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Jobs Website Sees Big Leap in Openings for Lawyers and Others in Legal Sector

Job openings in the legal industry jumped nearly 97 percent in December, compared to the same month last year, according to a jobs search engine. The figures are from Simply Hired, the New York Times reports. The search engine has posted about 5 million job postings in all industries that…

Feb 1, 2011 1:57 PM CST

Fla. Lawyer Who Touts His Psychic Abilities Lands Job as Deputy Court Clerk

A Florida lawyer who touts his ability to speak with the dead has landed a $90,000-a-year job helping run the court clerk’s office in Brevard County. Mark Anthony calls himself “the psychic lawyer” on his website. He says he got the chief deputy job in the clerk’s office because of…

Feb 1, 2011 1:38 PM CST

Winston & Strawn Said to Offer Jobs to About Three-Quarters of Howrey’s Partners

About three-quarters of Howrey’s partners have reportedly gotten offers from Winston & Strawn, a onetime potential merger partner. According to the Recorder, the job offers were made over the weekend. A recruiter familiar with the situation told the publication that all partners got job offers unless they had a conflict…

Feb 1, 2011 12:27 PM CST

Why I Love Being a Lawyer

(Seriously)

Feb 1, 2011 11:00 AM CST

Hunting Happy: In Grim Times, a Search for Joy in Law Practice Gains Ground

Michael Melcher: “Career change is half intention, half serendipity.” Photo by Sara Stathas Today, Gretchen Rubin is happy. But back when she was a lawyer clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, she had a nagging feeling that the career she had worked so hard to build might…

Feb 1, 2011 10:39 AM CST

Myths About Happy Lawyers

1) There aren’t any. In surveys of all occupations, lawyers are in the middle of the pack. They are less happy than those in jobs that offer pleasurable social connections: hairdressers, ministers and educators; more satisfied than roofers and gas station attendants, workers in pressure-driven jobs that offer little intellectual…

Feb 1, 2011 10:30 AM CST

Letters: Kudos for Comic Book

“Navigating the Law,” December, highlights a positive step in the right direction—the Youth Justice Board in New York City and its instructional comic book for teens, I Got Arrested! Now What? While I have not seen the actual contents, I can tell you from years of firsthand experience that far…

Feb 1, 2011 10:00 AM CST

Pending High Court Decisions Fan Interest in Fantasy League

The words fantasy player and U.S. Supreme Court have never had a reason to be heard in the same breath, but for any law geek who’s ever dreamed of serving as the 10th justice, your fancy now can be fulfilled. The year-old website FantasySCOTUS lets aspiring Supreme Court justices, legal…

Feb 1, 2011 9:40 AM CST

Law School? Bag It, Bloggers Say

More disgruntled grads are ‘scamblogging’ their job frustrations

Feb 1, 2011 8:40 AM CST

Strong Words: A Sense of Injustice Can Empower a Jury to Undo a Wrong for Your Client

Illustration by John Schmelzer It took Mike Reynolds and Sandra Garcia—two bright young lawyers—less than three weeks after starting work at Windstrom & Crusher to decide that the firm was both uncivilized and unprofessional. They gave notice on Monday that they were leaving, and on Friday morning they were all…

Feb 1, 2011 8:26 AM CST

Firms’ Re-Entry Programs Open Doors

Almost 21 years after leaving the law when her twins, the second and third of six children, were born, Cynthia Wells returned last July and picked up almost where she’d left off. Though the firm’s name and technology had changed, Wells nestled easily into her former practice group in Sidley…

Feb 1, 2011 8:06 AM CST

Book ‘Clutch’ Cites David Boies as Exemplar of Success

Major sports figures come to mind as newsman Paul Sullivan talks about the qualities that distinguish those who succeed under extreme pressure in his appropriately titled book, Clutch. There are five key characteristics of clutch players, Sullivan writes: focus, discipline, adaptability, being present in the moment, and being driven by…

Feb 1, 2011 7:30 AM CST

Very Superstitious: Some Find Legal Inspiration Through Spiritual Means

As an independent investigative lawyer often charged with tracking down missing persons, Charles Eric Gordon seeks inspiration wherever he can find it. Sometimes that means turning to the early 20th century Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. “The man was so intuitive,” says Gordon, 58, who can recite from memory the intricacies…

Feb 1, 2011 7:20 AM CST

Law on the Open Road: One Man’s Avocation has Become His Niche

Age 4 was formative for Norman Gregory Fernandez. he learned to ride his first mini-motorcycle, and that same year he announced to his father that he was going to be an attorney—so he could live in a mansion, of course. Today, many clients of the law offices of Norman Gregory…

Feb 1, 2011 7:00 AM CST

Average Howrey PPP Plummeted to $550K in 2010, Ex-Partner Says

Average profit per partner at Howrey plummeted to $550,000 in 2010, former law firm vice-chair Henry Bunsow told the Washingtonian’s Capital Comment Blog. While that may still sound like a lot of money, that compares to PPP of about $846,000 in 2009 and $1.3 million in 2008, the magazine notes.…

Jan 31, 2011 11:40 PM CST