The 10-Step, ''No-Fail'' Guide to Distinguishing Yourself as a First-Year Associate
Be a Prince (or Princess) Amongst Paupers.Remember Prince...the Artist Formerly Known as Prince...who is now,...
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Speak Your Way to the Top: Debunking Seven Public-Speaking Myths
At some point in your career—whether you're making a pitch to potential clients or delivering a speech...
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Building a Reputation for Yourself as an Industry Expert
Several times per month, I receive phone calls from recent law school graduates who are looking for...
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Want to Improve Your Legal Writing? First, Improve Your Writing. (Part I)
I am not an attorney. My specialties are writing, editing, and communications. However, I have spent...
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Must You be a ''Type-A'' Personality to Succeed in a Law Firm?
Today's law firms are increasingly interested in promoting diversity among their ranks. While some law firms...
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A Fast Way to Torpedo Your Legal Career Forward or Backward
''Birds of a feather flock together. If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens; chickens can't fly.''
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Lessons to Be Learned from The Apprentice: The Scary Synchronicity between Law-Firm Life and ''Trump Land''
Groan. Another blurb about Donald Trump's irritating yet successful efforts to become a brand of one: ''The...
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Why You Should Think Twice Before Quitting Any Legal Job
If you go into any firm that has been around more than 20 or 30 years, you will inevitably find a handful of...
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No Need for Mentors: Summon Your Posse! (And Turn the ''In Posse'' into the ''In Esse.'')
Here is a quick test to determine your generational orientation. When you think of a ''posse,'' does your mind...
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Post-J.D. Programs Allow Students to Further Their Education and Get a Leg up on the Competition.
According to the American Bar Association (ABA) website, there were 9,638 J.D. degrees awarded in 1963. By...
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Can a legal career run in a the family for three decades?
Ever wonder what it's like to grow up in a family full of attorneys? Kfir Luzzatto and John Pendleton could...
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Following the Career Paths of Your Law Role Models
Remember when your professors told you that average grades would not carry you to a successful law career?...
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The Case for Jury Consultants and the process of selecting the potential Jurors
Is it really akin to malpractice if an attorney elects not to use a jury consultant during a trial? Money is a...
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Clear Out the Clutter and Make Room for Excellence
It is finally the start of a new year, and whether you are looking to revitalize your current job path or...
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The unorthodox path of 'reading the law', become 'law readers' and enter the field of Law
In Robert Frost's famous poem ''The Road Not Taken,'' the narrator takes the path less traveled and claims...
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Should You Be Bothered With Pro Bono Work?
According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, pro bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning ''for the...
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The Journey up the corporate ladder from GC's to C.E.O's
The corporate and legal communities received two shocks within the past month: first, when General Counsel...
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Tips on how to effectively manage a new start up business
Whether you have just graduated from law school or have been working at a law firm for decades, starting your...
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Conversational skills pave the ways to gain success in business and social life
Name the number-one skill that leads to personal and professional success. Survey says: the ability to...
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An insight into what goes around in bar blogs, information, exam preparations and more
It's not a secret that blogging has taken off in the legal world. There are blogs on just about every area of...
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The Real World: Life after Law School
Gone are the books, the green lawns, and the campus Starbucks. In their places are charcoal suits, high-rise...
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Electronic Frontiers in Law Firm Marketing
Forget phone book marketing, direct mail, and everything you ever heard about banner ads.
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Career Management for Attorneys Not Given its Due Importance at Law Schools
There are essentially three phases to a lawyer's career, one of which may or may not ever be realized. They...
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Life Outside the Law Firm: Non-Legal Jobs for Law School Grads
If you are encountering difficulties landing a position in a law firm or legal department, a non-legal job may...
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Taking advantage of the E-World in litigation and cases
Need to find evidence? If you are an attorney, you will not likely be scouring through file cabinets to get...
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Big-Firm Alternatives for Graduates
Do you want to brandish your shiny new law degree in a big way, but aren't too keen on the idea of joining a...
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There are many other benefits in Federal Jobs in comparison to pay
The United States government is the largest employer in the U.S., a fact that is frequently overlooked by...
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Law School Dismissal: What to Do Next
When she first got news of her academic dismissal from law school, Alaina Alexander said, ''It was as though...
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If You Have Failed the Bar Exam It Is Not the End of the World
Each year, almost half of the country's bar examinees will fail their state's bar exam.
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Solving the Dilemma of a Catch 22 Situation: How to Resolve it
After graduation from law school, the Harvard or Yale graduate will have an easy time finding a job because...
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