Articles about Unemployed Attorneys

How Law Firms and Other Hiring Organizations Can Determine if an Attorney Can Be Managed

If you are part of a law firm or company looking to hire an attorney, you need to know whether the attorney can be manag....

COVID-19 Legal Resources for Attorneys, Law Students, and Law Firms

What the Coronavirus Means for the Legal Economy and Your Attorney Job Search: What You Need to Know and Do

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Does Being Long-term Unemployed Hurt Chances of Getting Back in the Legal Field?

Question:For those attorneys who have been laid off or otherwise told that they must find alternate employment, to what ....

As an Unemployed Associate, How Can I Best Position Myself to Get Placed with a Top Law Firm?

Question:As an unemployed associate, how can I best position myself to get placed with a top law firm?....

Unemployed Lawyer with Business Litigation Experience Plans to Start His Own Firm

Question:I am a senior (Class of 1998) business litigator who has been laid off of a small boutique firm since June 2009....

Unemployed Lawyer Planning to Move Out-of-state Unsure About Bar Issues

Question:I am a second-year associate and was laid off from my job in March 2009. Since then, I have focused my time on ....

Is Taking Six Months off a Good Idea Before Resuming a Job Search?

Question:I am now in Manhattan but have always known I would ultimately relocate to the South. Now that the temperatures....

How to Explain the Employment Gap in Your Resume

Click here to view a collection of attorney resume and cover letter resources written by experienced legal recruiters.Qu....

Coping with Losing Your Job

We regularly read and hear that "jobs for life" are disappearing and being replaced by a pattern of consecutive jobs and....

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....

Unemployed and Looking to Increase Marketability

QuestionAs I currently approach my 4th month of unemployment after being laid off from a major firm, I am wondering if ....