Help is Available for Lawyers with Addiction Issues
Help is available to lawyers with addiction issues. If you need help or know someone who does, seek it out: Lawyers have a tough job to do, and some try to alleviate the stress with…
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Personal development plans for in-house counsel
Yet another insightful piece from LeadingInhouse – it’s time to work on your personal development plan: You’ve had your annual performance review, so now what? It’s time to work on your personal development plan, for those…
Misconduct Troubles Don’t Always Result in Ethics Sanctions for GCs
General counsel who lost their jobs based on misconduct allegations don’t necessarily run into trouble with state disciplinary authorities. That’s the conclusion of Corporate Counsel, which examined the cases of three former top corporate lawyers….
Legal Secretaries Prefer Working With Men, Survey Finds
A post that may stir up some comments: “‘…a study by Felice Batlan, a Chicago-Kent law professor, found that legal secretaries “prefer not to work for women associates or partners.’ Now, according to an article…
Declaration of Independence Declared Legal
Following a vigorous debate of British and American lawyers on Tuesday, a vote held that the Declaration of Independence was legal. For those in the US, you can take Marmite off your weekend shopping list….
Inhouse Women Lawyers More Successful due to Better People Skills?
Controversial to whom? It’s a controversial idea. But some women lawyers are suggesting that female attorneys do better, overall, when working in-house at least in part because corporations value the people skills they tend to…
Law Departments and The On-Boarding Process
Law departments, you better have a solid on-boarding process for new in-house hires as Mark Hermann points out at his recent InsideStraight column over at AboveTheLaw. [via: Inside Straight: The On-Boarding Process at Above The…
Law Hasn’t Been The Golden Ticket For Some Time
Where is Willy Wonka when you need him? Memo to the Media: The “Golden Ticket” Myth Hasn’t Been True for Years: Mainstream reporting on the legal education system’s failings frequently employs this two-word phrase (or…
Legal Jobs are Hard to Find?
An employment website has bad news for unemployed lawyers. According to data from, legal jobs are hard to find. But they’re not, actually.
Katy Perry’s 45-Page Contract Rider
Tip of the hat to ContractsProfBlog for finding the latest in celebrity contract rider fun. Don’t use contracts to alienate people!