Preparing Tomorrow’s Lawyers Today Last December, I had lunch with a group of friends who I hadn’t seen since I started law school. So much had happened since the last time we were all together, making us eager to catch up and share what we’d been up to. Naturally, we all took turns sharing stories about our lives, but something shifted when it was my turn to speak. Faced with questions about...
5 Follow-Up Tips After the First Date For those of you who recently participated in the legal dog and pony show that we like to call “OCIs,” I extend a tip of the hat to you all for such a dedicated effort toward your future careers – however masochistic it might be. One can only hope now that the summer months spent personalizing those cover letters with a level of detail that would make a...
The importance of making a great first impression is one of those truths about the job interview that is so renowned, it has become a cliché. There is a significant amount of pressure placed on those first critical seconds of a new encounter or interview that supposedly define your relationship going forward.