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Suspect ADD? A Few Insights for Attorneys
If you’re unhappy in law because you hate the lack of creativity in it, despise having to show each tiny piss-ante step of reasoning when it’s freaking OBVIOUS how you got there, get bored… more →
Leaving the Law
Suspect ADD? A Few Insights for Attorneys
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leavinglaw wrote 2 months ago: If you’re unhappy in law because you hate the lack of creativity in it, despise having to show … more →
Lawyers and the CareerBuilder SuperBowl Ad
leavinglaw wrote 10 months ago: Admit it–if you’re thinking about leaving the law, you have felt EXACTLY like CareerBuil … more →
What do you get when leaving law?
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: When I was thinking about leaving law, I focused a lot on all the things I would lose: Money Status … more →
Do Law Firm Layoffs Have to Happen? Part 1
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: So Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal axed 37 attorneys not long ago. Plus another 90 or so support s … more →
Depression and Its Toll on Lawyers
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: The California Bar Journal is running an article “Depression and Its Heavy Toll on Lawyers, … more →
A Law Student Tells It Like It Is
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: My new hero for the day is Amelia Rawls. She is a 1L at Yale (don’t roll your eyes yet), and w … more →
Get On Your Hobby Horse
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: It used to be normal, even expected, for adults to have hobbies. You know, something you pursue just … more →
Friday Files: Lawyers and Carolyn Hax
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another one of my guilty addictions: Carolyn Hax’s Tell Me About It columns and o … more →
Finding a Career Coach
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: Some of the best money I ever spent was on a career coach who helped me actually get out of law. I’d … more →
Plunging into the Alternative Legal Career Search
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: Writing and changing to an alternative legal career have a lot in common. Your mindset going in is a … more →
Dress Codes: Been There, Done That
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: I completely cracked up at the Jan. 31 WSJ article on how unprofessionally Millenial lawyers dress. … more →
Some of My Best Friends Are Lawyers
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: So looking back on my posts, one might reasonably conclude that I don’t like lawyers. Not so! Some o … more →
Law Firms and Work-Life Balance--um, rite
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: So I’ve been reading a couple of blogs that discuss whether law firms are becoming more hospitable t … more →
The Truth About Your Evil Colleagues
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: I tend to believe the best about people when I start working with them — for example, that the … more →
Exploring Who You Are
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: Do you know who you are? It’s easy to answer that kind of question with a job title, but that won’t … more →
Great Accessories for Your ADD-friendly Calendar
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: I admit it, I’m a Levenger junkie. I think their Circa system, with its capability to transfer … more →
Lawyer Layoffs and the Prospect of Temping
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: I can tell from the blog’s search stats a lot of you are worried about layoffs. Not that I needed st … more →
Friday Files: Rough Justice
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: My clerkship time on the Federal Circuit coincided with the tenure one of the legends of the patent … more →
Lawyers Without Hearts, part 2
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: When you’re in an environment that devalues emotions and morals, and holds up money and winnin … more →
