Careers & Job Search
Building a legal career: the job search, resumes and interviews, moving firms or in-house, and planning the path ahead.
Negotiating Salary as a Junior Lawyer
Junior lawyers often accept the first number offered. Knowing when and how to negotiate, even at the start of your career, can make a real difference.
Career Planning for Your First Five Years in Law
The first five years of a legal career set patterns that are hard to change later. Thinking deliberately about them early is worth more than most lawyers realize.
Returning to Legal Practice After a Career Break
Returning to law after a break is more navigable than it looks. Honest answers to the questions that come up most often for lawyers considering re-entry.
A Legal Resume That Gets Interviews
Most legal resumes look nearly identical. Small, specific changes to structure and language make yours the one a hiring partner actually reads to the end.
Preparing for Your First Lawyer Job Interview
Your first lawyer interview is not a test of raw intelligence. It rewards specific preparation, and most candidates skip most of it.
A Quiet Personal Brand That Brings You Work
A professional reputation that generates referrals is built slowly, not announced. What actually works for lawyers who want to be known for something real.
What Nobody Tells You Before You Move In-House
Going from a firm to an in-house legal role changes more than your commute. The work, the expectations, and the skills that matter all shift in ways worth understanding first.
Moving from Private Practice into Policy or Government
Government legal work and policy roles are a distinct career path, not a fallback option. What the transition actually involves and how to pursue it seriously.
Leaving a Legal Job Without Burning Bridges
How you leave a firm matters more than most lawyers expect in a community this connected. A practical and honest look at making a professional exit.
Choosing a Niche Early in Your Legal Career
The window for choosing a practice direction is narrower than most junior lawyers realize. Here is why specializing early tends to produce better outcomes than staying broad.
Finding a Mentor, and Being Worth Mentoring
Good mentors do not appear automatically. You have to find them, earn their time, and show up consistently. Here is how to do all three.
Making a Clean Lateral Move Between Firms
A step-by-step guide to searching confidentially, navigating the offer, and leaving your current firm in a way that protects your reputation.