Work hard and italicize your commas and you may get into lawyer heaven.
More Clever Career Tips
Let me know if these career tips work and I’ll try them sometime. Honest.
Second Career Lawyers
As the economy continues to stagnate, people from all walks of life turn to the legal academy. Just who are these “second career lawyers?”
I Want to See the Future of Law
QI just read a post on Lawyerist on the Future of Law Practice and am trying to research the best areas of law for a future law practice and where in the country they will be centered. Although I have been out of school for almost ten years and have ten years experience in business…
Surviving the Legal Job Market: the Secret
Taking the entrepreneurial approach to getting a law job too far. (Click the image to see the full comic.)
From the Archives: Nine Summer Associate Don’ts
It’s hard to argue with advice like “don’t be an asshole” and “don’t get wasted,” but not all these tips are so obvious. Nine Summer Associate Don’ts
I Need A Job
Q) I am a recent graduate from a TTT school and I graduated in the bottom half of the class (100/160). I worked for 2 out of the 3 years when I was in Law school and like to think I have a strong work ethic, however I was never strong at tests and nothing changed with…
I Want A Job But Have No Legal Experience
Would a small firm potentially bring on a newly-graduated JD as a summer associate?
Bitter News, 9-21-09
Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that make the 11th biggest lie in history: • Headline reads: “Gritty 80-yr-old is probably city’s oldest law student.” Probably? The city’s? Don’t want to step out on a limb and expand the geographic scope of that statement a smidgen? You’re already using the word “probably.” For the love, he’s…
OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 1
The OCI season is in full swing. And while we totally understand that all schools are at different points in the process (first rounds, callbacks, etc.), everyone is freaked out about interviewing well enough to receive a job offer. An offer to actually work as a lawyer and not a paralegal or building contractor. What’s standing between…