Law School Posts Job Listing Seeking ‘Wives’ Of Students
Yes, this is from 2017.
Your Employer Is (Likely) Not the Worst Employer Ever
Yeah. Your life ain't so bad.
The Next Step In Legal Document Automation
LexisNexis’ ‘multi-doc’ feature for Automated Templates will add new efficiencies to your practice. Here’s how.
The Fundamentals Of Bad In-House Jobs
A few things to look out for if you're considering taking an in-house job, according to Biglaw partner turned senior in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann.
Collection Agency Is Just ‘Fee Shopping’ And Looking For Barely Competent Lawyers
Collection agency wants a lawyer who can sign his name and nothing more...
Leader in the Clubhouse for Worst Job of the Year
This has not been a great weekend for the University of Pittsburgh community. As many of you know, the school’s college basketball team choked disappointed fans with an early round exit from the NCAA tournament. You should always avoid comparing a school’s basketball team with its law school, but it appears that things aren’t going […]
God Awful Jobs for Lawyers Potpourri
It’s been a while since we took a look at how little lawyers are willing to pay new attorneys. But today we’ve got two jobs which pay a combined salary of $1,000 per/month. I guess these employers are trying to ensure that whoever takes these jobs will show up to work on time because the […]
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UCLA Law Offers Most Depressing Job to a Law Student (2010 Edition)
It’s been a while since we’ve had a true contestant for the title of most depressing job offered to a law student. Sure, there have been a lot of jobs that offer $10 an hour, or even $0 an hour, for legal work. But at least those jobs were offering the opportunity to put long […]
We Knew This Was Going to Happen: Michigan Encourages Law Grads to go to India
Is this a “terrible job” or “the inevitable future of the legal economy”? Note: those two answers aren’t mutually exclusive. The University of Michigan Law School — the 9th-best law school in America — is now posting job opportunities from India. Has it really gotten bad enough that graduates from a top law school should […]
Legal Sector Adds Jobs: Let’s Not Lick Each Other’s Popsicles Just Yet
This morning, you might have heard the great news that the legal sector added jobs in May. Jobs, yay, woohoo! It sounds like great news, until you look at how tepid the jobs bump was in May. Am Law Daily reports: The legal sector gained 300 jobs in May after experiencing losses in the hundreds […]
$10 an Hour for a J.D.
We’ve done a lot of posts about terrible jobs. Here’s another one. We don’t know which law school is pushing this job, but we know that the National Environmental Policy Act Campaign is looking for the cheapest legal services it can find. A tipster was so very sad about his situation, he emailed us: As […]
A Career In Legal Services: Practising Law Institute Honors Toby J. Rothschild
PLI honors Toby J. Rothschild with its inaugural Victor J. Rubino Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Training, recognizing his dedication and impact.
Is Anyone Desperate Enough to Do This?
No matter when it’s done, job hunting usually sucks balls. When done in the middle of the Great Recession, it feels like the balls are covered in tangled hair and pointy skin-piercing spikes. It’s painful and you have to be careful. One disgruntled attorney recently emailed us about a company that he suspects is trying […]
Did You Go to Law School to Earn $12 an Hour?
In a cover story last year for Washingtonian magazine, on the subject of lawyer incomes, Kash and I posed a question: Are lawyers like white-collar auto workers? Answer: no. Autoworkers are better paid. Check out this latest job listing, from craigslist for Orange County: Full time associate attorney start at $12 an hour. Welcome to […]