This post at Brazen Careerist purported to offer readers “criteria” for evaluating whether to go to law school. It’s a nice read, but it doesn’t offer a single criterion, really. And since there are record numbers of people taking the LSAT, I figured it was worth trying to find [...]
This post over at Virginia Lawyers’ Weekly got me thinking about some of the more memorable moments from my interviews this fall.
In response to my question about the effect of the economy on the firm’s business, a BigLaw Partner said, “Well, if it kills the billable hour it’ll be the best [...]
I’ve heard rumors that the legal job market is a little tight these days. Have you heard about that? Is that really true? I find that hard to believe. I mean law school is basically a guarantee of making serious bank. Isn’t it?
But evidently, the job market is so tight that the ABA is [...]
[Ed Note: This post was so freakin long originally because I hit "publish" instead of "save as draft" after writing this stream of consciousness and I didn't have time to edit it down to near where I wanted it initially until just now, at 6:20 p.m. It's now been edited to where I'd hoped to [...]
This story was all the rage last week (also see the Above the Law story that garnered 800+comments). In response to a situation where an associate was not checking e-mail and, consequently, neglected to draft and send a draft letter to a client, a Quinn Emanuel partner sent a [...]
There are two moments that really stand out for me this recruiting season.
The first happened during a screener at a big firm. The conversation turned, as it usually does, to the economy. The partner with whom I was interviewing says, “Well, if this economy leads to the death of the billable hour I’ll give [...]
If you’re an evening student and have done OCI but haven’t gotten callbacks (or have only gotten a few), it can be hard to know what to do next. I know just one person in our evening sections that has gotten multiple callbacks. (There may be others. But I’ve yet to hear about them.) More [...]
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