Interview Tips

What can you do to translate that interview into a job offer?

Joshua Stein provides practical suggestions for lawyers looking to go solo or move on to another law firm.

Clint Russell of Prestige Legal Search offers seven things for attorneys to consider before making a lateral move in 2014.

Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews a judicial clerkship veteran with some helpful advice for law students who need guidance through the clerkship application process.

Yikes! What would you do if put in such a situation?

ATL editors share their musings on choosing a law firm to work for.

Contrary to popular belief, law students ARE still getting jobs. Here are some helpful resources for 2Ls going through on-campus interviewing.

Kristina Tsamis, ATL's Research Manager, shares some career advice for JD/MBAs that was presented at a panel discussion hosted by the Cornell Law School Alumni Association and Duke Law School.

Sometimes the line between helpful and annoying is hard to see.

ATL’s Tom Wallerstein offers advice for interviewing with small firms.

* Is this contract for sex based on Facebook likes enforceable? [Gawker] * Speaking of unenforceable contracts, what in the hell does Bilbo sign before his unexpectedly long journey? [Wired] * And Jesus, you certainly can’t barter legal services for sex! I think everybody needs to go home and read the Second Restatement. [Indianapolis Star] * Now you can hear for yourself the three words that Clarence Thomas spoke. It’s at the 41 minute mark. [The Supreme Court] * Ms. JD is offering lawyers and law students the chance to submit questions to ABA President Laurel Bellows that will be answered at an event on January 31 (with viewing parties around the country). [Ms. JD] * How to answer a question when an interviewer asks you something that you don’t have to answer. [Lawyers.com] * Litigation can be a good excuse to get your client to do things they should have been doing all along. [What About Clients?] * North Carolina dean claims she was forced to underreport sexual assaults at the college. When reached for comment, the Duke Lacrosse team said, “We kind of have the opposite problem.” [Salon]

Wherein in-house columnist Susan Moon explains that the best way to give a mock interview is to let your inner jerk shine.

Interested in learning about the anatomy of a lateral move? This series will present all of the information you could possibly need.

We’re smack dab in the middle of the clerkship application season. What's the word on the street?

When interviewing for a job, David Mowry says you have to lay it on the line. You want the job, and you likely need the job, so bust your hump to get the job.

Announcing some new resources for Above the Law readers...

Above the Law's Career Center is coming to you with some interviewing tips for this OCI season...

After that initial shock of getting an interview wears off, get to the getting. Not only do you want this job, the person on the other end of the phone wants to hire you. Nobody enjoys seeing candidate after candidate -- time is money, and unlike law firms where interviews can entail lavish lunches or dinners, in-house interviews are vastly different....

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the difference between résumé-based interviews and behavioral interviews. (In a nutshell, résumé-based interviews ask applicants for opinions about their personal histories; behavioral interviews ask for factual descriptions of how applicants handled certain situations in their lives.) I really didn’t expect that to be a controversial topic, but […]

Lateral interview season is about to kick off. You’ll likely see several law firm vacancies pop up early in the new year as firms struggle to find replacements for attorneys who jump ship after receiving their year end bonus. In preparation for the upcoming interview season, the recruiters at Lateral Link have compiled a list […]