What is a Photocopier?!? (Funny)
What is a photocopier? Aaah, the benefits of a life in the law.
Being a Lawyer
Are You Checking Work Email in Bed?
The demands of being “omniavailable” can seriously backfire according to new research (who knew?). So, if you are checking work email in bed or at other times when you should be relaxing, read on: Over…
The Illusion of Attorney Job Security and Practical Implications
by Andrew Gurman, Managing Director Michael Lord and Company Many have seen the practice of law at major, large law firms or within an in-house setting as a safe choice for earning solid compensation and…
Lawyers happier in public service legal jobs, study finds
For those who are in-house or who are considering a move to the in-house world, do not discount public service legal jobs. They can be just as fulfilling – and even bring more happiness –…
Conference Call in Real Life (Funny)
As an in-house counsel, your life probably includes a bevy of meetings (and sometimes, meetings about planning future meetings). But nothing surpasses the joy of the conference call. Check out this hilarious conference call YouTube…
Advice to Law Firm Partners Considering Going In-House
Law Firm Partners Going In-House – Background People often ask me what trends I’ve seen in my 31 years of legal recruiting. I usually start off the list by mentioning the diminishing attraction of the…
Drawbacks to In-House Life?
Biglaw attorneys look at in-house life as the promised land, but is it really? Mark Herrmann at AboveTheLaw gives his thoughts on a few drawbacks to in-house life: …But there are occasional drawbacks to working…
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…
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…