My Attorney Blog
Commentary on the working life of a contract attorney in Washington D.C. and temporary legal staffing.
Author: "Temp Partner."
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Recent Posts from My Attorney Blog
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The Great Law School and Law Firm Scam
Disregard Anything Positive I’ve Ever Said About Contract Attorney Work – I’ve Finally Come To My Senses It has been over a year since I posted here and much has happened. For one thing, I’m…
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Still Stuck On The Same Gig And Starting To Forget What It’s Like To Be Between Projects
Contract attorney work, particularly when it only involves document review can be mind numbingly boring sometimes. If I didn’t pride myself on having several extra curricular and non contract attorney related ventures on the side,…
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How Much Do Contract Attorneys Make In Terms Of Wage Rate?
The answer to this question is the same answer that every law school graduate and trained attorney should be prepared to quip for any question they are asked – “it all depends”. Of course, whether…
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The Bar Goes After A Contract Attorney For Overbilling – Hypocrisy Or The Right Move?
Overbilling has always been a problem in the legal community among law firm associates, law firm partners, and even contract attorneys alike. Such matters have traditionally been either overlooked or summarily resolved internally due to…
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Chasing The Dream, But The Dream Has Changed – What Now?
It’s been years since I graduated from law school, clerked, worked a few “real” attorney jobs, and yet I find myself now sitting at my workstation, pondering my situation. The world stream is passing me…
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Downsides Of Working Long Hours – Health Problems, Boredom, and Strange Schedules
With all this talk about the possibility and ramifications of legal outsourcing to English speaking, low labor cost countries like India, we forget that the downsides of contract legal work go along with it, as…
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Uh Oh, Your Project Is Over. Now What Do You Do?
Projects come and go but it’s always a bummer when they end unexpectedly. I think as much as contract attorneys like to convince themselves that the project might go on and on for months or…
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Legal Staffing Agencies Offer Referral Fees and Working Bonuses, But Getting Them To Pay Up Can Sometimes Be A Challenge
Pouring on the incentives is how placement agencies entice contract attorneys to submit themselves for hard to staff projects. I can always tell when the agencies are having a hard time filling a law firm’s…
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Reasons Why Your Legal Staffing Agency Is Ignoring Your E-Mails And Calls
So your project is over…or you are trying to get onto a temporary lawyer assignment for the first time. You’ve been calling all of your legal staffing agencies every day inquiring about available projects but…
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Working As a Contract Attorney Requires A Lot Of Faith
I’m not trying to get religious but I just want to draw an analogy (maybe it’s a bit of a stretch). Ever heard the phrase – “there are no atheists in foxholes”? Well then similarly,…