Trends Affecting Practice of Law
Like other businesses and professions, the practice of law has changed dramatically in recent years. A...
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The Myth of the Monolithic Law Firm
Many associates expect their firm to be consistent in its policies, its expectations, its treatment of...
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Life at the Law Firm
Don't let anyone fool you. Law firms and lawyers are not all alike. Rather, firms are groups of individuals,...
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Is Deal Making in a Law Job for You?
To answer the question of whether you would enjoy doing corporate or securities work in the deal making area,...
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Practice of Business Law
Here's what it feels like to be a deal maker. Less well understood than their colleagues in litigation,...
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The Pace of Litigation Practice
The pace can be hectic, even frantic. In the span of one day you may receive that box of documents from your...
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All That You Must Know about Litigation Practice
Courtroom gladiator and proud of it, Michael J. McManus gives you a glimpse of what litigation practice is all...
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Preparation for Bar Exams
Preparation-don't panic, just remember that you will be responsible for seven centuries of accumulated...
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Why Lawyers Dread the Bar Exam
He is a different look at the bar exam, the final, frightening monster in the law school horror flick. His...
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The Big Firm Scenario
In the old days, most lawyers worked by themselves or in small firms. Now, however, some law firms have more...
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The First Year of Law Practice
Well, you finally got a job at the law firm and you're ready to begin practicing law. Unfortunately, the first...
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How should I prepare my resume if I'm getting ready for a law firm job search?
How should I prepare my resume if I’m getting ready for a law firm job search?
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The Right to Receive Humane Legal Assistance
Lawsuits often deal with the most intense, sensitive matters of your life, and yet lawyers and law firms are...
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Legal Profession is a Security, for Those Who Make It
Most lawyers do not go to the huge firms. It makes sense, then, to back up and look at a different kind of...
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Get Positioned and Bill a Lot of Hours in Your Law Job
In your climb up the ladder of success, you'll find it essential to position yourself politically. If you're a...
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Legal Professionals Must Also Remember Human Attitudes
Where is your energy best spent in resolving the law-related issues you face? Can you redress the injustices...
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The Original Plan of a Professional Legal Career, and Thereafter
As a lawyer, you may discover that the tough, competitive nature of your work can affect the very values and...
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Defining the Legal "Profession"
The fact is, when you start asking what it means to be a lawyer, you hear some peculiar answers, and you might...
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Coping with a Lawyer's Job
When you're quite finished with laying out your master plan from the lofty heights, you'll find everyone else...
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The Law Firm Environment
After you've worked in a law firm for a while, the possibility of partnership grows on you. It has its...
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Moving Upward in Your Legal Career
The money that you get from practicing law can propel you from the poverty you experienced during school into...
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The Bar Exam Revisited
It takes them a long time to grade those bar exams. Many apply again and again.
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How Many Attorneys Handle Issues of Legal Ethics?
Attorneys have a couple of ways of learning to put up with legal ethics.
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How to Prepare You for the Bar Exam and Teaching You What You Need to Know to Practice Law
The ABA rules for law schools used to say explicitly that "The law school may not offer to its students, for...
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All That You Needed to Know About Bar Exams
In case you're wondering, attorneys are called "the bar" because they have the privilege of entering beyond...
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Legal Opportunity to Make a Difference
You could be a star, and simply sweep in and move the masses, or you could work behind die scenes, proceeding...
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Money, Lawyers and Law Schools
Lawyers praise the law for giving them a way of making a lot of loot. As the saying goes, money is the root of...
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Resumes
Resumes are terribly important. Although it is possible to become paranoid about them and to spend too much...
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