By Dena Lefkowitz | September 20, 2017
When clients reach a career crossroad, I often suggest informational interviewing to scope out a prospective new role, firm, industry or career path. That suggestion is almost always met with resistance. The most frequently voiced objection is not wanting to bother a busy person. When that is overcome, a trove of information, insight and inspiration can be uncovered.
By Miriam Rozen | September 19, 2017
DHL and other companies are experimenting more often with hiring their own freshly-minted law school graduates, rather than paying a premium for young lawyers at outside firms.
By Meghan Tribe | September 18, 2017
In the seemingly never-ending quest by in-house legal departments to trim their expenditures on outside lawyers, legal recruiting giant Major, Lindsey & Africa has released its Make-Buy Analysis tool to help GCs decide between hiring a new attorney for their in-house staff or rely on external counsel.
By Katelyn Polantz | September 14, 2017
Sean Marotta, a senior appellate associate at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., had coffee with 15 summer associates this year who found him over Twitter. The National Law Journal caught up with Marotta to review some of what he learned from them.
By Mike Scarcella | September 13, 2017
Stephen Vaden, a former Jones Day associate in Washington who was on the Trump administration's landing team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is now in line to lead the agency's legal team. Vaden, a Yale Law School graduate, has regularly spoken on administrative law and regulatory issues, and he formerly was an associate for several years at Squire Patton Boggs.
By Meghan Tribe | September 13, 2017
Career coach Elena Deutsch is launching an online program at the end of the month with the specific goal of helping women transition out of careers in Big Law.
By Roy Strom | September 11, 2017
The offshore Magic Circle—a group of leading law firms predominantly based in offshore jurisdictions—scrambled Monday to locate lawyers and employees affected by the devastation left behind by Hurricane Irma, which tore through their operations in the British Virgin Islands.
By Ian Lopez | September 5, 2017
On the heels of recent actions by Canadian regulators and the U.S. SEC, some countries may be regulating digital currency as securities.The market…
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | September 1, 2017
Newly minted partners may want to live that partner lifestyle, but there are some financial adjustments that need to be planned for.
By Scott Flaherty | September 1, 2017
Employment in the U.S. legal sector remained largely unchanged in August, adding 100 jobs alongside modest employment gains posted by the U.S. economy overall, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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