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- Can I Still Get Hired by a Top Law Firm If I’ve Been at a Smaller Regional Firm for Years?
- Does Starting at a Top Law Firm Hurt Your Career if It's a Bad Fit-Or Can It Still Set You Up for Long-Term Success?
- Is the Law Firm Partner Track a Myth Without a Book of Business-And Should You Just Start Your Firm Instead?
- How Can You Really Tell If a Law Firm’s Culture Is the Right Fit—Before Accepting the Job?
- How Do Political Pressures and Ideologies Inside Law Firms Impact Hiring, Culture, and Long-Term Fit?
- Is the Traditional BigLaw Firm Model Holding You Back from Real Success?
- Why Law Firm Loyalty Is a One-Way Street—and What Attorneys Must Do to Protect Themselves
- Question and Answers About Navigating Law Firm Dynamics: Job Security, Independence, and the Realities of BigLaw
- Navigating the Complexities of the Legal Job Market: Answers to Your Toughest Questions
- When Should I Decline a Legal Employment Offer?
- Should I Use My Network Instead of a Legal Recruiter for Job Applications?
- Five-Part Mindset for Legal Job Search Success
- What Strategies Do You Have to Recommend for Applying to Law Firms That Do Not Have Openings?
- For Legal Internships That Were More Than Five Years Ago, Should They Be Listed (e.g., 2018 to 2023)?
- How Can I Be Recognized for My Work as an Attorney and Not as a Politician?
- What Should I Do About My Résumé or Strategies to Maximize My Chance for Law Firm Offers?
- If I Have a Lot of Relevant Experience That’s Too Much to Fit on One Page, How Do I Choose What to Keep and Remove?
- How Should I Explain a Bad Fit at a Past Employer on My Résumé?
- Is There a Service That Can Write Your Cover Letters for You to All the Places You Want to Submit Them To?
- Should You Address Your Cover Letter to a Specific Person and Username? Or Should You Use a General Citation?
- Is There a Service That Can Mail Your Resume on Your Behalf?
- What’s a Good Way to Find Out the Law Firms You Want to Mail Your Resume To?
- Any Suggested Methods to Overcome Anxiety When Trying to Network?
- Is It Better to Take a Position That You Usually Wouldn’t Take, but Gain Experience, or Remain Unemployed?
- I Was Laid off During the Pandemic from Big Law During My First Five Years of Practice. Can I Save My Career?
- If You List the GPA for Undergrad, Does It Hurt You to Not Include the Law School GPA?
- When It Comes to Networking, Is a Referral From a Fellow Attorney More or Less Effective Than a Referral From Someone Else – A Client, for Example?
- How Do You Best Network With Firm Partners, and How Should You Drive the Conversation if You Get an Informal Network Chat?
- What’s a Good Way to Find Law Firms to Mail Your Resume to?
- Is There a Job Search Method You Recommend for Law Students and Recent Graduates Over Other Methods?
- Will a Law Firm in California Hire Attorneys Without the California Bar?
- Q&A – Attorney Resumes
- Things No One Tells You about Cover Letters
- The Five Reasons Law Firms and Legal Employers Do Not Hire You after an Interview
- What Happens When You Allow Others to Control Your Access to Information?
- Where to Find Legal Jobs in Any Economy
- What Do a Firm’s Clients Say about the Firm and Its Culture?
- How Can an Attorney or Law Student Find a Job in a Tight Legal Market?
- How Long Does it Typically Take Law Firms to Respond to Attorney and Law Student Employment Applications?
- How Important is it To Have Local Ties to an Area When You Are an Attorney Applying There?
- Can an Attorney Make Partner in a Law Firm or Move When Senior Without a Book of Business?
- Should at Attorney Have a Representative Transaction or Representative Matters Sheet When Making a Lateral Move?
- Should an Attorney Lateral to a Smaller Market? Top 5 Factors for Attorneys to Decide When Lateralling to a Smaller Market
- Are You an Attorney Thinking of Changing Legal Practice Areas? A Guide for Changing Legal Practice Areas for Attorneys
- How Should I Answer Questions about Salary Expectations from a Law Firm?
- Will Getting an LL.M. Degree Help My Legal Career?
- 3 Questions Frequently Asked by Corporate Attorneys about Career Changes
- Stressed Out as an Attorney? How to Deal With the Stress of Being a Lawyer
- If an Attorney is Exhausted and Cannot Sleep Most Nights Due to Stress What Should they Do?
