How Critical Is Your Appearance While Hunting For a Law Job
Your resume and cover letter represent you. They convey all that you are as a newcomer to the profession....
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Researching Law Offices on the World Wide Web
The Internet provides easy, cost-free access to many helpful resources. Be warned, however, that the Internet...
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Law Firms with Different Entry Policies & Your Reaction
Two different career situations present themselves if you find two law firms with very generous admission...
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Looking For a Legal Career in All Different Places
This article is intended to help you find happiness in a legal career. But simply figuring out what type of...
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Finding and Applying to Corporate Law Departments
One of the areas in which the most growth has taken place is corporate legal departments. There are several...
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Observations About The Litigation Process
Litigation includes every practice area, and specialty practice areas, such as Bankruptcy, Real Estate and...
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How Legal Professionals Can Use the Art of Telephoning
Telephoning is art at best and at worst clumsy hindrance. Telephoning can be effective at various times in the...
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The Dynamics of Starting Law Practice
It is difficult to start law practice, but there has never been a really good time, and there never will be....
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Lawyers Work not Just for Pay
Lawyers work for many and complex reasons. Pay (whether as a salary or as a share of profits) is an important...
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Private Law Firms – An Overview
The phrase "private practice" is generally understood to apply to those lawyers who undertake legal...
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Insurance Defense Firms & Fees
Insurance defense firms represent a group of attorneys who are closely controlled by their clients. A survey...
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Law Firms & Changing Structural Needs
The needs of a law firm for structure and organization change at various periods of its existence and depend...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Family Law
Over the last thirty years, the field of family law has experienced a tremendous expansion of substantive law...
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Legal Subspecialties in Family Law
Because family law encompasses such a wide range of substantive law topics, many practitioners and academics...
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What Type of Personality Traits Are Needed to Help a Family Lawyer Succeed?
Many of the legal professionals quickly point out that choosing family law means a great deal of client...
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Is Being a Family Lawyer the Right Choice for You?
Are you right in choosing family law as a career for yourself? The answer depends on many things: your legal...
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Trends and Changes Observed in a Legal Career
It might be argued that the field of family law has undergone more dramatic changes in the past thirty years...
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Characteristics of a Legal Career
The typical family lawyer practices as a solo or in a firm of three or fewer attorneys. There are "boutique"...
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Ins and Outs of Specialization
Should a lawyer "specialize"? Perhaps, if he can! But is he always free to do so even if he wishes? On the...
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Choices are Many, but Choose the One You Cherish
There are many different kinds of law practice. Each has its rewards. Each has its problems. But your...
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Which Job Must I Take Up?
You've spent weeks on the hunt and you've bagged your quarry: two or three job offers. Now you have a new...
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Keeping a Record
Keep a record of each resume sent and note the dates of your calls and interviews. Also indicate the results...
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Different Kinds of Practicing Lawyers
By far, the largest number of lawyers today, over 70 percent, is engaged in the "private practice" of law. The...
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How Lawyers Can Cope With Rejection in Interviews
You have spent the weeks following your office visit in a state of anxious anticipation. Then, one day the...
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Law Students Need to Make Informed Choices About Practice Areas
Law students fall into two major groups when it comes to choosing significant or substantive areas of...
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Establishing Your Legal Practice By Identifying the Right Geographical Area
Camille was a recent law school graduate and new associate with a large metropolitan firm. After her...
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Focusing on an Industry Group to Develop a Legal Practice Niche
Several members of Carl's family worked in various parts of the heavy construction business. As a result of...
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Analyzing Potential Legal Practice Areas
Let's follow an attorney through an analysis of information about potential practice areas and the results of...
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Discovering Your Legal Practice Niche Through Internal Practice Analysis
Many attorneys feel there is an increasing importance to focus on selected practice areas. Part of this is a...
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Finding The Right Geographical Location for Your Legal Career
When it comes time to decide where to start practicing, look for a place where you believe you will enjoy the...
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