Careers

Law Grad, 32: Don’t Do What I Did

A 32-year-old Boston University law graduate is on a one-woman crusade to save others from making the same mistakes she made. High on Kirsten Wolf’s list of don’ts is spending the time—and especially the money—she did to get a law degree. Now saddled with $87,000 in educational debt that she…

Jan 16, 2008 10:39 PM CST

Retire in Your 40s? Yes, at U.K. Megafirm

Retiring at age 40-something probably isn’t a realistic goal for most lawyers. But in a move that may be viewed with envy by partners at some U.S. firms, one of Britain’s biggest and best-known law shops has announced a new retirement plan that makes this possible for some. Prompted by…

Jan 15, 2008 10:06 PM CST

Racy Billboard Gets Lawyer New Work ... at Playboy

A controversial billboard featuring scantily clad models promoting a divorce lawyer’s Chicago matrimonial practice didn’t stay up for long. But it put attorney Corri Fetman, 44, on target for a new career at Playboy. In addition to offering advice to readers as the magazine’s “Lawyer of Love” columnist, Fetman also…

Jan 11, 2008 11:19 PM CST

Legal Researcher Studies Prostitution Economics

An economist and author who is a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation has circulated preliminary data from a controversial study on Chicago prostitution. A draft analysis co-authored by Steven Levitt, who wrote Freakonomics, found street prostitutes on average make less than $20,000 a year, the Chicago Tribune reports.…

Jan 11, 2008 4:36 PM CST

BigLaw Associate Moonlights as ER Doc

As if being a BigLaw associate wasn’t more than enough work for any ordinary attorney, one such California lawyer is moonlighting at a night job … as an emergency room physician. Okey Onyejekwe earned his M.D. degree in 2000 from Ohio State University, and began working in the emergency room…

Jan 7, 2008 10:52 PM CST

Legal Careers Lose Their Allure, Drop to Dentistry Status

College grads who want wealth and social status are passing up law and medicine for careers in investment banking. A career at a hedge fund or private equity firm can offer financial rewards that outpace earnings at even the biggest law firms. Partners at the nation’s largest 100 firms made…

Jan 7, 2008 11:52 AM CST

Fired US Atty Ryan Takes Pay Cut to Work For San Fran’s Mayor

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has hired former U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan to lead the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. Ryan was among at least eight U.S. attorneys fired last year by the Bush Administration. This is his second post, after taking a job in April with the 200-lawyer Allen…

Jan 4, 2008 11:10 PM CST

Acting US Atty Named in Minnesota

The Justice Department has named veteran prosecutor Frank Magill to take over as interim U.S. attorney in Minnesota. He replaces the embattled Rachel Paulose, a move the Associated Press characterized as “replacing youth with experience.” Paulose, who when she was appointed was 32 and among the youngest U.S. attorneys ever,…

Jan 4, 2008 7:19 PM CST

Iowa Law’s Career Office is Making House Calls

For University of Iowa College of Law grads who are at a standstill, not quite sure what to do next, expect a house call. UI law school officials have begun an innovative new program in which a college rep travels across Iowa or across the country to meet face-to-face with…

Jan 3, 2008 10:10 PM CST

‘Law & Order’ Promotes the Real McCoy

While the dramatized version Manhattan’s famed prosecutor’s office is set to get its fourth district attorney in 18 seasons, the city’s real district attorney has stayed put. Robert M. Morgenthau was first elected to the post in 1974 and, according to the New York Times’ City Room blog, easily won…

Jan 2, 2008 9:46 PM CST

Veteran Prosecutor Takes On City’s Worst Juvy Offenders

A veteran prosecutor in Tennessee known nationally for her victims’ rights advocacy is shifting her energy to prosecuting Nashville’s worst juvenile offenders. For 51-year-old Kathy Morante, the new direction in her prosecutorial career has been a challenge, the Tennessean reports. “It’s already been very frustrating,” Morante tells the paper. “There’s…

Jan 2, 2008 7:50 PM CST

Good-Looking Lawyers Make More Money, Researcher Says

A researcher studying the impact of beauty has found that good-looking lawyers—like other professionals—make more money than their colleagues with lesser looks. Economist Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas based his conclusion on the photographs of graduates of an unnamed law school. Those rated attractive in the photos went…

Jan 2, 2008 2:31 PM CST

Weighty Solutions Offered by Ex-Overeating Lawyer

It will cost lawyers $99 a week for 52 weeks to lose weight with the help of someone who has been there, done that—Mark Leventhal, a former lawyer who shed 50 pounds and started Leventhal Weight Loss. Leventhal will work around lawyers’ busy schedules to meet and coach them at…

Jan 2, 2008 11:24 AM CST

Building Your Dream Practice

Want to specialize? Be patient, pull overtime.

Jan 1, 2008 9:37 PM CST

Headhunter Safari

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot when stalking a recruiter

Jan 1, 2008 9:16 PM CST