Items tagged with "Networking"
There are 11 items tagged with "Networking".
Lawyer-Alumni and Pre-Law Network
A great many UMass Amherst students considering legal careers don’t know any lawyers personally—none in the family, no family friends, really no one to connect with in the field in order to learn more about the profession. A great many...
A great many UMass Amherst students considering legal careers don’t know any lawyers personally—none in the family, no family friends, really no one to connect with in the field in order to learn more about the profession. A great many...
Networking
What is networking? In essence, it’s being friendly with a purpose. If that sounds crass to you, then, to be blunt, you might want to rethink a career that is based largely on building and maintaining strategic professional relationships. Lawyers...
What is networking? In essence, it’s being friendly with a purpose. If that sounds crass to you, then, to be blunt, you might want to rethink a career that is based largely on building and maintaining strategic professional relationships. Lawyers...
Learning more about legal careers
These pages outline only the very barest of information about legal careers. There are three basic ways to find out more, listed here in declining order of helpfulness:work in one or more law offices, talk to practicing attorneys, and read more...
These pages outline only the very barest of information about legal careers. There are three basic ways to find out more, listed here in declining order of helpfulness:work in one or more law offices, talk to practicing attorneys, and read more...
Wait! Don’t go!
Just a few quick thoughts before the construction seals my office off from the rest of campus… For those applying to law school next year: The Pre-Law Advising Office is open throughout the summer. I won’t have...
Just a few quick thoughts before the construction seals my office off from the rest of campus… For those applying to law school next year: The Pre-Law Advising Office is open throughout the summer. I won’t have...
Meet the lawyers of “Meet the Law” - Part 1
Our popular lawyer-alumni speed networking event is coming this Thursday, 3/29, at 6:00pm. Each day this week, I’ll present brief biographical sketches of each of the distinguished attorneys who will be attending this year’s event. Today, we’ve...
Our popular lawyer-alumni speed networking event is coming this Thursday, 3/29, at 6:00pm. Each day this week, I’ll present brief biographical sketches of each of the distinguished attorneys who will be attending this year’s event. Today, we’ve...
Networking: What works best?
We’ve got a solid start on the UMass Amherst Lawyer-Alumni and Pre-Law Networking LinkedIn group – over 130 members so far, with almost half practicing attorneys, and the rest a mix of law students, and undergraduates and alumni interested in...
We’ve got a solid start on the UMass Amherst Lawyer-Alumni and Pre-Law Networking LinkedIn group – over 130 members so far, with almost half practicing attorneys, and the rest a mix of law students, and undergraduates and alumni interested in...
Lawpalooza! Next week’s many law-related events
What a crazy conglomeration of events we’ve got scheduled next week, all catering to the legal eagles out there. I’m out of breath just listing them all. Here’s the rundown: *Just added* Vermont Law...
What a crazy conglomeration of events we’ve got scheduled next week, all catering to the legal eagles out there. I’m out of breath just listing them all. Here’s the rundown: *Just added* Vermont Law...
Thinking about law school
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variation of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a...
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variation of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a...
Should I go to law school?
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variations of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a reliable, interesting job. I want...
Why are you thinking about law school? The most common reasons I hear are some variations of the following: I like to argue. I took Constitutional Law/Legal 250/Civil Liberties/etc. and it was mind-blowing. Law is so fascinating. I want a reliable, interesting job. I want...
"I'm a self-starter and a real people person!"
It’s the top cliché of job interviews everywhere (right up there with “I think my only real weakness is that I’m a perfectionist”), but it’s also what it takes to be successful as a lawyer. That’...
It’s the top cliché of job interviews everywhere (right up there with “I think my only real weakness is that I’m a perfectionist”), but it’s also what it takes to be successful as a lawyer. That’...