Career Advice

Why Retiring Chief Justice Roberts Wished Students “Bad Luck”

Career Advice, Headlining, Lawyers / July 6, 2017 July 6, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr wished bad luck upon school graduates in dispensing some graduation advice that might have taken many by surprise. Speaking at a ninth grade commencement address at an elite school attended by his son, the speech was described by the Washington Post as “personal, understated and popular probably because it touched on …

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NZ Lawyers ‘Making it’ – And Loving It – In The Smaller Cities

Career Advice, Law Jobs / July 4, 2017 July 4, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An increasing number of younger lawyers appear to be favouring provincial cities to pursue their legal careers, avoiding the traffic and lifestyle cost “unafforded” by the larger centres. Wanganui’s Megan Christie, 31, for instance, has joined a relatively young law firm as a young lawyer herself, now promoted to associate position with the firm and …

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Good Samaritan Lawyer Gains Baker + McKenzie Role After Subway Assault

Career Advice, Headlining, Law Firms / June 27, 2017 June 27, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The student who assisted a partner at Baker & McKenzie during an assault at a Washington railway station has been both located and thanked – and also offered the ability to gain work experience at the Big Law firm. As Law.com reported, George Washington University law student, Andrew Miller, 23, jumped in to assist …

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The Wonderful World of Lawcraft Law Job Opportunity

Career Advice, Top in LawFuel / June 13, 2017 June 13, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law jobs come and law jobs go . . but fortunately there are some industries that are creating more opportunities for lawyers than others. One of them is the $100 billion gaming industry, for instance. Like the entertainment and sports businesses, the burgeoning gaming industry creates a vast array of legal work – ranging …

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6 Simple Ways To Shorten – And IMPROVE – Your Resume

Career Advice / June 12, 2017 June 12, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”bounceIn”] This article was originally published on Forbes. Do you include everything but the kitchen sink in your resume? If you do, it’s time to stop. Include the best parts, and get rid of the rest. The more information you put on your resume, the more difficult it will be for the reader to see …

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How Myer-Briggs Can Tell You What Sort of Lawyer You Should Be

Career Advice / May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Myers-Briggs personality types that dominate so many people seeking new jobs, but knowing about the sort of person you are can also help you as a lawyer professionally – and personally. The Myers-Briggs test is designed to bring order to apparently random behaviour or thought patterns. You can see an overview of how …

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The One, Simple Piece of Career Advice From Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

Career Advice / May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What’s the best career advice you could receive? Better still, what’s the best advice you can actually use to advance your career satisfactorily? A recent article in Business Inside with Microsoft boss Satya Nadella saw the software giant’s boss pay credit to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck and his best-selling book, Mindset, which Nadella saw as helping to …

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The Lawyer Who Dumped Constitutional Law for Highly Paid ‘Courtesan’ Career

Career Advice, Sidebar / February 26, 2017 February 26, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The lawyer you’re doubtless looking at is not your usual constitutional lawyer. Indeed Claudia de Marchi, 34, is no longer a constitutional lawyer, having changing her law job for a brand new one that earns her more and counters the pervasive male domination of the law profession: She’s a paid ‘courtesan’. de Marchi, who …

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7 Key Recruiter Secrets To Getting A Great Law Job

Career Advice / February 15, 2017 February 15, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scoring a top law job is more than just having a fully-prepped resume and making the interview. There are some moves you can make that can help you secure a great law job by following what some of the top law recruiters privately recommend to those who ask. We name seven of them: Sinead …

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True Grit Needed For Women Lawyers To Succeed, Says New Study

Career Advice, Headlining / February 7, 2017 February 7, 2017

“Grits with that?” It may be the calling-card for successful women lawyers according to research undertaken by The Grit Project. The Grit Project was prepared by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the law profession and is to be published in a book later this year. However a Miami meeting last week showed that there …

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