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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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I'm a patent agent, when should I start searching for a job?

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The Four Top Enemies of a Paralegal Job Seeker

Because hiring is both subjective and objective, much of interviewing is out of our control. New paralegals...

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Documentation Techniques for Law Interns

The simplest of all documentation techniques, an hourly log's only challenge may be in ensuring its accuracy....

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The Non-Legal Business World Is Unchartered: Develop Contacts To Network The Maze

You are sending out introduction letters with accompanying resumes. However, you are unsure whether you have...

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Tailoring Your Resume To Push Yourself Strongly For Non-Legal Jobs

The vast majority of resumes look the same. Why? They look the same because the vast majority of job seekers...

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How To Make Your Resume And Introductory Letter Count In The Non-Legal Job Market

Legal training is comprehensive and intensive so it applies to a wide variety of career disciplines. You are...

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The Emotive Facets Of Law School

Lawyers are expected to be ambitious, robust, competitive, systematized, proficient, eloquent and perhaps even...

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What Courses To Expect In The First Year Of Law School?

You may be curious about the courses you'll be taking during your first year.' In most schools these are...

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Vital Tips For Exam Preparedness

You've studied for the exam. You wake up feeling somewhat like Lindbergh on the morning of his flight. You...

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Law Firm Interview Call the First Step

If you have been invited to visit a law firm, corporate law department, or governmental agency, you have...

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Unraveling The Socratic Approach To Education

Law students when they are researching about law school will probably be stumped reading about the Socratic...

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Tips For Writing A Qualitative Assignment

Many first-year students find their legal writing assignments hard to tackle. They often cause concern and...

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Importance of Resumes

Resumes are terribly important. Although it is possible to become paranoid about them and to spend too much...

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The Art Of Writing A Great Law Course Paper

Typically, you won't be writing any papers for your first-year courses (except in your legal research and...

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The Art Of Simplifying Study Habits Through Course Outline

Thomas Mann says in The Magic Mountain, "Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a...

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How To Do Well In Your Exams And Get Good Grades

First and foremost it is important to understand that a grade is not a true gauge of the student’s...

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Foolproof Way Of Preparing For Law Examination

You have spent some time at law school and the initial teething problems are behind you and you are on the...

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Matching Job Expectations to Job Realities for a Paralegal

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is...

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What to Face in a Law School

Perhaps for that reason, many law students who love law school hate the practice of law, and many who hate law...

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Elements of the Job Hunt

Your particular stage in life is not as important as your awareness of the need to use the right vocabulary...

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Winning Search Strategies for Paralegal Jobs

Effective job strategies and "first moves'' that get attention are invaluable for some very obvious reasons....

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Security Guards and Their Legal Role

Security guards, also called security officers, patrol and inspect property to protect against fire, theft,...

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Most Commonly Asked Questions by Legal Professionals

Question: I have been asked what my salary requirements are. How can I answer the question without blowing my...

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What Should Legal Professionals Do To Survive Unemployment

A sudden layoff in today's job market may not be surprising but can still be devastating both financially and...

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Evaluating and Negotiating Law Job Offers

Candidates often are very excited when they finally receive an offer. It feels wonderful to know that you are...

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How to Sell Yourself at Law Job Interviews

The time spent preparing for an interview is time well spent. You are now ready to sell your "product" to a...

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Legal Resumes and Cover Letters

A resume is an opportunity to create a positive impression with an employer. It may be viewed as a photograph...

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How Attorneys Use Headhunters and Answer Classified Ads

In addition to job prospecting and informational interviewing, scanning the classified ads should be a routine...