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Daily Career Advice
By Harrison Barnes
article of the week
By Harrison Barnes, Managing Director
- There are ways to practice law without failing at it, without dying prematurely, and without going crazy.
- The priorities of successful and happy attorneys are (1) health; (2) work/career; and (3) personal life.
- Attorneys should have systems in place to manage priorities and develop positive characteristics.
Summary: As an attorney, your first priority must be your health, then your job, then your family and personal life. Make sure you keep your priorities in this order or you will fail. READ MORE >
Article type: Associate, Harrison's Perspectives
FEATURED ARTICLES BY HARRISON BARNES
- Why Relocating to a Different Market Is the Greatest (But Little Known) Way for a Law Firm Attorney to Get Ahead in the Legal Profession
- Top 10 Reasons Attorneys Should Look at Multiple Markets in Their Job Search
- How Attorneys Destroy Their Careers by Choosing the Wrong Law Firms
- Should You Start Your Own Law Firm? Top 10 Reasons to Start or Not Start Your Own Firm
- Law Firms Care More about Whether You Will Be Happy Working there Than Your Qualifications
- Why Partners, Counsel and Senior Associates Without Business Are Employable in Law Firms of All Sizes
- Legal Career Suicide: Quitting a Job without Having another One Lined Up
- The Only Six Factors Prestigious Law Firms Care about When Hiring Lateral Attorneys
- Why Attorneys Often Fail as Businesspeople and Entrepreneurs
- Don't Give Up! Why You Should Work with the Best Law Firm You Can as Long as You Can
- A Comprehensive Guide to Bar Reciprocity: What States Have Reciprocity for Lawyers and Allow You to Waive into the Bar
- The #1 Attorney Career Killer That Attorneys Are Never Taught
- Why the Solution to Being Happy as a Law Firm Attorney Does Not Involve Making Any of the Changes You've Thought of Making
- Firm Hopping
- Firm Culture Matters Most
For Employers
ARTICLES FOR EMPLOYERS
- Class Divisions and Hierarchies within Major Law Firms
- What happens to pregnant attorneys at law firms?
- Diversity in the Legal World - The Big Picture
- How Law Firm Websites Influence Retention of Diverse Attorneys
- Why Do Some Legal Recruiters Lose Interest in Their Candidates?
- Can Rethinking the “Billable Hour” Lead to More Law Firm Gender Equality?
- Where Do Law Firms Stand When It Comes to Gender Equality?
- General Counsels Join Law Firm Diversity Movement: Corporate Clients Use Incentives and Punishments to Inspire Diversity and Inclusion
- Law Firms’ Continued Lack of Diversity: Scholars Provide Insight on Reasons and Solutions
- Why Law Firms Are Hiring More and More Staff Attorneys: Should You Work as a Staff Attorney?
For Law Firm Partners
FEATURED ARTICLES FOR LAW FIRM PARTNERS
- Three Simple Ways to Tell If You Should Work (or Continue to Work) in a Law Firm
- Top 10 Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs
- What Happens When You Work with a BCG Attorney Search Legal Placement Professional?
- The Business Plan Revisited
- 21 Reasons Why Being a Large Law Firm Partner Is More Difficult Than Being an Associate
- Why You Should Find Your “Tribe” and Not Just Focus on Money in Making Law Firm Job Decisions
- Why Most Attorneys Are Unhappy
- Why Most Attorneys Are Angry
- Two Things the Most Successful 5% of Attorneys Do That the Rest Do Not
- How to Easily Determine the Best Attorneys and Law Firms: The Five Prestige Levels of Attorneys and Law Firms
Daily Career Advice
DAILY JOB SEARCH ADVICE
Why You Must Change and How to Overcome Resistance to Change
November 14, 2018
In this article Harrison discusses how resisting change and not taking necessary and relevant action can be the biggest obstacles to a better career and better life. Resistance is something that prevents most people from ever changing. Resisting change can be highly damaging to your growth in your career and life. Instead of allowing your life to be controlled by external circumstances, choose to take action and bri...Read more >
Attorneys Love BCG Attorney Search!
"I loved the recruiter I was working with, she was super knowledgeable. She understood the schedule that I was..." Read more >Robert Holland
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Class Of 2012
Placed at Pepper Hamilton LLP
"I think my favorite thing about BCG is that they identified openings with firms that I wouldn't have otherwise..." Read more >John Clifford
George Washington University Law School, Class Of 2012
Placed at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
"Working with BCG was great. It was very communicative. They were not just talking to me and letting the ball roll,..." Read more >Joanne Hodge
Georgetown University School of Law, Class Of 2004
Placed at Harris Beach PLLC
"As a new attorney with less than a year of experience, I was skeptical that BCG could help..." Read more >Eric Kobet
New York University Law School, Class Of 2014
Placed at Blake & Uhlig, P.A.
DAILY Q & A
- How Can I Make Moving to the West Coast from a New York Law Firm Easier?
- How Can I Change Practice Areas Early on in My Career as an Attorney?
- How Likely Am I to Be Laid Off as a New Junior Associate in a Law Firm?
- How Can I Express My Displeasure at Not Receiving a Bonus This Year from My Law Firm?
- I’m Tired of Working Long Hours as a Second-Year Litigator – What Can I Do?
