Legal Careers

Top tips for on campus interviews 

Preparing for OCIs (on campus interviews) can be intimidating. In just 20 minutes, interviewers will evaluate you...

Failing the bar is a momentary blip

New lawyering relies very little on your legal education or your bar exam preparation. Instead, it requires drawing on the vault of life experiences you have earned, your abilities as a competent person, and the "idea" that someone gave you a license.

How to get a job at a law firm (even without experience)

How do you make the transition from your studies to the office when you have no legal experience? Which firms should you apply to? What are hiring managers looking for?

Why are some women leaving their law careers?

Many women are leaving big firms due to work culture.

What makes a great LL.M. program?

Who wants to go back to law school? Who wants to return to the classroom, listen to professors,...

A week in the life of an online LL.M. warrior

Devon Partridge is studying online for an LL.M. from Loyola University Chicago. She works full-time, but by...
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The new career choice: the compliance attorney

Litigation or transaction? In most law schools, these are the two career options that you hear about...

Lawyers only bill 2.3 hours a day; what happens to the rest of it?

The average lawyer bills for less than 30% of their work day, and the same amount of...

Hot tech jobs for new lawyers

As technology transforms our world, the legal field is being stirred up and rearranged as never before. But...

Part-time options for lawyers are growing

Lawyers work hard. Who has not heard the horror stories of the long hours that young lawyers...

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