Archive for November, 2011


Advice for job seekers — part one

Below are some tips for big firm job seekers.  This information will be posted in two parts. This part provides ideas for demonstrating serious interest and commitment to a particular area of law and for preparing effective resumes.

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Direction for a 2L

Recently LegalJob talked with a 2L about steps he could take to place him in the best possible position to eventually secure a job with a big firm.  Overall, LegalJob stressed the importance of specialization and demonstrating to future employers your commitment to the particular practice area.   Below is a summary of some of [...]

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Career advice for 1Ls (part two)

This is the second post summarizing the advice LegalJob provided to 1Ls. When picking your focus area, consider tying in your current background, education, or experience (or some combination) Electrical engineers can add a lot of value up front as an intellectual property lawyer so that discipline is worth considering first (not to say that [...]

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Career advice for 1Ls (part one)

LegalJob recently talked with several 1Ls concerning career advice.  This post is the first of two summarizing the advice: Put yourself in a position to pick a specialty area (sooner rather than later)

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