Many of you are aware of LawShucks which has become well known for keeping track of the number of lawyers and staff laid off from BigLaw. Recently someone began to post his/her thoughts under the title of The Laid Off Diary As I read the articles, I recognized that the…
AREA OF PRACTICE PREFERENCES If you are a lawyer who is dissatisfied, underemployed or unemployed, or a law students looking to the future, you may want to consider your options in a wide range of areas in which lawyers practice and then explore some of them in more depth. My…
Journalists of the legal media could be a force in correcting decades of law school misplacement. I just read the most recent of the plethora of articles focusing on placement offices and what they are doing for law students during this unique “challenging” “chill” inducing situation where more and more…
For information on the genesis of these posts and on who “Debra” is, click here and read the intro to “Debra and Ron Post 1.“ Ron: Would you counsel women law students toward or away from BigLaw? Debra: In my opinion, as I said in Post 1, training, opportunity,…
For information on the genesis of these posts and on who “Debra” is, click here and read the intro to “Debra and Ron Post 1.“ Ron: When I began to work as the public interest adviser at Harvard Law School in 1983, I knew that there were thousands of capable…
For information on the genesis of these posts and on who “Debra” is, click here and read the intro to “Debra and Ron Post 1.” Ron: As I have mentioned often, 95% of the women (and the men) who have graduated from “selective” law schools (not the best, just the…
I met Debra Snider on Twitter in a conversation about women & large law firms. That conversation led to a spirited email discussion, which we’ve broken down into four blog posts. After a distinguished 21-year legal and business career, Debra became an author and speaker. As a lawyer, she handled…
Envisioning Law Students Eliminating the Wasted Third Year of Law School “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”. Attributed to Margaret Meade There is so much that is defective about legal education. Many of the…
This is for discouraged lawyers (be they unemployed, underemployed or simply dissatisfied) and law students(1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls). Today I read this post by The Unemployed Lawyer who is in the Seattle area. Here is the comment I added to her blog. “I called the Washington State Bar Association and…
It is critically important at this time when there has been a decline in recruiting by the large law firms who have dominated campus interviewing to deemphasize employer outreach. A school unable to attract sufficient employer responses adds to the students’ frustration. Their self-esteem is diminished since they are not…