Better to join small firms in case the big companies stop campus recruitments
It's not a great time to be a law student looking for a job. On-campus interviews, in particular, have...
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50+ successful solo practitioner wants to join law firm
I am a 53-year-old corporate lawyer who graduated from a top law school and has over 25 years of experience as...
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In-house Attorneys fare better in pay scale compared to their counterparts in law firms
If you're looking to jump to a corporate counsel position, it's important to see how well the company in...
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Five Tips for Becoming an Opportunity Maker
On-campus interviewing is over, and now the real fun begins. Whether the process was successful or not, here...
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How to explain the employment gap in your resume?
Question:In 2007, I was laid off from an in-house position due to the sale of the corporation. It was...
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What to wear to a lunch interview?
Question:I am scheduled to have a lunch meeting with a firm next Friday. This firm is known for having a...
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Are You Sure You Want to Be a Lawyer?
Every fall, 150,000 new students pass through the doors of America's law schools, and many of them have no...
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More Regulation of General Counsels Expected
With the continuing crisis in the financial markets, general counsels are not immune to the current calls for...
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Look to Clean Tech for GC Jobs
A promising new hotbed of general counsel work is in the booming clean technology field. Clean technology is...
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Summer Associating Gone Right: Tips for Turning a Summer Associate Job into a Career
My summer associate experience was just about ideal. I knew I wanted to practice California water law, so I...
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Natalie Lange: 2L at Northern Illinois University College of Law
Having grown up in the town of Belvidere, Illinois, 26-year-old Natalie Lange has many good things to say...
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Preparing to Enter Law School
Before you begin law school, you should be sure that you understand what to expect, what to do, and what to...
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Having an expectation from Corporate Counsel Jobs
Okay, you want to get that nice corporate counsel position. But what, exactly, will you do once you're hired?...
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Tips on Preparing Yourself for the Interview for an In-House Counsel Job
Recently, one of the leading in-house counsel publishers gave some advice to general counsels on how to...
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More New Law Student Tips
There are lots of tips for new law students out there, and many are important, since high grades are vital for...
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An analysis on how to prepare for studies while at Law School
If you have recently gotten into law school, congratulations! You've done something that very few people are...
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The next step after law school and into the job market
It's time, finally — law school has started! Congratulations on making it, and hopefully you got into your...
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Elizabeth Nazari: Resolute Determination in the Face of Adversity
Although originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Elizabeth Nazari's family relocated to Arizona when she was...
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Small or Large Company? For a General Counsel, That Is the Question
If you have recently finished law school, you now have the task of finding a job. But first, you have a more...
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How to Prepare for the Bar Exam: Some Helpful Tips for Law Students
In the United States, the final week of July decides the destiny of many would-be attorneys, and law students...
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Javier Grajeda: Law Student at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
For Javier Grajeda, graduating from college and going to law school is a very big deal. ''I am the first...
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Associate about to be let go unsure how to handle reason for leaving in interviews
Question:I am an associate and was recently told that I should start looking for a new position because, due...
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How to interestingly pursuee a career in law by Mathhew Burgadt: Legal Clerk and Law Student
Matthew Burgardt has the unique distinction of being both a legal clerk and a law student. After starting as...
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Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wake Forest University, a rather small, private institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has a...
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Some Last-Minute Bar Exam Tips
It's that time: bar exam time! Any of you taking the bar exam this week (the last week of July) probably...
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Standing Out in the Crowd
Times are grim in many ways for the legal industry. And that means lots of resumes are hitting desks.
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How long does it take to make a lateral move?
Question:What is going on with law firm hiring these days? Several of my friends have made lateral moves in...
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Marjorie Williams: Air Force Officer Entering the Field of Law
''Although it sounds cliche, it [the law] has truly opened up an entirely new world of opportunities for me...
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Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane Law School, located in the dynamic city of New Orleans, is the nation's 12th-oldest law school and was...
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What other jobs to do including Probono if you don
Okay, it's July. It's midsummer, bar exams are coming up — and some of you law students don't have summer...
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