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Elite Law Firm Partner Compensation: Inside the $25M+ BigLaw Earnings Landscape

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Why Lawyers at Every Stage Struggle: The Hidden Costs of Lacking Focus in Your Legal ....

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The Business Case For Professional Fulfillment: reactions to the report of the Boston Bar Association Task Force

In the early 1980's while living in a building owned by Columbia University, I marveled at the sight of new construction....

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Striving for Professional Mediocrity

Accepting mediocrity in yourself is the only real way to achieve balance in your life. If you are a lawyer in private pr....

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How to Know When You Should Stay in Your Law Firm Job or Move to a New Law firm Job

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The Power of Self-Awareness and Positive Thinking during Your Job Search

As a legal recruiter, I spend my days speaking to lawyers about their job transitions and speaking to law firms about my....

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From Recruiting Coordinator to Search ConsultantOver the past few months, a number of people have asked me ''Why did you....

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Being the First to Say Goodbye

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Have You Gone For Your Annual Career Checkup?

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How Important is it to Know Your 'Self' Before the Job Market Knows You?

It is not a mistake—quoting the word ''self'' in the title of this article. I put such word in quotes for a reason. ....

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How to Ensure Career Satisfaction and Happiness as an Attorney

If you believe what you read in the popular and legal press, career satisfaction is woefully lacking for most attorneys.....

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Career Lessons From a Law Firm Dissolution

In the coming months, the legal community will continue to speculate about what caused the demise of Testa Hurwitz and T....

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Vive la Revolucion!: The Professional Plan as Revolutionary Tool for Career Success

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Carrot & Stick: Why You Have No Choice But to Lead from the Vanguard

I am not a determinist. Really. But I do believe that movements within societies are inexorable, ineluctable, unavoidabl....

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The HAPPENING: The Quiet Unsettling of U.S. Lawyers in the Face of a Tough Economy

Over the past seven, turning eight, months of 2008, I have noticed an odd ''happening'' on the East Coast. My recognitio....

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Coping with Losing Your Job

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