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8 Tips for a Long and Successful Legal Career

Regardless if you are a law student or a partner at a large firm, you always need to be one…

8 Essential Tips for Your Next Salary Negotiation

Summary: Be prepared for the next time you negotiate your salary with these essential tips. One thing that most Americans…

21 Pieces of Career Advice for Attorneys

Summary: Attorneys often miss out on the best career advice, leading to simple mistakes that can ruin the chances of…

How to Know If Your Job Is Completely Wrong for You

Summary: Is the job you are in right now really the right job for you? Are you sure? Ask yourself…

5 Ways to Successfully Navigate an Episodic Career

Summary: It is now common for people to not only change jobs, but change career paths as well later in…

6 Pieces of Career Advice You Should Ignore

Summary: Just because career advice is often repeated does not mean it is always true (or that it applies to…

5 Ways You Can Get Noticed in the Current Job Market

Summary: Are you struggling to stand out amid of sea of job seekers? Learn what you can do to stand…

Memo to Associates: Don’t Follow Advice on Above the Law

Summary: Above the Law is at it again. Despite the title of a recent article posted on the site sounding upbeat and…

5 Critical Lessons I Learned at My First Full-time Job

Summary: I want to share these five important lessons that I learned at my first full-time job. Understanding that the…

Benefits of Working at a Small Law Firm

Small firms care about many of the same things that any size legal employer cares about: they want to hire…

10 Tips for Surviving in a Big Law Firm

Summary: In Harrison Barnes’ latest article offering career advice to attorneys, he delves into mistakes big firm attorneys often make.…

Everything You Need to Know to Become a Law Professor

Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 In the article “How to pursue a career in Professor at Law,” Anayat Durrani…