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Being a Solo Attorney Is Not the Problem - How You Explain It Is

One of the most common misconceptions I encounter among attorneys is the belief that once they leave a law firm and begin practicing on their own, their chances of returning to a respected law firm become slim or nonexistent.Nothing could be further from the truth.....

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Beat Attorney Burnout: Find Happiness in Legal Practice

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled How Attorneys Can Beat Burnout and Find Happiness in Legal Practice.The focus is on the critical human need for positive feedback and encouragement to sustain a successful and fulfilling legal career. The webinar explains how toxic or unsup....

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Attorney Career Success: Optimizing Your Process for Lasting Results

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled Attorney Career Success: Focus on Process, Not Results. The focus is on how shifting one's mindset from obsessing over immediate outcomes, like money or prestige, to building sustainable professional processes can dramatically transform a l....

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Building a Profitable Legal Career: The Power of Repeatable Work

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled The Profitability Process: Why the Most Valuable Legal Work is Work That Repeats Itself. The focus is on the critical importance of securing "repeatable work" to ensure long-term career stability and success in the legal profession. Rather ....

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Attorney Career Trends: What the Fastest-Growing Practice Areas Mean for Your Future

The legal profession is changing quickly, and attorneys who understand where demand is rising will have a major advantage in the years ahead. BCG Attorney Search’s report, The 20 Hottest and Fastest-Growing Practice Areas for Attorneys, arrives at exactly the right time. It highlights the practice....

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Flex Timings and Reduced Hours: Too Good to be True?

QuestionMy firm offers flex time and reduced hours options and, since the long hours have been driving me insane, I am s....

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JD/MBA Program vs. JD

QuestionThe law school that I am thinking of attending offers a joint JD/MBA program that I could theoretically finish i....

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How Useful is an LL.M.?

QuestionWill an LLM help my legal career?....

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BCG Quoted Re Salary Increases Latham Follows the Trend, Ups Associate Salaries

Los Angeles, Jan. 23 /Daily Journal/ — Latham & Watkins can't be expected to make decisions as quickly as its smaller ....

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Are You About to Be Laid Off

You need to keep the unpleasant possibility of lay-offs in the back of your mind, for it has become a very relevant poss....

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Law Firm Interview Resources

This contains everything attorneys need to know about law firm interviewing. This includes general preparation, how to ....

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How to Stand Out in an Interview - Tips from a Harvard Business Review Editor

I help all of my candidates with interview prep and have found that those who truly take time to prepare (researching th....

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When you’re conducting your job search on your own…

Lately I have had to turn away many extremely well-credentialed associate candidates, due to the restraints of this diff....

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Why I Love The Chambers and Partners Website

I am consistently surprised by the number of attorneys that have not heard of the Chambers and Partners website....

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I am Superman

In my estimation, confidence reigns supreme. My friends are snickering as they read this because most will agree that my....

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Striding Forward With (or accidentally stumbling into) Confidence and Boldness

I am still receiving daily reverberations from my last major inadvertent act that could be labeled a major blunder.....

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Flattery or Harassment? Sexual Attention in the Workplace and How to Deal With It

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Relocating During a Tough Economic Times

When the economy takes a downturn, as we are currently experiencing, many candidates who are looking for work will consi....

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Surviving Economic White Knuckles and Remaining Positive

Last week was an economic nail biter and the psychologists discussing the national psyche were getting as much play in t....

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Legal Veterans Advise Newbies How Not to Blow Their Job Search

Here's a valuable excerpt from today's Legal Times entitled 'How to Land that First Job.' Veterans from top firms offer ....

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