Adam Anderson
Adam Anderson is an associate at Beus Gilbert in Scottsdale, AZ.
DIVERSIONS | Channeling creativity
FAMILY VALUE | Marriage vs. Billables
TRIAL TECH | Easy does it
METADATA | Secret Agent Man
TECH | G-whiz
LAUGHS | Leaping lizards
UNFAIR USE | What are the writers complaining about?
DOWN TIME | The pros of convalescence
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES | Everybody cut footloose
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF | Practicing sexy law
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | Don't take it personally
PRODUCTIVITY | Improving your billing ratio
ASSOCIATE LIFE | Discovery hell
EVASIVE ACTION | Handling headhunters
Tracey Batt
Tracey I. Batt is the Executive Director of New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Before joining NJVLA, she was the Associate Director and Legal Services Manager of Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York, where she practiced copyright and music licensing law for seven years.
IT'S RELATIVE | The worst client ever
ENTERTAINMENT | Celebrating Lawyers in the Arts
CASE LAW | The law is about people
NO FAIR | The deferred associate shuffle
JUST SAY YES | Ladies' Day
FASHION BACKWARD | Confessions of a high-paid fashion failure
OUTLOOK | Cheer up
SANITY CHECK | The hazards of working from home
HISTORY LESSON | The American tradition of the marathon drafting session
COINCIDENCE? | Maybe they are watching you
ARTS FUNDING | Imagine a world without art
WTF? | What R U thinking?
MONEY MATTERS | The golden handcuffs
BALANCING ACT | Do you work to live or live to work?
MENTORING | The Intern of Dorian Gray
OFFICE SPACE | Make your own kind of music
SOUL FOOD | Why pro bono work is like matzo ball soup
Greg Brown
Greg Brown is a litigation associate at Venable LLP. His practice focuses on the litigation and trial of complex technical matters, including construction, environmental, and intellectual property.
MY PEOPLE | Three ideal traits of the law firm lawyer
DENOUEMENT | Post-victory ennui
RECOLLECTIONS | Snapshots of a lawyer's life
AFFIRMATION | Was I a better lawyer in law school?
PERSPECTIVES | Anywhere attorney
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a partner at Lewis and Roca in Phoenix. Scott co-wrote the screenplay for the independent film, "Piccadilly Cowboy."
ETIQUETTE | Avoiding free advice
LIVES | Baby time
ACHIEVEMENTS | Keeping up
SCREENPLAY | My 'Office'
EARLY BIRD | Recruiting the future lawyers of America
ENDURANCE | Running on empty
CUTTING COSTS | Desperate times call for desperate measures
CABINET POSITIONS | Dept. of Office Sanitation
ETCETERA | Random thoughts
PARENTING | Bedtime stories for lawyers
FAMILY MATTERS | Wining and dining
BE PREPARED | Weathering life's storms
6-MINUTE INCREMENTS | Workin' from home
RESOLVE | Much ado about goals
CAREER ADVICE | First down and life to go
BULL MARKET BLUES | Recession, anyone?
WORK-LIFE BALANCE | Lawyer-Father of the Year
BILLING THE ROADTRIP | How to make your family vacation more productive
The Disassociate
The Disassociate is an anonymous, irreverent look at the humorous side of life as a law firm associate.
CHUTZPAH FOR MOOLA | What's so funny about life in the law?
LOOK BUSY | Tips for first-year success
TABLE TURNING | Survey says
CAREER ALTERNATIVES | Sell 160,000 hot dogs
FIRST IMPRESSIONS | The summer associate guide to success
BALANCE OF POWERS | Planet of the associates
PLAY IT COOL | Preparing for the march of the summers
VALENTINE'S DAY | How do I love the law, let me count the ways
SILVER BELLS | The accidental party-goers' guide to etiquette
STAYING CURRENT | Legal buzzwords
SPAMTASTIC WRITING | What law students and lawyers can learn from spam
2L TORTURE | Don't fall interviewing
BILLABLE HOURS | The legendary biller
REPLY BUTTON | E-mail etiquette with a twist
ASSOCIATE COMMITTEES | The politics of association
ASSOCIATE ATTRITION | What to expect when you're expecting a JD
RING AND RUN | Games lawyers play
TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT | New Year's Resolutions
THE THIRD YEAR | Universal partnership
LEAVING THE FIRM | Farewell, umm, my friend
ASSOCIATE MEETINGS | Ask questions and eat, eat, eat
PERKS | What young lawyers want
FAQ | Meaningful mentoring
CO-WORKERS | A special something for that someone special (you can't stand)
ACTING LIKE A PROFESSIONAL | Attention deficit new order
RECRUITING TIME | Don't fail this fall
FIRST-YEAR | Acting like a lawyer
GETTING TIME OFF | How I spent my summer vacation
TRAINING | To the summers go the spoils
Ari Kaplan
Ari Kaplan is a lawyer and a writer who teaches popular in-house programs for lawyers and summer associates on how to get published and master organic self-promotion. Thomson-West will release his book on the topic, The Opportunity Maker, this spring.
CAREER | Disney-style business development
LAW SCHOOLS | End of an era?
OPPORTUNITIES | Guarantee an interview
NONLAWYERING | Tap your creativity for a second career
WEB 2.0 | Let summer associates be your guides to social networking
OPPORTUNITIES | Networking is key to navigating recession
NEW DIRECTIONS | Stand out under an Obama administration
PERSEVERANCE | Be like Barack
GUIDANCE | The art of asking for advice
NEXT STEPS | Take the bar, then take stock
GETTING AHEAD | The other 10% of life
WRITING | Spring forward and get published
TURNING TECH | You need to get out more
Amy J. McMaster
Amy J. McMaster is an associate in the environmental department at Venable in Washington. Her practice focuses on both criminal defense and civil regulatory compliance.
