Vivia Chen

Vivia Chen is a senior columnist at The American Lawyer and the creator of The Careerist blog.

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  • May 17, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Dumb, dumber, dumbest

    There's no shortage of inappropriate/bad/weird behavior by members of the legal profession in the news. Here are some top contenders for the week: Sore loser of the week:/stro

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • August 4, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Boies Schiller: Work hard, very Hard, then count the moolah

    We're taking a break from our roster of megafirms to speak with Alan Vickery, hiring partner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner. As every law student knows, the firm was founded by litigation superst

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • June 16, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    The law firm as socialist fishbowl

    Would you ever reject a job offer because the decor of the law firm wasn't up to snuff? Would you think twice about joining a firm where the partner's office was as dinky as that of a lowly a

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • January 10, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Careers: Sober up, then have a stiff drink

    The following post was originally published in the January issue of The American Lawyer. At first blush, it seems almost an embarrassment of riches--the achievements of the 4

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • October 8, 2012 | The Careerist

    Careers: How potent is your lipstick?

    At the The Careerist, we always take a broad view about what falls under the career umbrella. Here are some curious news items that you might have missed: 1. Read my

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • September 11, 2013 | The Careerist

    Sex and Power at Harvard Business School

    I don't know whether I should feel optimistic or discouraged about what's going on at Harvard Business School on the gender front. As a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • April 25, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Sympathetic with hunters and fed up with animal protectionists

    Postscript. In light of some of the comments received on this post, I'd like to make one thing clear: In no way does this blog advocate or condone violence of any kind. Thi

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • June 6, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Paul Weiss's poor partner

    Let's count the perks that come with being a lawyer at a big firm. Don't worry, this won't take long. There's the car service that whisks you home when you work until the wee hours of the morni

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • August 10, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Careers: Blame the babies

    How many kids does it take to kill a woman's career? Sorry to make those little darlings culprits, but that's the question that a href="http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/staff/anna-zhu-802.html

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • October 10, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    What one law firm can teach the Red Sox

    Michael Summersgill, the hiring partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is sitting down with The Careerist today to discuss the hiring scene at the 1,000 lawyer firm. strong

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

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