Really great advice on trial strategy at Above the Law.

Here.

Great advice, posted at The Legal Whiteboard

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

A nice visual for thinking about interviews.

Here.

Really good advice from a wise friend.

Here.

Great advice about not complaining (from Above the Law)

Here.  John Balestriere is one smart guy.

Juxtaposition of some workplace advice.

Two stories caught my eye today:  the Wall Street Journal article describing the new Goldman Sachs philosophy--that it's willing to let junior people leave the office between midnight and 7 a.m.-- and the Above the Law post by the wonderful Mark Herrman about four ways that associates tick their more senior colleagues off.  Lesson:  work smarter, not harder, but "harder" is in the eye of the beholder.

Some great tips on writing.

See here.

Really good electronic discovery request drafting advice from Above the Law.

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.

Really good etiquette advice from Corporette.

Here.

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.