Jill Backer, Esq.
In this brief Q&A, Brooklyn Law School’s associate director of career services, offers some obvious and NOT-so-obvious job-finding suggestions in the roughest job market in a half-century:
Q. What do you see for the legal job market when the economy recovers?
A:I think the legal job market will bounce back, but I doubt it will [...]
By Daniel Lukasik, Esq.
New York lawyer Daniel Lukasik attended his 30th high school reunion this past summer. It was an occasion that produced this gentle reflection on life, law, and the sweet victory that comes from finally discovering one’s second act:
In a few weeks I’ll turn 48, and have been out of law school for [...]
Former criminal defense and in-house lawyer Taisha Rucker used to wonder what else she could do with her law degree. Now 13 years later, she’s answered the question, and is working on a book to help law students, new grads, and burned-out lawyers who are just beginning to ask. As part of Rucker’s research, she [...]
Nearly 10 million people are collecting unemployment benefits, up from 2 ½ million two years ago. How many are lawyers? It all depends on what blogs you read. But SOME of those thousands of out-of-work lawyers and new grads should be using this downtime to re-assess their practice … even their career in law. To [...]
LawyerAvenue Press (publishers of Solo By Choice and What Can You Do With a Law Degree), is accepting book proposals for 2010. If you have an idea for a nonfiction career book for lawyers and/or new grads, contact Publications Director Mark Jaroslaw. Proposals should include a working title, a synopsis of the work, a description [...]
Sunday’s New York Times had a terrific article on what is – and is not – appropriate to say when someone close to you becomes a member of the newly unemployed (“Navigating a Delicate Subject: The Layoff of a Friend”). Reporter Alina Tugen writes, “First, hold off on the platitudes. (If) someone has lost their [...]
This month marks the longest recession since the 1930s , and the worst legal job market in decades. It’s scary out there, but Sheila Nielsen, a Chicago law career consultant and former federal prosecutor, has some suggestions for the newly unemployed. Nielsen spoke at a recent Chicago Bar Association event, and we present a few [...]
Dating often begins with hearts, flowers, and Valentine Day cards, but it’s been known to end with harassment, retaliation claims … even jury trials. To protect themselves against lawsuits, a growing number of law firms and other employers are asking dating co-workers to sign so-called “love contracts” that define the nature of their relationship as [...]
Professional women typically make up 30% of the class at top MBA programs, and 40% in part-time programs. But it’s a different story when it comes to executive MBA programs.
EMBA programs usually require a nearly two-year commitment of two long weekends on campus. For these programs, women make up less than 20%, and as low [...]
By Sheila Nielsen, JD/MSW
What are the two words you don’t want to hear in the worst economy since the 1930s?
“You’re fired.”
Let’s face it, though: More than at any time in recent memory, that’s the reality for associates in practice groups without enough work, for associates and partners whose contract position is not [...]