Vivia Chen

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

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  • March 20, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Columbia and NYU strike back at critics

    Two bigwigs of legal education—Columbia and NYU law schools—are not taking recent criticism about their graduates' job prospects lying down. Yesterday, I blogged about how

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • August 28, 2012 | The Careerist

    Pregnant and on the hunt for a new job. Seriously?

    Would you have the nerve to go after a high-profile job while pregnant? Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.'s new CEO, apparently did. Five months pregnant at the time, she didn't hesitate about int

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • September 6, 2012 | The Careerist

    Who says lawyers are lacking in sensual appetites?

    Perhaps every lawyer should be required to take a class in poetry. I'm always a bit taken aback when I read something beautifully constructed by a lawyer (no, I'm not talki

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • January 9, 2013 | The Careerist

    The Careerist: Your boss is a new dad - too bad for you

    What happens when your boss becomes a parent? Does it make him/her more compassionate? More respectful of your personal space? More lovable? Or does it mean you'll be dumped with more work

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • April 18, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    From Russia with Love?

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    By Vivia Chen

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  • December 1, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Sexual harassment is not all bad

    To all the readers who have been complaining that The Careerist gets too uptight (click a target="_blank" href="http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecareerist/2011/10/women-associates-get-lower-scor

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • July 12, 2012 | The Careerist

    Summer law firm outing: Bikini, Takini or Chador?

    It's July, and the summer outing is looming. If you're working in New York, it will probably be at some partner's shingled palace in the Hamptons or his bucolic farmhouse in Connecticut,

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • December 19, 2012 | The Careerist

    Lawyer tells judge to F#*k off!

    Which one went over the edge—the lawyer who muttered to a court official that the judge should "get the f--- off all my cases"? Or the judge who held the lawyer in contempt and

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • February 7, 2013 | The Careerist

    Study: Married couples who abide by traditional gender roles have better sex lives

    Uh-oh. I dread telling you about this latest study—but here goes: Married couples who abide by traditional gender roles in performing household duties have better love lives. Yup,

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • December 22, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Careers: Clients pushing firms to change? Don't believe it

    Dear Managing Partners: Chill. Like, I know you've been so stressed lately. Like, all that pressure from clients, consultants, and those know-it-all young lawyers. Like, they've

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

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