The Lawyers Career Blog

Choices, choices, choices.  Whenever you are interviewing for a new job, you are confronted with many, many choices.  You may not even consciously realize it, but during a job search you are constantly making calculated choices from the kinds of … [more]

Part 2:  The In-House Counsel Interview Dale Carnegie told us almost a century ago that, “you can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years making them interested in you.”  Those words are … [more]

[Statistics in this article can be found here.] It has been a hot topic in the news for the last two years, and it has been the subject of several high-profile corporate lawsuits, executive compensation.  The metrics that companies use … [more]

Part 1:  The Law Firm Interview  “Know your audience.”  You likely have heard that advice countless times in your law school research and writing class.  For writers, for speakers, for entertainers, the mantra of “knowing your audience” is vital to … [more]

Emotional intelligence – it is the kind of soft skill that has great power in all human interactions, but it gets relatively short-shrift in the legal and business world. Just take a look at the resumes your legal department receives … [more]

It cannot be said frequently enough – look before you leap.  When the realization hits you that your current firm or company is not the place where you want to be, you may get that urge to look for an … [more]

A major part of the recruiting work we do at Princeton Legal Search Group is focused on growing in house legal departments and helping our clients find talented in-house counsel.  Every day we speak to talented law firm candidates who … [more]

“Climbing the corporate ladder” was always the plan, right?  You would land that law firm or in-house counsel job, and then put your nose to the grindstone and slowly advance through the ranks to partner or general counsel.  Well, as … [more]

It has been a bumpy ride for corporations, and the economy in general, over the last few years.  Indeed, managing a legal department in any company, big or small, is not for the faint of heart.  Not only is the … [more]

We all know the basics of getting a job.  You need to spruce up your resume.  You use that resume to get some interviews.  An employer, at some point, will make you an offer.  Finally, you close the deal.  Simple, … [more]