Are You Sure You Want to Be a Lawyer?
Every fall, 150,000 new students pass through the doors of America's law schools, and many of them have no...
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More Regulation of General Counsels Expected
With the continuing crisis in the financial markets, general counsels are not immune to the current calls for...
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Look to Clean Tech for GC Jobs
A promising new hotbed of general counsel work is in the booming clean technology field. Clean technology is...
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Summer Associating Gone Right: Tips for Turning a Summer Associate Job into a Career
My summer associate experience was just about ideal. I knew I wanted to practice California water law, so I...
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Three Basic Tips to Help Law Students Transition from Wallflowers to Networkers Extraordinaire!
In today's fast-paced, global technological environment, law schools and students must realize that leaving...
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The many advantages of blogging while at Law School
The following article is an excerpt from ''The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career...
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Natalie Lange: 2L at Northern Illinois University College of Law
Having grown up in the town of Belvidere, Illinois, 26-year-old Natalie Lange has many good things to say...
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Preparing to Enter Law School
Before you begin law school, you should be sure that you understand what to expect, what to do, and what to...
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Having an expectation from Corporate Counsel Jobs
Okay, you want to get that nice corporate counsel position. But what, exactly, will you do once you're hired?...
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Tips on Preparing Yourself for the Interview for an In-House Counsel Job
Recently, one of the leading in-house counsel publishers gave some advice to general counsels on how to...
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More New Law Student Tips
There are lots of tips for new law students out there, and many are important, since high grades are vital for...
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An analysis on how to prepare for studies while at Law School
If you have recently gotten into law school, congratulations! You've done something that very few people are...
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The next step after law school and into the job market
It's time, finally — law school has started! Congratulations on making it, and hopefully you got into your...
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Elizabeth Nazari: Resolute Determination in the Face of Adversity
Although originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Elizabeth Nazari's family relocated to Arizona when she was...
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Small or Large Company? For a General Counsel, That Is the Question
If you have recently finished law school, you now have the task of finding a job. But first, you have a more...
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How to Prepare for the Bar Exam: Some Helpful Tips for Law Students
In the United States, the final week of July decides the destiny of many would-be attorneys, and law students...
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Javier Grajeda: Law Student at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
For Javier Grajeda, graduating from college and going to law school is a very big deal. ''I am the first...
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Associate about to be let go unsure how to handle reason for leaving in interviews
Question:I am an associate and was recently told that I should start looking for a new position because, due...
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How to interestingly pursuee a career in law by Mathhew Burgadt: Legal Clerk and Law Student
Matthew Burgardt has the unique distinction of being both a legal clerk and a law student. After starting as...
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Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wake Forest University, a rather small, private institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has a...
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Some Last-Minute Bar Exam Tips
It's that time: bar exam time! Any of you taking the bar exam this week (the last week of July) probably...
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Standing Out in the Crowd
Times are grim in many ways for the legal industry. And that means lots of resumes are hitting desks.
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How long does it take to make a lateral move?
Question:What is going on with law firm hiring these days? Several of my friends have made lateral moves in...
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Marjorie Williams: Air Force Officer Entering the Field of Law
''Although it sounds cliche, it [the law] has truly opened up an entirely new world of opportunities for me...
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Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane Law School, located in the dynamic city of New Orleans, is the nation's 12th-oldest law school and was...
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What other jobs to do including Probono if you don
Okay, it's July. It's midsummer, bar exams are coming up — and some of you law students don't have summer...
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Ways of effective drafting and legal writing
Who would you hire: the lawyer with that flashy style but horrible drafting skills or the lawyer who may not...
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Job hunting during the vacation season - a good move?
Question:I am seriously contemplating leaving my firm and am just beginning the search process. Now we are...
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Tom Jacob: 2L at Baylor Law School
''You're always learning something new. I think that's what I enjoy about the law in general. For example, I...
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The Pros and Cons of Working in a Law Firm
So, you are thinking of working in a law firm rather than in government or a corporation after you graduate...
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