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Georgia July Bar Exam Results: Highest Overall Passing Rate in 10 Years

This year is also the first that the overall pass rate for July applicants reached 70% since 2014, with the lowest rate of the last 10 years being 61.2% in 2018.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

From Squid Games to City Hall? Broward Lawyer Set Sights on Political Seat

"Our downtown McDonald's has an armed security guard on it. That's just ridiculous," Chad Van Horn said as to why he wants to head to City Hall. But his opponent Steven Glassman said, "Perhaps Chad needs to have a little bit more experience in how our government works."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Making Yourself Valuable as a Young Lawyer

It is important for young lawyers to understand the firm's viewpoint as to its expected "return on investment" from you. Your value is more than just the number of hours billed, or quality of work, although those are important.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Redefining Advocacy: My Path From Corporate Law to Animal Rights

Transitioning from a corporate counsel role to a focus on animal law may seem unconventional, but for those of us driven by a deep-seated passion for ethical causes, it can be a profoundly rewarding journey.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Build It and They Will Come: Tips to Market Your Practice as a Junior Attorney

Building a business as a lawyer is invaluable to a future career in private practice. The challenge is to become skilled in an area and to develop work in that practice, even while one's knowledge of the field is developing.
6 minute read

Law.com

The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

It's a conversation coming up more often among practicing lawyers who are approaching their 70s or, in some cases, are well into that decade of their life. Many who started practicing decades ago don't want to retire or play golf.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Case for Debate: Investing in Future Attorneys Through Competition

For students from underrepresented and low-income backgrounds, debate offers more than just a chance to develop advocacy skills; it provides an essential pathway to academic success and professional achievement.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Want to Get Ahead in Your Career? Find a Truth Teller

Who do you have in your professional life who will "get real" with you? Find truth tellers and invite them to offer valuable criticism. Don't wait for it to happen incidentally. Seek it out.
2 minute read

Law.com

Ex-eBay CLO Tells WIPL Attendees: You Can Toot Your Own Horn and 'Still Be a Humble Person'

"Let other people know what you're doing and how it will help them or how it will help the success of the org," said Marie Oh Huber, who's been leading Fortune 500 legal departments for more than three decades.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

How Senior Marketing Professionals Can Transition to the Legal World

Four senior professionals from legal marketing talked about the differences that make their "new" roles in the law different from their previous marketing roles.
7 minute read

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