GUIDANCE | Artful mentoring
MID-CAREER CRISIS | The Path to Partnership
DEPT. OF VIRTUES| Practicing patience
WORK-LIFE BALANCE | Stay centered
E-MESSES | Thumbs of fury
LAYOVERS | Searching for my traveling Zen
GEN Y AT WORK | The changing landscape
PERSPECTIVES | From the other side
ASSOCIATE SALARIES | Price wars
BILLABLE HOURS | Vacation Anxiety
SUMMER ASSOCIATES | We were summers once
AFTER HOURS | Work Hard, Play Hard
MAKING DEADLINES | Two minutes too late
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS | Raising The Bar
FIRM SPORTS | Take me out to the ball game
EXIT STRATEGIES | A Useful Degree
CSI EFFECT | Yet another excuse for juror apathy?
PUBLIC FACE | So, you're an attorney, you say?
EVENING WEAR | Looking Swank and Professional
SALARIES | Sticker shock
Ellisen S. Turner
Ellisen Turner is an associate at the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella where his practice includes intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. You may reach him at eturner@irell.com.
ELECTION '08 | How good politics are like bad lawyering
MISSTEPS | Own up to your mistakes
TRIAL TACTICS | Preparing to win
MENTORING | Provide direction, not dictation
RELATIONSHIPS | On love and justice
PRETEXT STOPS | I've changed, but the profile hasn't
SUMMER FICTION | The Legion
RANDOM ALCHEMY | Choosing the right law firm
MANAGING STRESS | A lawyer's panorama
PRESENTING THE EVIDENCE | What the heart sees, the brain believes
THE JUMPER | One dark night at the firm
REAL REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE | Join the bar, see the world
ATTORNEY CONDUCT | The Dogs of War
WAYSIDE FLOWERS | Collecting evidence in complex litigation
MAINTAINING FOCUS | The life and death of a mid-level associate
RETAINING LOCAL COUNSEL | Lessons from my Hawaiian honeymoon
TAKING DEPOSITIONS | Lessons from the Ring
LESSONS FROM BUNNY | Beauty is truth
CAREER ADVICE
Steven C. Bennett
Steven Bennett is a partner in the New York City offices of Jones Day and a member of the firm's Training Committee. His publications include: The Path to Partnership: A Guide For Junior Associates (Praeger 2004).
HORIZONS | New approaches to law firm recruitment
AVOIDING MISSTEPS | First, do no harm
ON TIME | Why am I always late?
DIRECTIONS | Switching practice areas
CAUTION | Dealing with a difficult boss
CAREER TIPS | Communication skills are crucial to succeed
COMMUNICATION | Mastering the art of elevator talk
TRAVEL | On the road again
CONFLICT RESOLUTION | Anger management 101
DEPT. OF KARMA | What goes around
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | The right time for feedback
TEAMWORK | Why practicing 'stealth law' is a bad idea
JOB HUNT | Working with headhunters
TRANSITIONING | Saying farewell with tact
MEGA PROJECTS | Coming up for air
MAKING YOUR BONES | Scut work
MONOTONOUS LAW LIFE | Pigeon-holed
PROFESSIONALLY AWKWARD | Aftermath of office dating
JUMPING SHIP | Follow the partner?
GETTING STARTED | Deferring a clerkship
BILLABLE HOURS | 'Shorting' your time
COOLER HEADS PREVAIL | 'Flaming' office e-mail
FOR GOODNESS SAKE | Doing Pro bono
D.A. PARLAY | From prosecutor to civil practice
MOVES | Philadelphia lawyer relocating to New York
CHANGING GEARS | Shifting from solo to firm life
DOMO ARIGATO | Leveraging language skills
SECOND LIFE | Finding work as a second-career lawyer
MOVING UP | Getting respect as a staff attorney
CAREER ADVICE | Frequently asked career questions
William A. Chamberlain
William A. Chamberlain is assistant dean, Law Career Strategy and Advancement, Northwestern University School of Law.
RULES | The latest casualty of the economic crisis
OCI SEASON | Take the long view home
RESILIENCE | Reasons to be optimistic about a law career
SELF-ASSESSMENT | An upside of recession: opportunity for reevaluation
IT'S A NEW YEAR | 10 resolutions for job-seekers
FIRST-YEARS | Stay Focused
CAREER CENTER | It's not too late
JOB INTERVIEWS | Scared and seeking work
INTERNATIONAL STUDY | How I spent my spring break
SPRING BREAK | Study abroad, mate
1L SUMMERS | Advice for first-year students seeking summer jobs
STATS | How I learned to stop worrying and love the numbers
TYPES | Bringing personality to orientation
STUDENT SATISFACTION | How the customer metaphor is undermining career services
ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS| The joy of approaching summer
TRIVIAL PURSUITS| When interviewer asks, "So what do you do in your free time?"
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | What does professionalism mean?
STAYING THE COURSE | Reflection on Generation Y in law school
CAREER SERVICES | Looking beyond the first job
OCI INEFFICIENCIES | August: the first month of fall
CAREER SERVICES | A long-term relationship
KNOW YOURSELF | The Benefits of Self-Assessment
