Top 11 Non-Legal Careers for Former Lawyers
Summary: There are plenty of great non-legal jobs that a person can do with a law degree, and sometimes those...
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What Is a Healthcare Lawyer?
Summary: Learn what a healthcare lawyer is and what they do in this article.
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What It Takes to Become an Energy Attorney
Summary: Learn what an energy attorney does and how you can become one.
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Advice for Young Attorneys Who Do Not Like Their Practice Area
Summary: Don’t like your practice area? Here’s some advice for young attorneys who discover that they...
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What career advice would you give to an unhappy big law firm associate who wants to change fields?
We asked attorneys and other legal professionals in the United States what career advice would they give to an...
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Pro Bono Work in Law
Lots of people go to law school because they want to do good, help others, and perhaps change society for the...
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Law Firm Economics and You
Why is this analysis important? It is so because all the components of this process affects your life as a...
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The Myth of the Monolithic Law Firm
Many associates expect their firm to be consistent in its policies, its expectations, its treatment of...
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Life at the Law Firm
Don't let anyone fool you. Law firms and lawyers are not all alike. Rather, firms are groups of individuals,...
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The Big Firm Scenario
In the old days, most lawyers worked by themselves or in small firms. Now, however, some law firms have more...
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Legal Profession is a Security, for Those Who Make It
Most lawyers do not go to the huge firms. It makes sense, then, to back up and look at a different kind of...
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Law Firm – Charging the Client
If you're perfect, crazy, and positioned, probably the most important other thing to think about is the sheer...
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Knowing More about Law Firms
I learned to demand more and more from paralegals, secretaries, and word processing people, and to make it...
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Choosing between Working in Big and Small Firms: Consider These Factors
One career option available to you upon graduation from law school is the practice of law in a private firm....
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Researching Law Offices on the World Wide Web
The Internet provides easy, cost-free access to many helpful resources. Be warned, however, that the Internet...
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Law Firms with Different Entry Policies & Your Reaction
Two different career situations present themselves if you find two law firms with very generous admission...
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Lawyers Work not Just for Pay
Lawyers work for many and complex reasons. Pay (whether as a salary or as a share of profits) is an important...
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Private Law Firms – An Overview
The phrase "private practice" is generally understood to apply to those lawyers who undertake legal...
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Insurance Defense Firms & Fees
Insurance defense firms represent a group of attorneys who are closely controlled by their clients. A survey...
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Law Firms & Changing Structural Needs
The needs of a law firm for structure and organization change at various periods of its existence and depend...
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Choices are Many, but Choose the One You Cherish
There are many different kinds of law practice. Each has its rewards. Each has its problems. But your...
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Which Job Must I Take Up?
You've spent weeks on the hunt and you've bagged your quarry: two or three job offers. Now you have a new...
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Finding The Right Geographical Location for Your Legal Career
When it comes time to decide where to start practicing, look for a place where you believe you will enjoy the...
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Accepting The Law Firm Job Offer
The End Of The Job Hunt Is The Offer, Or, Gloriously, Numerous Offers.
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Real Challenges of Working in a Large Law Firm
When trying to understand what it is like to work in a large law firm, I once came across this smart quip:...
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Law Firm Performance Reviews: Positive and Negative
Law Firm Performance Reviews are used to evaluate law firms and how they stack up to each other. The AM 100...
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In-House v. BigLaw
In the world of law, the position of in-house counsel is vastly different than working as an attorney in...
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Choosing Among Today's Law Careers
Are you interested in a law career, including attorney employment? If so, then you have numerous options. As...
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He Left: Was He Right?
We watch our colleagues and people we know, change jobs, change firms, change practice areas, or even go to...
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Attorney Careers: Things to Know
This article discusses some important aspects of legal careers like types of specializations, whether private...
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