The lone foreign lawyer in Afghanistan
An interesting piece – tied to an upcoming documentary – that illustrates that you never know where your legal career may take you: “For a supposed do-gooder in one of the world’s most dangerous countries,…
Careers
Care from lawyers turned therapists
Not only do many lawyers see therapists – but many lawyers see therapists who were once lawyers themselves: “When work became too much for Will Meyerhofer’s client, a twenty-something associate at a big law firm,…
Upcoming In-House Counsel Interview? Make the Best Impression
It can be quite a challenge to get an in-house counsel interview for a hot in-house counsel position – so make sure you make your best impression during the interview. Strive to ace it! “It is…
The Rise of Lawyer 2.0
Mark Cohen, CEO of Legalmosaic, has penned an interesting piece on the future of lawyers over at the Bloomberg BNA Business of Law Blog: “Prophesying lawyers’ future has become a cottage industry. It has made Richard…
Lawyer who hates her job asks career columnist for advice
When in doubt, sometimes the answer is to head on out: “A career columnist has some advice for “Ann,” a lawyer who wanted to do social justice work but ended up at a business law…
Lawyers Rank Lowest for Health and Well-Being
Lawyers rank lowest for health and well-being. Couldn’t they have waited until after the holiday season to release their results? “Lawyers have the lowest health and well-being among all white-collar workers, according to a new…
Climbing the Ladder to General Counsel
As an in-house counsel, how do you become general counsel to your organization? Trust is key – as is making sure you are part of your organization’s legal succession plan. If you don’t think you…
What to Expect as a New GC
Paul Williams at MLA Global gives his thoughts, as well as those of two GC colleagues, on what a new GC should do when hitting the ground at an organization: “The switch from a non-GC…
Fundamentals Of Bad In-House Jobs
No, this isn’t the title of a CLE webinar gone wrong. Biglaw partner turned senior in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann gives some thoughts on bad in-house jobs over at ATL: “I recently had lunch with a…
Second Thoughts on Winning the In-house Lottery
We’ve all read about how in-house life is the promised land, but as Stephen Seckler points out, working as an attorney for an organization comes with its own tradeoffs: “In the past 18 years, I…