Careers | Seton Hall Law: General Exploration of Careers

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Advice on how to look beyond obvious practice areas. Suggestions on which specialties will grow in demand.

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The social scientist authors have researched and identified the attitudes and motivations needed to flourish at large law firms. They show readers how to develop those mindsets and skills.

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A legal recruiter answers questions from real lawyers looking for a job or concerned about careers obstacle.

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A big picture view of how law firms of the future will be structured to give better, faster, and cheaper legal services, using outsourcing and value-based billing. Discusses ethical considerations of such changes. Useful suggested reading list.

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Help to attorneys seeking to improve their job skills and to create a career plan responsive to the changing environment.

Also available in print. Call Number: KF299 .W6 B59 2009 (Fifth Fl.)
Advice on how to take a realistic look at both opportunities and challenges faced by women.

eBook. Backed by new research, the author advises applicants how to demonstrate their potential value to prospective employer and how to better understand the text of a job description. He explains the way to make career choices by focusing on more than following your passion.

Advice on self-management, relationships, and knowing and owning your own brand that will help beginning and experienced attorneys build a better business and a richer life.

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Tips shared by 9 minority women lawyers who have succeeded in a range of practice areas.

Also available in print (Call Number: KF300 .M85 2014)
Advice on a wide range of topics: legal writing, speaking, handling clients and managing the relationships with judges, opposing counsel, and your local legal community.

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A study of practicing African-American attorneys explores how they entered and navigated the pipeline to the legal profession.

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Strategies for entry-level attorneys competing with experienced attorneys for jobs. Advice on how to circumvent job hunting obstacles.

Also available in print (Call Number: KF297 .W34 2008)
Job exploration and search advice aimed at students and recent grads. Includes sections on some specialized careers. Chapter 9 of this book deals with "Interviewing: The Secrets That Turn Interviews into Offers."

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Tips on how to plan to succeed in networking, building alliances, expertise, client, operations and systems management.

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Nuts and bolts of planning and building a law practice. Good tips on early career decision making in Part I.

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Advice on how to adjust one’s attitudes and tap into available resources during networking and job searching.

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Recommendations for career development aimed at different career stages: beginning, experienced, and senior.

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Information about where federal lawyers work and how the government hires lawyers. Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of federal legal employment.

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Advice from networking experts. How to apply networking in job searching, in the community, and in one’s profession.

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40 attorneys on what it means to be a practicing lawyer with a disability and how to find opportunities for mentoring, networking, and professional change.

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Manual for finding a satisfying job and achieving healthy life balance. Analysis of emerging employment trends that may affect your career choices.

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Judges and practitioners share their stories and explain their perspectives on the values of the legal profession, work-life balance decisions, obligations to family and community.

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Advice for dealing with job search obstacles such as your own attitudinal barriers, plus tips on identifying your hidden skills and uncovering the hidden legal job market.

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Views of a legal careers expert on overcoming barriers and objections faced during a job search.

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Career accounts narrated by women attorneys, from applying to the first clerking position to finding a job to balancing life and work.

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Get the inside view on how law firms formulate their criteria for selecting new hires, and how they conduct their interviews.

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How to handle aspects of career development such as maximizing the recruiter relationship, handling videoconference interviews, conducting appropriate follow-up to the interview, and surviving a career setback.

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"Do you hope to find post-graduation employment that fits your passion, interests, and strengths? If meaningful employment with the potential for career advancement is your goal, this book is your roadmap to develop and implement a written professional development plan to achieve your goal"-- Provided by publisher.

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Letters by successful women attorneys describe the lessons they’ve learned while creating and thriving in their own firms.

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Applies behavioral science theory of decision-making to legal career development. Aimed at students and lawyers at various stages of their careers.

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When, where and how to reach out to small firms. Why some core competencies are critical to getting hired.

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Interviews with 50 solo practitioners at various points in their careers answering questions such as how they started, which business issues they must manage, and what they hope for in the future.

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Written by a solo practitioner for students and lawyers. Describes the benefits, challenges, and satisfaction of solo practice. Recommendations on solo practice management and marketing.

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Great resource that enables the reader to better understand the opportunities and obstacles that may be encountered as a lawyer explores becoming established as a solo practitioner. This book is not designed to sell the idea of solo practice. In fact, it may offer valuable information that makes one decide that solo practice is not the right choice.

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Tomorrow's Lawyers predicts that we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law: a time in which we will see greater change than we have seen in the past two centuries. Where the future of the legal service will be a world of internet-based global businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and web based simulation practice. Legal markets will be liberalized, with new jobs for lawyers and new employers too. This book is a definitive guide to this future - for young and aspiring lawyers, and for all who want to modernize our legal and justice systems. It introduces the new legal landscape and offers practical guidance for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law.Tomorrow's Lawyers is divided into three parts. The first is an updated restatement of Richard Susskind's views on the future of legal services, as laid out in his previous bestselling works, The Future of Law , Transforming the Law, and The End of Lawyers? . He identifies key drivers of change, such as the economic downturn, and considers how these will impact on the legal marketplace. In the second part, Susskind sketches out the new legal landscape as he predicts it, including the changing role of law firms, and in-house lawyers, with virtual hearings and online dispute resolution. The third part focuses on the prospects for aspiring lawyers, predicting what new jobs and new employers there will be, and equipping prospective lawyers with penetrating questions to put to their current and future employers.This new edition has been fully updated to include an introduction to online dispute resolution, Susskind's views on the debates surrounding artificial intelligence and its role in the legal world, a new analysis of new jobs available for lawyers, and a retrospective evaluation of The Future of Law, Susskind's prediction published in 1996 about the future of legal services.This is the essential introduction to the future of law for those who want to succeed in the rapidly changing legal landscape.

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The stories of many lawyers who have transitioned successfully into a different legal or quasi-legal career.

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Advice on career decision-making aimed at the law student and recent graduate.

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An overview of barriers faced by women attorneys and recommendations of appropriate responses to them. 101 women attorneys, who created their own firms, write letters describing their experiences and offering insights.

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Survey answers to questions about whether women of color's work experiences in law firms surpass or fail expectations and why women of color change practice areas and organizations or leave the profession at an alarming rate.

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Advice to women of color, students, and recent grads for achieving greatness, especially at large firms.

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Essays on the pressing issues for all women advocates written by women lawyers and directed at women in school or practice.

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More than 100 women attorneys respond to questions about how to identify the path leading to one's own career goals and how to deal with the challenges encountered by women.

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How to Start a Law Practice focuses on virtually every area of starting a practice that new attorneys should think about. One of the areas of focus in the book is why young attorneys should think about starting their own practice, and why they should do it sooner than later. The book also addresses the myth that a job with a firm guarantees security. Other areas covered include finding an office, different types of offices, getting clients, managing clients, managing money, and dealing with stress. One unique chapter not found in any similar books deals with things law students are not taught in law school and will need to navigate the professional world. The book is both practical and useful for new attorneys thinking about starting their own practice and young attorneys wanting to learn about professionalism in the legal field.

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How can law firms enhance how they create and measure value for corporate clients when the traditional cost-per-hour analysis is seen as outdated and ineffective? How can firms successfully approach the challenge of defining and delivering high-value legal service? Satisfying client demands and meeting client expectations is essential for a law firm to succeed in today’s ever-changing legal climate. The key to long-term success in the legal profession revolves around “client centricity.” To help lawyers understand the importance of what the client values, The Value-Able Law Firm provides a new approach to analyzing and discussing, both internally and with clients and potential clients, the issues related to defining, measuring, and implementing higher-value legal service.