Welcome to the Law School Toolbox Podcast! Today, we're talking with legal recruiter Liz Stone, of Stone Legal Search, about ways to proactively manage your career from law school onwards. A former litigator, Liz works primarily with attorneys in the middle of their careers looking to make a switch and brings to the podcast her insights on decisions to make early on to help ensure job satisfaction and how to best position yourself for a mid-career move.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Competitiveness in the mid-level recruiting market
- Going in-house: Is it really that easy?
- Steps to take to position yourself for a mid-career move
- Suggestions for law students who want to set themselves up for success and happiness
- Resources to help you figure out what you want in your career
- Common pitfalls that lead to workplace problems or career dissatisfaction for lawyers
- Why lawyers are typically bad at business development, and what they can do to improve
Resources:
- Liz Stone, “Reframing Failure to Succeed in Business Development,” Law Practice Today, Dec. 14, 2017. (http://www.lawpracticetoday.org/article/reframing-failure-succeed-business-development/)
- ABA Legal Career Central (http://www.abalcc.org)
- Stone Legal Search (https://www.stonelegalsearch.com)
- Leaving Litigation and Leaving BigLaw (https://thegirlsguidetolawschool.com/leaving-litigation-and-leaving-biglaw/)
Episode Transcript: Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Episode-133-Being-Strategic-About-Your-Career-Choices.pdf)
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Alison & Lee