How Law Affects a Lawyer’s Life
Whether you're considering applying to law school, whether you've been accepted and are anxiously awaiting the...
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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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Where Do You Search for Job?
A job search, like charity, begins at home. Of all the various job sources, the most convenient - and at...
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Get to Know Yourself
To be successful in your job search, you must know what you are looking for. Knowledge of the job market, an...
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What You Need to Know about Cover Letters
Enclose a covering letter whenever you send your resume to a prospective employer. While it rarely gives any...
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Special Resumes for People with Special Circumstances
This article considers some of those special circumstances, whether they be a job problem related to age, a...
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How to Write Your Own Resume
Now you are ready to start writing your own resume. The following worksheets will help you include all the...
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How to Make Your Resume Look Good
Since your resume probably will be the first contact between you and your prospective employer, it is...
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Writing Your Resume
When writing your resume, always remember that its purpose is to make you interesting enough to a potential...
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Contents and Style in a Resume
Every resume must identify and describe the writer. You must include the following:
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Selling Yourself for Your Next Legal Job
The statement, "You are unique," may not strike you as particularly profound. Of course you are unique; you...
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Networking and Your Legal Job Hunt
The term networking is sometimes overused and often misunderstood. Some people think that networking merely...
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Interviewing Styles and Tough Questions
An interviewee who is alert enough to ascertain the interviewer's approach to the process can "key" on the...
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How Lawyers Need to Go About Job Hunting
Successful job hunting requires a set of skills which, once learnt, can be used repeatedly throughout your...
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How to Write a Strong Cover Letter for A Legal Career
Always send a cover letter with your resume. The letter should focus on the position you are seeking;...
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Power Attorney Resume Formats
There are many formats from which to choose when writing your resume. The most common in the legal community...
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How Attorneys Can Build Client Relationships Through Professional and Trade Groups
Membership in professional groups can improve relationships with existing clients as well as provide the...
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The Role of Personal Relationships Between Attorneys and Clients in Developing Businesses
Clients hire attorneys, not firms. When they look for attorneys, they'll first hire expertise and experience...
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Where to Look for Help in Your Legal Job Search
The placement office at the law school is not the only place to get assistance in your job search. Personal...
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The Law School Experience and Your Psyche
For better or worse law school leaves an indelible imprint on your psyche, your analytical approach to...
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Psychology of the Legal Job Search
A job search can be lonely if for no other reason than that you are putting yourself on the line. The...
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Final Steps in Career Planning
The final steps in the career planning process involve establishing priorities and developing a timetable for...
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Career Planning – An Overview
A story about the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes may have some relevance for law students...
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Scenario of Legal Education
During recent school terms, record numbers of students were enrolled in law schools in the U.S. and Canada. ...
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Typical Compulsory Courses at Law School
Civil Procedure - focuses on the rules that structure federal and state civil litigation.
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The Importance of Work Experience before Joining Law School
Law school is a very, very serious investment of time and money. It takes some time in a work environment to...
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The Real World As Referred In the World of Law School
The world of work, often referred to in law school as "the real world" (as if law school were some kind of...
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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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Why and How Lawyers Need to Sell Themselves to Promote their Legal Careers
The statement, "You are unique," may not strike you as particularly profound. Of course you are unique; you...
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