I've been a legal secretary for 8 years (civil defense) and am interested in exploring other fields. I've tailored my resume to fit EA positions but have had zero success.

What jobs outside of legal would my skills best transfer to?

Has anyone applied to Molina and added a reference or referral? I just submitted my application and there was no option to.

Anyone have a good therapist in MA?

I’m five years into this game and I still get panicky before client calls... All calls, really. How do I get over this?

Let’s get this bowl active and going. What are ATL fishes doing for fun this weekend?

So what does everyone think of Colle McVoy overall?

Alaska to join Oneworld!!!

Hello Deloitte 🐟,
After three rounds of interview, recruiter wants to have a call with partner as a final round. What is the intervw with a partner like ? What is the role of a partner in Deloitte. I am interviewing for specialist master role for cyber security. What is the ask for compensation for this position at D and what is the signing bonus and target bonus like ? 7YOE and 135k TC

Hi, Can anyone tell me what will be the onboarding process in iqvia ? Do I have to visit office? Or virtual onboarding can be done ?

I have couple of questions on leave policy.
1) do leaves get sandwiched? If i take friday and following monday then its 2 days or 4days?
2) if i do not have PL balance ( as joined mid year) in my bag can i still take those vacations and adjust with any other leave or may be adjust in the next year leave balance? I have 7 PLs and want 10-12 days as PLs.

Ok guys, I'm gonna link things up wild. The following are facts
1. David Marcus, former head of PayPal and a top guy at Facebook who was leading Messenger (FB really put in a lot of work into.. cont.

What's the most unhealthy habit you have and does it affect your work? I stay up late bingeing Netflix after a tough day and then I'm tired the next and it's a cycle.

Not as relevant now, but how do I get over the feeling of not fitting in at the gym? I am overweight and only see really fit people all around me, so it’s nerve-wrecking and I’m super conscious!

Can you negotiate your restrictive covenant period? Asking for a friend who works in IB and their period is 3 months but his new employer wants him to start a bit earlier

Want to get your opinions on the best small agencies in LA in terms of work produced (media and creative)

Has anyone been part of an Employee Resource Group (or any other group, for that matter) that has a role in vetting outside vendors? Our Latinx ERG recently organized opposition to a vendor with ties to ICE (successfully!), but we'd love to put a process in place that doesn't require constant vigilance on our part to make sure our company doesn't hire vendors that hurt our community.

How do you properly vet a law firm? I feel the associates I speak with talk up the firm and aren’t always candid.

Any family lawyers here?

Whenever I've seen if a client wanted to renew a contract or If a firm wanted to renew my contract I've always posed it I'm considering options X, Y, Z but I really enjoyed working with you and need to know if you're interested in keeping me on. Either way I've enjoyed working with you. Just let me know

What are people's opinions on this phrasing?

Got a case where client got in a car accident and called the police the other driver gave completely fake information and the police didn't check it. What's our recourse to track them down?

Any antitrust experts want to opine on the FB news? I’m certainly no expert, haven’t read the actual complaint, and am all for competition laws, but it does strike me as odd that the FTC is coming in long after the fact to scrutinize certain acquisitions.

Transactional associate. Lateraled 6 months ago and one of the biggest pain points has been my new firm’s inclination to “hop on a call”, which of course requires every single stakeholder to join. The end result being every call has 25 people on it and nothing actually gets done because no one wants to ask a question that could come off as silly. It’s destroying my ability to get anything done during the day. It’s a complete performance and it drives me nuts.

Anyone work for Rivkin Radler? How is the pay/WLB?

What productivity hacks do you employ? I like to shut off my email for 25 min intervals to focus on real work. It’s like a sprint of focus without being “unavailable” too long.

Rising 2L here…Just found out yesterday that one of my top target law firms is not participating in OCIs (they don’t have offices in my state). Any advice on the best way to move forward with them? Still planning to apply, just want to know what I should be doing. Thanks!

PI Attorneys: What are some of your best talking points in negotiations with adjusters?

I’m from Southern California. Is this what a snow day feels like? But it’s just gonna keep snowing for 1+ months?

I’m a private immigration attorney whose interested into transitioning into a high level federal government attorney position in the future (not in this administration). Ideally, I’d love to work in the solicitor general’s office.

I’m only a year or two into practice and am wondering if there are any tips to best position myself for this type of position? I don’t anticipate making any moves that way for at least 5 more years. No clerking experience or law review, so that’s -2 points for me

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

Linguistic question, should an associate say "my partner" when talking to a client about a partner? To me this comes off like implying your also a partner, but saying "our partner" sounds weird too...

You ever write a motion that’s soooooo 💩 that it’s embarrassing and you just wait for the partner to email you at 3AM saying “pls call me” because it’s too far gone for “pls fix.” 😩😩😩

Any tips when leaving a firm? Younger associate <1 year.

Anyone have any affordable case management software recommendations? I’m looking for something a bit non-traditional as I work for a small nonprofit. Ideally the software would involve document organization/access as well as like a running “log” for folks to post relevant events or work completed for the file.

I’m getting ready for my first telephonic Case Management Conference as a first year associate. I’ve never been “in front” of a judge before. I received some training and I look forward to the experience, but I’m a little nervous about having to speak in front of the judge. I know the case, but I’m afraid I’ll freeze and make a fool of myself. Any advice re: court calls, courtroom etiquette, or stories about your first times in front of judges?