Time Management While Working At a Law Firm
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The Difficulties of Acquiring a Legal Job with the CIA
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Volunteering at Expensive Legal Conferences to Make Contacts
Dear Lawcrossing, My boyfriend wants to go into Securities Law. We found out about a seminar being given...
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The Etiquette of Emailing a Law Firm
Dear Lawcrossing, Ever since I started using e-mail I've forgotten how to stick stamps on envelopes (well,...
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Is It Worth Going to a Headhunter for My First Legal Job?
Dear Lawcrossing, I have been sending out a bunch of letters in hopes of finding a job after graduation,...
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Overcoming a Lack of Experience as a Recent Law School Graduate
Dear Lawcrossing, Yj/Si I am very frustrated. I'm in my last year of law school, and it seems as though all...
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Inquiring About Why a Summer Clerkship Did Not Turn Into a Legal Job
Dear Lawcrossing, The worst thing that could possibly happen, hap- pened. On the last day of my summer...
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Disclosing Non-Visible Disabilities During a Law Firm Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, I am a 2L. I am getting ready to go on some job interviews, and I don't know whether I...
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What to Leave Off of an Attorney Resume
Dear Lawcrossing, I don't know whether I should put my work experi- ence prior to law school on my resume. I...
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Business Card Resumes For Attorneys: Good Idea or Mistake?
Dear Lawcrossing, One of my friends showed me something called a "business card resume." What he did was to...
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Explaining Fluctuating Grades During a Law Firm Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, I just started my second year in law school, and I don't know what to do about my grades on...
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Correcting a Resume After Sending it to a Law Firm
Dear Lawcrossing, I did something really stupid, and I need your help. I was a visiting student at a law...
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Strategies for Recovering After Blowing a Major Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, I feel like a complete idiot. I went to a job fair and I got an interview with my dream...
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Getting Your Points Across With a Motor-Mouth Legal Interviewer
Dear Lawcrossing, I just had a very weird experience in an interview. I read the stuff in your Guerrilla...
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Personal Strategies for Success in a Law Firm Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, I have a self-analysis problem. I am a second-year law student, and I have done well in...
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Strategies for Discussing Your Less Than Stellar Legal Class Standing
Dear Lawcrossing, OK, you say not to worry about grades, so I'm not worried. But what do you do when an...
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Answering Questions about Salary During a Law Firm Interview
Dear LawCrossing, Every interviewer has asked the same questions, and I'm stumped. What is the correct...
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Answering Questions About Specialties During a Law Firm Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, I've been interviewing with large firms, and I'm worried about my answer to a question they...
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Answering Questions about Expected Time Commitments during a Law Firm Interview
Dear LawCrossing, I've been doing some interviewing and a few times the interviewer has asked me if I'm...
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The Etiquette of Wedding Rings and Other Jewelery During a Law Firm Interview
Dear Lawcrossing, Should I, a married woman in my mid-20s, take off my wedding band when I interview?...
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Searching for a Better Legal Job After Accepting a Less Than Perfect Offer
Dear Lawcrossing, I have a question involving ethics. I have in my mind that I would like to practice law in...
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Looking for Law While you're Working Full-Time at Wal-Mart
Dear Lawcrossing, I graduated from law school and recently passed the bar, and I am working now in the...
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The Importance of Utilizing Your J.D. Right After Law School
Dear Lawcrossing, l am curious: What would it do to my later legal ,Ci career to take a non-legal job after...
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California Top Recruiter Liz Hudson Interviewed about California’s Growing Real Estate Attorney Market
Liz Hudson, as a Managing Director at BCG Attorney Search, has her finger on the pulse of West Coast Law. With...
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Ideal Qualities in a Bankruptcy Attorney
Lawyering is often overwhelming, full of important decisions, adversarial situations and, especially in...
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A Day in the Life of a Bankruptcy Attorney
Kelly Koyama is a third-year associate in the Workout & Bankruptcy and Litigation practice groups of the New...
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Bankruptcy Law Jobs: Salaries, Benefits, and Work/Life Balance
Enough about the job. What about the work itself? What should you expect, what will your life be like, and how...
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Types of Careers in the Bankruptcy Law Field
Bankruptcy law provides a multitude of options for the aspiring bankruptcy ace. First, there's the basic...
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How to develop your bankruptcy law career
So you've spent a few years at your firm and you're trying to figure out what's next. Most attorneys, after...
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