lawyers

Lawyers, Introverts, and Whether Doctors, Pilots, Attorneys, or Shampooers are top-paying careers.

by Marissa on 23 May 2008

Introverts + Law Careers = A Good Fit The ABA Journal noted a recent Washington Post article that ranks “lawyer” as as the #6 best career for introverts. (Which I find especially interesting because I usually think of the ideal lawyer as being a perpetual rainmaker, uber-extrovert. Funny how what we think we see and [...]

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My Life At Work, as Told By Dilbert

by Marissa on 20 May 2007

Perusing my Dilbert collection today, I noticed that I can quite accurately describe my life as a new attorney in a large firm by using only Dilbert cartoons and some brief captions. So I present to you, "Rissa’s Life as a Lawyer, as Told by Dilbert." As a junior associate, you leap at any project, [...]

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You’re Just Getting Straw, and She’s Getting Heavy-Duty Dung

by Marissa on 17 September 2006

The subject of today’s post comes from an episode of Wife Swap, an oddly addictive show. There’s a marathon on ABC Family today that I’ve had playing in the background as I’ve done Sunday chores and whatnot. So, I’ve had two weeks at work, and yes, I do love being back at that office. I [...]

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1 week down

by Marissa on 9 September 2006

I have one week at The Firm under my belt. By my calculations, that means I have a mere 442 weeks until I (hopefully) make partner, and only 1,819 weeks until retirement! The first week was fine, and was 99% training and orientation. We traveled to Indianapolis for our firm-wide orientation, and I somehow acquired [...]

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Day Uno at The Firm

by Marissa on 6 September 2006

Just a quick note this morning to let you all know that yes, indeed, Day Uno at The Firm has come and gone, and it went fine. So far, it’s been just orientation and training, basically, and that’s what the rest of this week will bring. I’ll be diving into more substantive work next week [...]

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Quote it! The lawyer high

by Marissa on 14 August 2006

I found the following entry on a relatively new lawyer’s blog, and it made me remember how I felt last summer when I was working at The Firm, and why I was so, so, SO excited to get the offer of employment. And I thought it sort of nicely sums up an answer to the [...]

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Quote it! Do you know who in the hell you’re talking to?

by Marissa on 28 June 2006

Former presidential candidate Thomas Dewey returned to his law practice as a senior partner of the Dewey Ballantine firm in Atlanta, Georgia. He was known as a rather gruff and demanding lawyer. One Saturday morning he placed a call to his firm from his home in an Atlanta suburb. The telephone rang in the firm’s [...]

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Law school may not “keep your options open”

by Marissa on 25 June 2006

In the June 23rd, 2006, Wall Street Journal, Cameron Stracher writes: The legal profession is really two professions: the elite lawyers and everyone else. Most of the former start out at big law firms. Many of the latter never find gainful legal employment. Instead, they work at jobs that might be characterized as “quasi-legal”: paralegals, [...]

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