Being a Lawyer

Articles and musings relevant to being a lawyer.

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How Lawyers Can Avoid Burnout

July 6, 2015
Check out a great piece at the ABAJournal discussing how lawyers can avoid burnout: “Soon after graduating from New York University School of Law and joining the corporate practice of a white-shoe Manhattan law firm, Will […]
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How to Clean Up Your Writing

May 28, 2015
Does the texting generation need the ruler? “Maybe you’ve read the stories about the candidate who wasn’t hired because of spelling errors in the resumé. Or the firm that lost the bid in response to […]
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In-house: Are you moving up or out?

April 17, 2015
James Merklinger, vice president and chief legal officer at the Association of Corporate Counsel, points out that “putting your business hat on” is rapidly becoming the norm for many in-house counsel: “GCs and CLOs previously worked […]
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Fight the Lawyer Stereotype

January 15, 2015
It’s 2015 – can any progress be made this year to change the lawyer stereotype? “Talk of New Year’s resolutions has inspired me to think about lawyer stereotypes and what we should be doing to combat […]