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InsideJustice.com
Professional and educational opportunities for lawyers, law students and law professors.
Feminist Legal Theory
News stories about women in the legal workplace and political arena.
a blawg for the rest of us
"The view from the majority."
FiegerTime
Geoffrey Fieger engages in an open conversation with blog readers all the while providing his take on any number of topics.
Thelen the Pain
"Thelen the Pain is a support site for the recently or about-to-be laid off employees of Thelen, a soon-to-be defunct global law firm."
A New Duck
"Recent law school grad, single mother, public interest lawyer. Proving it can be done (if the student loan people don't get me first)." Posts cover everything from the blogger's courtroom battles to her daughter's adventures at day care and generally document the struggles of burning the candle at both ends. This blog periodically hosts the weekly MILP (Moms in Law Practice) Roundup of recent posts by other lawyer-mother-bloggers.
A Woman in Law School
"Law school from a woman's perspective. Topics include class observations, book reviews, feminism, and a variety of legal issues of interest."
Lawyerist
"The lawyering survival guide, featuring posts on blogging, careers, ethics, marketing, going paperless, practice management, starting a law firm, and technology."
GGU School of Law: Law Career Services
"Information, tips and notifications for law students and graduates."
Portland Contract Lawyering
"Promotes solo practice and freelance legal work and discusses changes in the legal profession, modern law practice and technology, and legal research and writing."
The Recovering Lawyer
"Features posts for high-achieving lawyers who are dissatisfied with their current career. We focus on helping those lawyers discover and land their true life's career and to handling the angst and anxiety of being in the wrong career. It is a forum of support, although many of the subscribers would rather remain anonymous."
Lawdable
"Lawdable is a forum for in-house and managing attorneys to discover and share information related to the issues they face on a daily basis. Through a 'best practices' approach, the blog provides commentary from experts in a wide range of areas, citing specific client examples of progressive and innovative (or 'laudable') initiatives that have helped legal departments become more efficient and economical without sacrificing quality. More specifically, it focuses on national issues and general commentary on the use of attorneys in a nontraditional manner, issues affecting legal departments on a daily basis and how both new and tested approaches can offer solutions, litigation support and e-discovery, best practices regarding technology implementation and efficiency training methods for teams of attorneys, and the work-life balance sought by attorneys."
Lawyer-Coach
Tips on topics that law school never taught you about—the business of running a law practice. It also helps lawyers find ways to make their practices more enjoyable and meaningful.
The Posse List
"We report on all facets of the contract attorney industry and we maintain 60-plus Listservs, which send out contract attorney jobs every day to our 12,000-member base. We also post several articles/commentaries daily."
Tax Grotto
"A movers and shakers column for the global tax market. It focuses on senior tax and finance moves at law firms, accountancy firms and within industry."
associate attrition statistic-to-be …
"This blog contains the observations, tribulations, and [occasional] triumphs of an anonymous junior associate who doesn't quite fit in ... and looks forward to the day when the law school loans are paid off and the freedom to do anything with a law degree becomes reality."
Leadership and Women Lawyers
"Provides resources to women and men who have an interest in developing and supporting women in leadership positions in law firms and law departments. The site includes links to reviewed sites, helpful resources and commentary."
News for the Mormon Legal Community
"Providing practicing attorneys, law students, and pre-law students with the latest in the market."
Darling Hill
"Where life and flexible lawyering meet. Where there's no shame in the mommy track (or daddy track). Where lawyers come to find flexible lawyer jobs, alternative legal career ideas and work/life balance. The legal niche for part-time lawyers, stay-at-home lawyers, and work-from-home lawyers."
The Young Texas Lawyer
"Dedicated to giving young lawyers the resources they need to survive in their new lives as professionals. The transition from school to life as an attorney is difficult without some guidance and knowledge-sharing. The purpose of this site is to inform attorneys, both young and old, through the use of articles, links, and collaboration."