Great advice, posted at The Legal Whiteboard

Here.  I'm impressed with Dan Katz's slide deck.

Above the Law has an interesting post on the use of artificial intelligence at BigLaw.

Here.

Thanks for the shout-out, Faculty Lounge and Bernie Burk!

We agree with Bernie Burk pretty much all of the time anyway (and not just because he's a friend), but it was extra nice to have our book mentioned in this post at The Faculty Lounge.

Some great tips on writing.

See here.

Mark Herrmann is right (again).

See his latest post at Above the Law.  You should assume that you need to prove yourself to others.

A tremendous (and illustrated) "alternative career" story from Above the Law.

Here.  Hat tip to my buddy Kathleen Lyon.  The lesson:  if you don't like your life at a law firm, maybe you really should change careers.

Really good advice for summer associates, from Above the Law.

See here.

Great career advice today in Above the Law.

See here.

Don't be the person known around the firm as someone who is trying to do a good job. Be the person who is actually doing a good job.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was provided by Demetra Liggins, a partner at Thomson & Knight.  She spoke to our law students about job success, and she explained that everyone is in charge of his or her own career.  The best way to get ahead, she said, was not just to do a good job on your assignments but to think hard about how your assignments fit into the bigger picture--and offer to take on work that would move the entire project forward.

You will impress your boss(es) if you think about how what you're doing is going to be used by those higher up on the pecking order.  If you make your work highly useful--and then see what else needs to be done--you will open up whole worlds of opportunities.

Appropriate attire depends very much on where you're working.

See this story from the ABA Journal about a firm that insists on classic work attire.  Of course, the Great Pantyhose Debate probably will continue for a while, but here are my rules:

Appearing at the USSC:  pantyhose.
Appearing before a circuit court or state supreme court:  fishnets.
Appearing elsewhere:  probably a pantsuit.

But that's just me.

Law Firm Job Survival Manual is cited in an article by David Grenardo.

Prof. Grenardo's article is here.