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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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…
Breaking the reactive cycle in-house
Some wise words from Canada: Law departments across Canada should see themselves, and be seen company-wide, as integral parts of their corporate clients’ businesses. As in-house counsel, we can provide much more value if we’re…
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 Lawyer Hit With Malpractice Charge After Employee Deposition
A cautionary tale for in-house counsel: A court of appeals found that when an in-house counsel took an employee’s deposition without giving him proper warning, and that employee was subsequently fired because of what he…
Legal Department Productivity – Doing Six Things Right
Whether you are a GC or a rank and file in-house counsel, you should be concerned with legal department productivity: Efficiency is about doing things right, but productivity is about doing the right things, according…
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…
Lawyer admits napping at trial, but rates his performance an 8 or a 9
Just imagine the rating he would have given himself had he been awake the entire time: A Texas lawyer blamed sleep apnea for his naps during the trial of a drunken driving defendant, but defended…
Attorney who billed for 29-hour day “did the work”
The Ohio attorney disciplinary authorities have their work cut out for them: An Ohio lawyer who billed for lengthy work days on court-appointed cases, including one that stretched for 29 hours, is facing a disciplinary…
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…