Memo To New Associates: Manage Your Own Career
Recent law school graduates have been taking the bar exam. In a couple months, hopefully around 56.2% of them will have jobs. The below hypothetical memo is written from a senior partner to new associates of a firm. [divider] New Associates, Congratulations on...
Networking 101: Have Other People Talk About Themselves
It seems painfully obvious to me how networking should function, but given the number of law student and recent grads I speak to who have zero clue how to network, it isn’t. No one want to hear about your needs, desires, or wants. If you’re a jobless law...
Burn Bryan Garner’s Books
Burn anything that Bryan Garner has written. He really knows his stuff, but Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style said it all. Besides, Garner, Scalia, and Posner pissed me off when they got into a juvenile cat fight over a book about rules. Not to put...
What It Feels Like To Be A Client
It’s easy for lawyers to become entrenched in their position and lose the perspective of someone not well-versed with the law. They lose perspective on what it feels like to be a client. Clients usually come to a lawyer feeling one of these things:...LawyerSmack
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