Payment of interns working at law firms has stirred up plenty of controversy in recent times and a LinkedIn article from writer and author Justin Bariso has pointed out some “wage slavery” that may be going on with New York law firms encouraged not to pay interns, but to collect the fees they generate.There are […]
Matt Damon has a lesson for anyone – lawyers or not – on dress sense and why you need to dress 25 per cent better than everyone else at the office.Forbes contributor Carmine Gallo has written a piece on the importance of dress, quoting CEO recruiter James Citrin who tells college graduates in particular to
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A battle has developed on either side of the Atlantic over pay for talented lawyers, with some American law firms paying high dollars to London lawyers – in US dollars as well.Newly qualified lawyers in Britain working for US law firms can now earn up to US$180,000 (£137,400) the FT reports.>> Check LawFuel’s Law Jobs Site
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With summer time comes the opportunity for young interns to start flexing their career muscles. According to a Evening Standard report, the interns in law firms and banks in London are taking the opportunity to – as writer Frankie McCoy says – do the “bigt deals” as the people who “drink Jägerbombs out of choice. So
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It’s a competitive world out there in Big Law – and promoting the right “culture” can be a task bigger than even Horatio might accomplish. It’s just a big ask at Big Law.But why exactly are the big firms so darn miserable, so unpleasant, so damn toxic?It’s a question asked by Law360 who were able
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The demise of Jutice Antonin Scalia has lead to a major and tense standoff with the proposed renamiing of the George Mason University Law School.The confrontation over the issue has arisen between professors who want to make the move and outside academics who are reportedly offended by the rebranding exercise linking the school to the
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Tired of doing debt deals, real estate financing or bankruptcy notifications?Then try fashion law.Take an example from our friends at the Miami Herald who have written about Traurig shareholder Danielle Garno who is using the growing fasion sector in Miami to grow a ‘fashion practice’.Garno is specializing in industry issues such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA),
LSAT teacher Ben Olsen writes in the Thinking LSAT blog about that big question: Are law schools responsible as to whether you get a law job or not? Well . . depends. Many promise such, but as Ben Olsen writes: David, a listener who graduated in 2006 with a degree in civil engineering, asks about his
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We love stories about job interviews, because after all it’s central to so much about the life of the young lawyer.So when we read in Forbes about what kills a job interview, from contributor Liz Ryan, the CEO and founder of Human Workplace. We knew there was going to be blood. Somewhere.And she spills the beans, if not
William Henderson* My previous post excerpted the introduction “How to Solve the Legal Profession’s Diversity Problem.”The article suggests that our diversity challenges are rooted in a systems problem. First, our systems for selecting and developing lawyers is seldom grounded in science. Second, the functioning of these systems are seldom viewed as critical to organizational success.Hence,
