Education & Careers
How to Have “Stay Conversations” With Your Team
There’s never been a more pressing need for having a “stay conversation” with members of your team – particularly new associates. A stay conversation is an in-person… Read More
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Midlevel Associates Feeling the Burn(out)
What’s life like for a midlevel associate at a large firm during a pandemic? Stressful, as you might expect. But also often boring, with stale coffee, drab décor and mundane as… Read More
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Law Job Applicants Being Ghosted on LinkedIn
The practice of “ghosting” has moved beyond romantic relationships into the realm of job-hunting, and aspiring lawyers are among those getting burned. According to a recent … Read More
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Unplug and Re-energize
6 Step Process for Unplugging and Re-energizing A surefire way to relieve stress and boost creativity is to occasionally turn off your phone, step away from the computer screen and si… Read More
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12 Fun Bits of Legal Trivia
Did you know that the first female lawyer in the US aced the Iowa bar exam before it was even legal for her to take it? And that her brains and bravery single-handedly opened the door for o… Read More
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Small Businesses Remain Optimistic, Survey Finds
Verizon Business Survey Even though small businesses have been hammered by the pandemic, 68 percent of them are optimistic they can recoup COVID-related losses. And close to half say they … Read More
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Job Offers Being Rescinded for New Law Grads
It’s never good to have a job offer rescinded, but when it happens during a pandemic it’s even worse. Yet that’s the reality law graduates across the country are facing. … Read More
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Here’s the Number One Job Interview Question
If you plan to be interviewing for a law job anytime soon, billionaire Mark Cuban says you should be prepared to answer one question. What did you do during the Great Pandemic? Specificall… Read More
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Law Librarians Are Essential in the Pandemic
Law librarians have emerged as invaluable resources – and unlikely heroes – in the new normal. In the early days of the pandemic, lawyers sought basic information on this new vi… Read More
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Lateral Hirings Plummet Amid COVID-19 Fears
Lateral recruitment and hiring at law firms has been put on hold amid the COVID-19 crisis. Evidence of this can be found by tracking and comparing the number of job postings that are remove… Read More
