career Advancement
As associates get more experienced, partners begin to expect that associates will develop work if they want to become partners.
Humans in the Loop: The People Powering Trusted Legal AI
As the use of artificial intelligence permeates legal practice, a critical question confronts every legal professional who uses these tools: Can I trust this?
Maximizing Career Potential Through Pro Bono Work: A Lawyer’s Guide
Pro bono work is not just altruistic; it's a strategic career enhancer for lawyers, as detailed by Lateral Link Principal, Zain Atassi.
How To Power Your Career Transition Or Job Search With An Informational Interview
Being well-informed about an industry or role is not only the smart thing to do; it’s the right thing to do for your career in both the short- and long-term.
From The Career Files: Be A More Certain Lawyer By Exploring Options
Rob Jordan gives advice to attorneys on how to best position themselves to clarify or confirm their career paths.
From the Career Files: How To Find Your Mentor
Some practical advice for young lawyers looking for a mentor.
How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
Its new features transform how you can track and analyze the more than 200,000 bills, regulations, and other measures set to be introduced this year.
Biglaw Perk Watch: Career Coaches
More and more law firms are hiring career coaches for their lawyers. What do career coaches do, and what explains their increasing popularity?
Law School Claims Potato Chip Tester/Taster Job Was Fictitious
On Friday, we brought you what could be classified as one of the worst law jobs of all time: a job as an unpaid potato chip tester/taster. And much like the side effects of eating an Olestrafied potato chip, the law school in question has announced that the notorious job was full of crap....
Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop: New Law School Job Post Borders on Absurd
Here at Above the Law, we write all the time about crappy law job postings. We recently received word about a law school career services job posting that was so horrendous, so ridiculous, that we could not help ourselves but to write about it. After all, writing about crappy law jobs is like opening a can of Pringles: once you pop, you can't stop. And this job -- well, let's just say that it takes the cake, or the potato chip, as the case may be....
Inside Straight: What Would General Counsel University Look Like?
I posted last week about the idea of providing training intended to give lawyers wings — to teach lawyers the skills, and give them the experiences, they need to leave their firm or corporation and move forward on a career path elsewhere. If you thought that was a good idea — if you thought that […]
Inside Straight: Train To Stay, Or Train To Go?
It’s hard to create career paths for in-house lawyers. It’s easy to describe the career path for a junior lawyer at a law firm (even though the path may be illusory for many): Work hard and well and become a partner; work harder and better and become a richer and more powerful partner. Retire. Die. […]