This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to talk about staying calm and in control during a virtual job interview. Job interviews themselves are nerve-wracking enough. This year, law students seeking a job, whether for the summer or after graduation, face the additional challenge of interviewing over the internet. No shaking hands, no direct eye { Continue Reading } The post Calming Your Nerves for a Virtual Job Interview appeared first on The Girl’s Guide …

This week we welcome back guest writer Raneta Mack to talk about what to expect with a position at the public defender’s office. If you’re like many students, you entered law school not quite knowing how you might use your law degree and perhaps thinking that you wanted to somehow make a difference. Your first year { Continue Reading } The post What to Expect When You’ve Landed a Clerkship with the Public Defender’s Office appeared…

This week we welcome back guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to talk about managing some difficult topics at the holidays – including politics! Several months ago I applied to work as a contract attorney for a bankruptcy firm. I needed to be admitted to a federal bankruptcy court, however, and another attorney in the firm offered to sponsor me for admission { Continue Reading } The post How To Navigate Law And Politics During The Holidays appeared first on The Girl’s …

This week we welcome back guest writer Shirlene Brown to discuss how to budget as a new lawyer. Congrats! You have graduated from law school, passed the bar exam, have been sworn-in as a practicing lawyer, and you landed your first “big girl/boy/gender-noncomforming” job! With a new job and more income comes additional responsibilities, including (but { Continue Reading } The post Young Lawyer Perspective – Budgeting for the Young Lawyer appeared first on The Girl’s …

This week we welcome back guest writer and 2L Tiffany Lo to talk about keeping up with your law school connections. Making and maintaining connections during law school are important. The legal profession is a small universe, and you may encounter your classmates as the opposing counsel, as a client, as a judge, as an academic, or { Continue Reading } The post How to Maintain your Law School Connections appeared first on The Girl’s Guide to …

This week we welcome back guest writer Shirlene Brown to talk about your social media and your professional image. When you enter law school and later when you get sworn in as an attorney, you take an oath of professionalism. This oath even covers situations not relating to the practice of law or situations outside { Continue Reading } The post Young Professional Perspective – Thoughts on How Our Professional Lives and Looks Are Affected …

This week we welcome guest writer and tutor Raneta Mack to talk about getting help from professors with work projects. You’ve just finished your first year of law school, and you’re about to embark on your first legal job: a coveted summer clerkship. You did well in your first year classes and now you’re eager to { Continue Reading } The post Emailing Your Professors for Help with Work-Related Projects: Proceed with Caution appeared first on…