LawyerAvenue Press is proud to announce the publication of our newest title: From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job: Winning Job Search Strategies for Entry-Level Attorneys, by Richard Hermann.
Published in January, it’s one of the fastest selling titles on the law school circuit, and this week the book received one of its [...]
LawyerAvenue Press is proud to announce the publication of Carolyn Elefant’s new, two-book set for the solo practitioner:
Solo by Choice 2011/2012:, How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be
Solo by Choice, The Companion Guide: 34 Questions That Could Transform Your Legal Career
Now in a 2nd edition, Solo by Choice 2011/2012 is widely [...]
As we move closer to the Presidential election, LawyerAvenue is proud to make available a handmade replica of the historic Presidential rug emblazoned with the Great Seal of the United States.
This gorgeous, five-foot circular rug – as seen in the Oval Office of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations — is hand-dyed and hand-woven [...]
Q: I failed my state bar exam. Will I be fired from the law firm where I work?
A: Failing the bar once, even more than once, is demoralizing and depressing. But it happens, and, yes, it happens to graduates of Ivy League and Tier One schools. Most BigLaw firms will hand out a ‘Get Out [...]
Q: Are law firms making hiring decisions now based on more than traditional interviews and GPA?
A. Yes. At least one BigLaw firm (McKenna, Long and Aldridge) has gone “corporate” to make sure they make the right hiring decisions. Soon after the recession hit in 2007, the firm’s hiring committee identified the factors and characteristic of [...]
Q: I am a non-equity partner/senior associate in a mid-size firm. I’ve always done respectable work, but I’ve never been good at business development. I’m concerned that I am at risk of getting pushed out to make room for a younger, less-experienced lawyer at the firm. How concerned should I be?
A: In the current firm [...]
Q: I make a good, six-figure income as a 4th year BigLaw associate, but I’m putting in sweat-shop hours … 2300/year. I’d like to move on when I’m able to pay off my school loans next year. But does it make sense to leave the firm … and all that goes with it … both [...]
Q: I graduate this year. But with my grades/class standing, I’m not sure I can get a position in major or mid-size firm. What are my options in this economy?
A: Give serious thought to a position at a small firm, preferably in a non-major city. Once hired, you probably will get as much — if [...]
SEATTLE, Nov. 8 – Twenty percent of America’s lawyers practice in towns smaller than 50,000 population, but with the legal job market still in free-fall more lawyers than ever before are actively considering opening a small town or rural practice.
In the absence of any current resources, LawyerAvenue Press, publisher of Solo By Choice, signed Bruce [...]
Raise your hand if, at your last job interview, the interview asked you one of these five questions:
a) Why are you interested in working at this firm?
b) Tell me about your last big mistake? How did you handle it?
c) What attributes do you have that would instill client confidence?
d) What is your favorite and least favorite aspects of teamwork?
e) If [...]