- What if a Law Firm Associate Discovers Evidence of Fraud on Behalf of a Client During Due Diligence?
- If Someone is Giving Notice in Your Law Firm Soon, Is it Acceptable to Tell Others?
- How Should I Respond When Law Firms Ask Why I Don't Want to Return to My Summer Firm?
- How Can an Attorney Move from a Small Boutique Firm to a BigLaw Firm?
- Weighing Options for a Legal Career: Moving from Boutique Law Firm to Large Firm or In-House Department in New York
- How Can I Make a Move as a First-Year Associate without Ruining My Relationship with My Current Firm?
- Why is Too Much Experience Held Against an Attorney When they are Looking for a New Job?
- How Can a Partner Make a Lateral Move Without a Book of Business?
- Should I Give Notice to My Law Firm Right After Receiving a Job Offer from a New Law Firm?
- Should a Law Firm Associate Move from a Large Law Firm to a Smaller Law Firm to Increase Their Odds of Making Partner?
- What Should I Do If the Legal Recruiter Working with Is Not Following Up with Firms They Have Submitted Me To?
- What Should I Do if My Legal Recruiter Sent My Resume to a Law Firm Without My Consent?
- What Should I Wear to a Law Firm Interview Known for Casual Dress?
- How Soon Can a Junior Attorney Leave Their First Law Firm Job? Four Important Questions to Answer for Junior Attorneys Considering Looking for a New Job
- 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?
- What Can a Law Firm Attorney Do if they Are Sick and Tired of Working Long Hours?
- Should I Start a Junior Associate’s Committee at My Law Firm?
- As an Associate, Should I Worry about Getting Laid Off during a Merger?
- How to Transition Back Into the Practice of Law After a Hiatus
- How Do Legal Recruiters Get the Names of the People They Contact?
- Are Attorneys Better Off Contacting Law Firms Directly or Using Legal Recruiters in Their Search for a New Law Firm Job?
- If I Make the Olympic Team, How Will My Law Firm React?
- My Law firm Fired Me for Economic Reasons but Will Not Publicly Admit This. What Should I Tell Prospective Legal Employers When They Ask Me Why I am Unemployed?
- How Should I Handle Requests to Speak to My Current Law Firm When Applying to New Firms?
- When Should an Attorney Start a Job Search if they Are Looking to Move in December?
- What Reason Should I Give for Not Transferring to Another Branch Office with My Firm?
- Should You Start Your Own Law Practice After Losing Your Attorney Job at a Law Firm?
- If a Law Firm Asks Me to Interview, Does that Mean I Will Get an Offer from the Law Firm?
- How Does an Attorney Know Whether it is Time to Leave Their Current Law Firm and Find a New Attorney Job?
- Is it a Waste of Time for an Attorney to Apply to Jobs Online?
- Is it Pointless for Attorneys to Move Law Firms Because They Are All Basically the Same?
- I am an Attorney and Almost Have My LL.M. Should I Take an Offer as an Attorney from a Major Accounting Firm?
- Should an Attorney Have More than One Version of their Resume?
- I've Heard that [X Law Firm] Only Accepts Top 10 Law Schools/Laterals from Amlaw100 Firms/Top GPAs. Should I Still Submit My Materials?
- I’ve Noticed Many Job Ads for Litigators with 3-5 Years of Experience. I Have 12 Years of Experience and Would Accept the Same Salary as a 5th-Year Attorney. Wouldn’t Hiring a More Experienced Attorney for Less Be Appealing to Firms?
- Are Law School Transcripts Necessary When Applying for Jobs?
- What Does It Mean If I Haven't Heard From a Law Firm after an Application/Interview?
- What Should I Do if I Just Lateraled as an Attorney to a New Law Firm and Do Not Like it There? Is it Acceptable to Start Looking for a New Law Firm Right After Starting at a New Law Firm?
- Why Do Law Firms Need Your Undergraduate Transcripts?
- How Can an Attorney Handle Afternoon Drowsiness?
- Can an Attorney Talk About Matters they Are Working on With Their Spouse?
- What Is the Safest, Most Effective Way to Whiten My Teeth as an Attorney?
- How Much Drinking Is Too Much for an Attorney?
- What Should Women Associates Do If They Are Getting Sexually Harassed by Partners They Are Working for?
- Tier 2 Grad From California Planning To Shift To New York
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