Want To Hire Your First-Choice Candidate? Don’t Delay!
As the saying goes, 'time kills all deals,' and this rings especially true in the world of legal hiring.
What To Do (And Not To Do) If You Fail The Bar Exam
More than 50,000 aspiring lawyers sit for the bar exam in the United States each year, but more than 1 out of 3 fail in many states! And the news gets worse: students repeating the bar exam have pass rates lower than 40 percent, with decreasing odds of passing after each failed attempt. Why can’t these […]
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Non-Sequiturs: 09.14.15
* Here's a tip to grab a few minutes of down time at a law firm. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * 9th Circuit makes a move to save the honey bee. [Earth Justice] * More July bar results are in, and... they aren't good -- just like Erica Moeser predicted. [Bar Exam Stats] * A trio of lawsuits suggest that Trump University (basically a bunch of seminars, so one day you can declare bankruptcy just like Donald Trump) is nothing but a scam. Kinda like a certain presidential campaign I know. [The Slot] * Supreme Court clerk feeder judges: still white and male. [Slate] * How can you work the trend and be an un-lawyer? [Law and More]
10 Tips for Those Delirious From Bar Exam Prep
Columnist Jeena Cho with last minute bar exam tips.
This Tipping Automatically, It’s For The Birds
Watching Starbucks employees fight for tips is like watching homeless people fight over a sandwich....
Size Matters: Ho Ho Ho
As much Valerie Katz loves her a holiday party, she does believe there are certain rules one must follow. She cannot promise that she observes these rules herself, but as the saying goes, those who cannot do, teach. And with that, here is a guide for how to behave at the office party....
How Time Tracking And Passive Tracking Tools Are Helping Law Firms Capture More Revenue
Discover how passive time-tracking tools help law firms boost revenue, reduce billing errors, and save time—featuring insights from the 2025 MyCase Legal Industry Report.
Career Center: Three Ways the Holidays Can Boost Your Résumé
For most of us, the holidays are synonymous with family, fun, and fruitcake. Work, at least for a few days, drops off our radar. However, the down time received during the holidays is the perfect time to break out the old résumé and, in fact, improve it. Whether or not you are looking for a […]
Career Center: Tips for Selecting a Legal Recruiter
The lateral hiring market has improved substantially over the past year. With that improvement, associates are receiving a greater number of cold-calls from recruiters. For many junior associates, these calls are a new phenomenon. Your choice of a recruiter — and the way you manage the process — will have a profound impact on your […]
Moonlighting: The Shortest Interview Process Ever (SIPE)
A lot of people ask in-house columnist Susan Moon how she ended up in her in-house gig. She likes to call the interview process she had for her current job the Shortest Interview Process Ever (SIPE, for short). She's going to tell you about it, and include a couple of tips that she thinks helped her....
Morning Docket: 09.14.11
* With yesterday’s decision from Pennsylvania, the game is now tied for Obamacare at the federal district court level. Come on, SCOTUS, just grant someone certiorari already. [Bloomberg] * Keep this in mind if you’re applying to law school this year: if you’re white, it ain’t aight. Who knew that there could be “anti-white bias” […]
How LexisNexis CourtLink And Lexis Snapshot Deliver Business Wins
These tools demonstrate that information is power.