Planning A Fall Job Search? Here Are 3 Ways To Get Ready.
Job searching is an arduous process.
Quick Ways To Refresh, Optimize, And Modernize Your Legal Resume
While a resume is the initial threshold to land an interview, it’s no longer a laundry list of your tasks, job functions, and responsibilities.
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Why The Anti-Résumé Provokes Such Strong Reactions
Who you are affects how you react to what I write.
How To Write A General Counsel Resume (And Market Yourself Strategically)
It’s in the details -- not just the cursory overview of the skill set.
Lawyer Suspended After Submitting An Inflated Résumé To A Biglaw Firm
Lesson learned. We hope.
Reinventing The Law Business: You Lost Your Job In A Law Firm – What Do You Do Now? (Part 2)
Tips from managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld about recruiters, networking, résumés, and more.
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
Back In The Race: Machines Are Now Deciding Whether You Deserve A Job Interview
Many job applicants will find it tough to get past résumé-filtering software now being used by employers, according to columnist Shannon Achimalbe.
On Bragging Effectively (In Résumés And Briefs)
Wise advice from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann that's relevant to both résumé writing and brief writing.
Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions (Part 2)
How do law firms assess job moves on a résumé, and how do they feel about different types of prior non-Biglaw experience?
Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions (Part 1)
Have a question about getting a job in Biglaw? Anonymous Recruitment Director answers many of them here.
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Put away the guesswork—Lexis® Verdict & Settlement Analyzer helps legal professionals assess case potential with confidence by using data-driven insights from the industry’s largest collection of verdicts and settlements.
11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day
What can you do to translate that interview into a job offer?
Recruitment Staff Pet Peeves
Maybe you can benefit from these disclosures. This anonymous recruitment director certainly hopes so...
Résumés: The Harsh Reality
What are law firms looking for in a résumé? Anonymous Recruitment Director reveals all.
Strategic Career Choices And (Yawn) Cover Letters
How can you break into Biglaw if you didn't get a summer associate job as a 2L?
From The Career Files: Tips On Five Key Pieces Of The Law School Application
Ann K. Levine, a law school admission consultant and owner of LawSchoolExpert.com, offers helpful tips for law school applicants.