Being a Lawyer: We’re Number (Fifty) One!
They counted the professions and checked them twice and – wait for it – we did it! Being a lawyer is ranked as the fifty-first best job in America – and on a downward trend…
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Acing the In-House Interview
The In-House Interview – An Introduction To successfully land that much-desired in-house legal position, you must know how the in-house interview process differs from that of a law firm. Use that knowledge to your advantage…
What do you wish someone had told you when you were a first-year lawyer?
What do you wish someone had told you as a first-year lawyer? Chime in over at the ABA Journal: Last week, Dallas-based lawyer career coach Cordell Parvin (who practiced law for 36 years) asked and…
Overcoming Analysis Paralysis In Your Job Search
by Melissa Peters, Esq. Princeton Legal Search Group, LLC Most of my female lawyer candidates feel that unless they match the job description perfectly, they should not pursue the opportunity. By contrast, I frequently receive…
In-House Counsel Jobs Difficult Adjustment For BigLaw Grads
Many BigLaw attorneys think that in-house counsel jobs are easier than what they do – but the reality is that many in-house lawyers outwork their BigLaw counterparts and operate in a totally different, and often…
Survey: Lawyers Contribute Least to Society
Happy Monday, dear readers. A new survey is in and the results are not pretty: Americans were asked to rate 10 professions on their contributions to society. Lawyers were dead last. Read: Sad: Lawyers Contribute…
Nearly Two-Thirds of Parents Want Their Kids to Become Lawyers
Well the results are in and they may be surprising to those watching the legal industry. Forget high legal unemployment rates and soaring law school costs – parents want their kids to become lawyers: Mamas…
Unhappiest Job in America? Take a Guess
TGIF! According to a recent piece at AboveTheLaw, the unhappiest job in America is exactly the one you’d expect. Head over to their site to see if your suspicions are correct. [Read: Unhappiest Job in…
A lawyer’s regret: ‘…work was all that was left’
With the increasing advances of technology and a 24 hour work cycle, have you ever felt regret at your career? It’s not unusual, as you might imagine: “A tax lawyer who became chief financial officer…
A Closer Look At The Reasons To Make The Move In-House
The Reasons to Move In-House – An Intro More and more lawyers are looking to move in-house from a law firm environment. The desire to move in-house job seems to have a consistent theme –…