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How to thrive in this job market

Excerpt from Richard Hermann's book, "The Lawyer's Guide to Finding Success in Any Job Market."

Best law firms for women

Recession spurs greater focus on work-life balance in ranking by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers

The Ultimate Guide to Legal Employers

The most prestigious. The highest-rated. The best firms to work for. We have compiled all the information into one handy guide on the 100 largest legal employers. 

Best firms for work-life balance

Work-life programs have become a necessity in today’s business environment, recruiters and managers say. Over the past few decades, the makeup of law firms has changed dramatically, forcing firms to become more flexible to keep their attorneys happy.

Epstein and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC

Deborah Epstein Henry seemingly has it all — three healthy sons, a successful career as a commercial litigator and now a widely recognized consulting service that helps law firms and businesses develop work-life practices. But it wasn’t always this way.

Building a Better Legal Profession

What started as a small group of committed law students has blossomed into a national effort — and a soon-to-be published book — that hopes to change the way law firms work.

Life as a summer associate

Whether it was working at a law firm, clerking for a judge or doing humanitarian work overseas, these four law students spent their summer honing their skills and learning new lessons. 

The current state of firm recruiting

Employers issued a median of 40 and an average of 86 callback invitations to current second-year students for summer 2009 programs, according to the National Association of Law Placement. Nationwide, 74 percent of these callback invitations were accepted. 


 

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Challenging law to change lives

Recent University of Florida law grad makes waves in criminal defense, advocacy. 

 

 

 

 

A holistic approach to solving legal problems

Two Texas Tech law grads discuss their work in alternative dispute resolution. 

 

 

  

 

In-house counsel

A recent New York Law School graduate finds balance working in real estate law and within his community

 

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