While networking to find your career or explore a career change, you’ll be reaching out to a variety of people – most often by email. Sometimes silence will be what you get in response to your emails. Rather than drawing conclusions that the person...

When you’re an associate, business development can be one of the most challenging requirements of being a lawyer. Chad Schwarz has to find clients as an eDiscovery consultant, too, and he admits that he’s not good at the hard-sell. Luckily, there are other ways...

You’d think that Kimberly Strong, who’s at the top of her field, wouldn’t need a professional mentor anymore. But in this video, she shares how and why she turns to other people for career and job advice. Her thoughts on who can be a...

Are you throwing resume at every job opening you see with no results? You might want to change your approach. Check out the video below to hear freelance lawyer Leila Kanani’s advice on how to network for a job – great stuff for both...

Do you dread networking? If you’re not a fan of schmoozing with strangers, Rich Rodriguez has a better suggestion for you. Check out this video on how to build your network to discover one way to make real connections while giving back to your...

As a law student or young law grad, you can get valuable guidance – and even job leads – from an experienced attorney. But there’s a right way and a wrong way to approach a potential mentor. Use the wrong way, and your requests...

PJ Hoffman spent three months as a bartender in Washington, D.C. on his way to finding a regulatory affairs job. Why? Because in order to advance your career, you need to be where the action is, he says. Another one of our guests, David...

It’s inevitable. You have to network to bring in clients at a law firm. Even those of us who aren’t introverted struggle with networking (get more tips here). In this video, law firm partner Laura McClellan presents a fun and effective approach to law...

Christina Lee’s networking tips don’t involve schmoozing, elevator pitches, or those things that so many people dread. Plus, her networking connections have helped her in ways she could have never imagined. Watch her video to find out how networking is easier than you thought.

I always say that law school teaches you to read, write, and think like a lawyer, but it doesn’t teach you how to be a lawyer. You often have to figure that out on the job. As a young public defender, Travis Williams shares...