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The Corporate Commute
Applications Season
By Kim Rust
How can you beat prepare for and approach written submissions for training contracts, vacation schemes and first-year programmes?
PrawfsBlawg
Surprising, Disturbing and Encouraging Things We Learned Researching Law Jobs
Main Thursday, October 10, 2019Surprising, Disturbing and Encouraging Things We Learned Researching Law JobsThe following is by Andrew McClurg (Memphis and my former FIU colleague), Christine Nero Coughlin (Wake Forest),…
Zen and the Art of Legal Networking
Lawyers: What Does it Take to Get to the Top?
Recently, I was speaking with a group of professional women about the skills they see as essential to "getting to the top." CEO of Pure Performance Communications, Deirdre Breakenridge, put…
Harrington Communications Blog
Fear and Failure are Precursors to Confidence and Success in the Practice of Law
This post originally appeared on Law.comI started my legal career at one of the world’s largest law firms on September 17, 2001. I was supposed to be an M&A lawyer,…
The Girl's Guide to Law School Blog
What To Accomplish As A 2L
We welcome back guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to talk about goals for 2L year and how to get there. There’s an old saying about law school that you’ve probably heard already.…
McGeorge @ Work
Student Spotlight: Ronald Ussery, Jr. ‘21
“Right place, right time.” That’s how Ronald Ussery, a McGeorge J.D. candidate in the class of 2021 who is interested in sports law, landed his new job with sports management…
From Big Law to Freelance Law Blog
Highlights from the Lessons from a Quitter Live Event
Goli Kalkhoran, host of the Lessons from a Quitter podcast, started her podcast to help people who felt stuck in an unfulfilling career find the tools and motivation to start…
@theBar
YLS Health & Hospital Law Committee Presents: Intro to Careers in Health Law
The YLS Health & Hospital Law Committee is excited to announce the first of many committee meetings for the upcoming year. Join young attorneys for a discussion on opportunities and…
The Corporate Commute
Corporate In-House Insight
By Kim Rust
A big thank you to Alan Chan, General Counsel and Company Secretary, for taking the time to share some of his experiences and advice. Alan studied law at the University…
PrawfsBlawg
Is Blogging the New Resume?
Main Sunday, August 04, 2019Is Blogging the New Resume?I learn a lot about career planning through the observation of others’ successes (and failures). I have observed lawyers and non-lawyers alike…