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Lawyers and the CareerBuilder SuperBowl Ad
Admit it–if you’re thinking about leaving the law, you have felt EXACTLY like CareerBuilder’s brilliantly subversive commercial from the SuperBowl: “If you make loads of money,… more →
Leaving the Law
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 →
Educating Lawyers
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leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: No, this isn’t a rant about legal education (though I should do about a dozen of those, shouldn’t I? … 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 →
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 →
The Toolkit for Beginning Lawyer-Writers
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: To be a writer, all you have to do is write. Which sounds all fine and well and good in theory, but … more →
Lawyers Who Want to Write
leavinglaw wrote 1 year ago: So you think you might want to be a writer rather than practice law? Maybe it’s been a secret ambiti … more →
The Lawyer Personality
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leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: Hey baby, what’s your type? This isn’t just a schmutzy pickup line. Do you know your Meyers-Briggs P … more →
Challenging Your Own Precedent
leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: I knew I wasn’t going to get away with a simple “challenge precedent” message. Thanks for pushing me … more →
How Precedent Works Against You
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leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: Lawyers have such a hard time with exploring alternative careers. Simply put, it’s because they long … more →
Inexplicable Longings
leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: When I finally got serious about getting out of law, I worked with a career counselor and therapist … more →
Working Hard: The Lawyer Religion
leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: Lawyers love to talk about how hard they work. Who can blame them? Working — and billing — lots of h … more →
Which Came First, Depression or the Lawyer?
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leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: I want to expand a bit on yesterday’s post. How much does a BigLaw environment cause depression, as … more →
Evidence
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leavinglaw wrote 2 years ago: I once read that the traits most necessary to be a good lawyer were the ones that made it unbearable … more →
