• Career Planning for Junior Associates–BBA Webinar: Should I Stay or Should I Go?–And How to Get There

    Published On: September 24, 2020By Categories: attorney career satisfaction, career success in the law, in-house legal careers, lateral attorney moves, legal careers

    The legal job market was strong until the start of 2020.  And then came COVID.  If you are currently a junior associate at a law firm, chances are that your first job search was more [...]

  • Is Your Career Like a Canoe Trip or Whitewater Rafting?

    Published On: July 9, 2019By Categories: career success, career transitions, in-house legal careers, lateral attorney moves, legal careers

    Is your legal career like a canoe ride across a lake or like a whitewater rafting trip? In my latest podcast, I speak with Jose Sierra a partner at Holland and Knight who has done [...]

  • In a Tight Labor Market, Show the Love

    Published On: May 20, 2019By Categories: diversity, interviewing at law firms, job hunting, lateral attorney moves, legal recruiting

    Thanks to my colleague Amy Levine for her valuable input and wisdom which helped in drafting this post. It continues to be a strong labor market and the war for legal talent remains fierce in [...]

  • Episode 2-In-House With Walt Pollard

    Published On: February 12, 2018By Categories: attorney career satisfaction, in-house legal careers, lateral attorney moves, legal job search

    Thinking about leaving private practice and going in-house?  In this episode of the Counsel to Counsel Podcast, I interview Walt Pollard, Associate General Counsel of Brown Brothers Harriman. Walt offers some great insights about what [...]

  • Career Happiness Comes through Trial and Error

    Published On: January 20, 2017By Categories: career changes in the law, career success, career transitions, lateral attorney moves

    It is no secret that lawyers as a group are an unhappy lot.  I could give my own explanation for this but today, after we have just sworn in a President who is starting a [...]

  • Speak the Truth and Nothing But the Truth-But it doesn’t have to be the “whole” truth

    Published On: December 5, 2016By Categories: interviewing, job hunting, lateral attorney moves

    What does "integrity" mean in an interview situation?  Certainly, you have the obligation to tell the truth during a job interview.  But having an obligation to tell the truth does not imply an obligation to [...]

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