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Ideally, lawyers should offer at least 50 working hours per year of free legal advice to people who cannot afford counsel. This is what the American Bar Association recommends, but requirements may vary according to each state bar.
As a young professional, Pro Bono work can give you more...

Sometimes legal professionals put adherence to ethics aside when discussing their day or their mood on social media. Aside from confidentiality issues, there are many other reasons for attorneys to stay away from the likes of Twitter and Instagram when they want to vent about having a bad day at...

The majority of attorneys begin their law careers with substantial student debt. Without proper planning, this debt affects every aspect of their professional and private lives for decades. Here’s how some young attorneys are coping with debt burdens while building their careers. Names have...

When your mailman starts talking about buying cryptocurrency, you know it’s gone mainstream. These days pretty much everyone has at least thought about sinking some money into Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple’s XRP, or other popular digital currencies. Entrepreneurs are raising capital by...

Whether you landed a summer gig with a top-tier firm, have found yourself under the wing of an acclaimed judge, or are helping take down the system with your non-profit of choice, an internship is not always what it seems. Internships can be chances of a lifetime, but they can also turn into...

What makes young associates stand out as exceptional? Every junior associate is intelligent, and they have a serious drive to succeed. But every now and then a first-year associate comes along that blows the partners away. This is a young attorney that senior partners want to work with; one that...

What makes young associates stand out as exceptional? Every junior associate is intelligent, and they have a serious drive to succeed. But every now and then a first-year associate comes along that blows the partners away. This is a young attorney that senior partners want to work with; one that...

Interning is extremely important for law students; it’s the only way to experience what being an attorney will actually be like. Law school teaches you concepts, but it doesn’t tell you how to be a lawyer or explain the day-to-day realities of your career.
Finding and getting...

This story is part of our Lawyer Stories series which shares vignettes of one’s high and low (and sometimes even funny) moments in the legal profession. Read on.
Although it’s legally allowed, Judges hate when an attorney back-strikes a juror. Back-striking is when, after jurors...

This story is part of our Lawyer Stories series which shares vignettes of one’s high and low (and sometimes even funny) moments in the legal profession.
It was the day of closing arguments in a major case against a big defendant. The defense had been using their own AV team to handle...