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Blawg Directory: Careers

Build a Solo Practice
"Newly minted or well-seasoned, teaching you how to create and grow your legal practice." Business planning from the ground up: marketing, getting clients, keeping clients.
think like a woman … act like a man
"AKA The Ruby Red Slipper Blog." Journal about her life and fledgling legal job. Much about her mixed-breed dog, Martha.
Home Office Lawyer
Discussion of how to effectively run a nontraditional law practice, utilizing Internet technology and nonhourly-rates billing options.
Feminist Law Professors
Feminist Law Professors highlights the work of feminist law professors and contains information about articles and events that are likely to be of interest to them.
Because you never know …
"... whether you'll stub your toe on a rock or a pearled oyster as you wade through the muddy waters of life."
Ms.JD
"Serving women in law school and the legal profession, Ms. JD is an online community that provides a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and aspiring lawyers." The blawg features issues relating to the numbers of women who opt out of the legal profession and the poor representation of women in the courts and legal community. The site also addresses the role of gender in legal careers.
Temporary Attorney: The Sweatshop Edition
This blawg's intent is to "expose the nasty sweatshops, swindling law schools, and opportunistic staffing agencies."
InhouseBlog
This blawg provides helpful links to online tools for in-house attorneys. It also provides news and job listings.
PT-LawMom
This blawg discusses work-life balance issues faced by parents in the workplace, highlights legal news stories, and covers other blogs and topics, not all of them law-related.
MoneyLaw
"The art of winning an unfair academic game."
Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O
"Employers post patent-related jobs; job-seekers find patent-related jobs."
Adjunct Law Prof Blog
Covers issues and information meant for adjunct law professors. It's part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
Luis Villa’s Blog
Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between.
Counsel to Counsel
Provides a forum for discussing legal career issues facing associates, partners and in-house counsel.
LeavingTheLaw.com
"Helping unhappy lawyers find and pursue fulfilling work outside of the law."
the last refuge of the persecuted crack smoker
This blawgger "rants about law school, her life, random things she sees on the internet, and anything else she deems worthy."
Cotterman on Compensation
This blawg discusses all levels of law firm lawyer compensation, from associates to service partners, to rainmakers, to lawyer-managers, and senior lawyers who are phasing down in preparation for retirement. It comments on external market forces as well as the complex internal issues of system design, productivity, and motivation. It draws on Altman Weil’s extensive survey databases as a source of compensation trends and benchmarks.
Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession
Building a Better Legal Profession is a national, law student-driven grassroots movement that seeks workplace reforms in large private law firms. The blog and site post self-reported data on billable hours, pro bono participation and diversity. The blog strives to "ensure that practicing law does not mean giving up a commitment to family, community, and dedicated service to clients."
A Paralegal’s Blog
"Paralegal news, views, and information, compiled and written by a PACE-Registered Paralegal."
Law Is Cool
Law Is Cool is a new blawg and podcast addressing issues related to law school and the legal field with a Canadian focus. The contents are intended for 1) current and potential law students; 2) graduates reviewing for their bar exam; and 3) members of the general public interested in learning more about the law.