Here’s the fear that keeps many candidates awake the night before a litigation interview: “What if they give me a problem and I don’t know the law?” The good news is that, in most interviews, they aren’t testing whether you...

A lot of interview anxiety isn’t about hard legal questions; it’s about your own CV. You wrote “researched arbitration law” eight months ago, and now a partner is leaning in, asking you to explain exactly what you did. If your...

The salary question makes almost everyone tense up, especially early in your career. Say a number too high and you worry you’ll price yourself out. Too low and you’ll get anchored there for years. So you freeze. Here’s the reassuring...

Somewhere between courtroom dramas and speeches about law being a noble profession, the reality of an ordinary legal career often gets lost. But that’s the career you’ll actually live. So it’s worth looking beyond the myths and understanding what the...

You’ve probably heard two very different stories about law. One says it’s a guaranteed path to prestige, high salaries, and limitless opportunities. The other claims it’s oversaturated, poorly paid in the early years, and on the verge of being replaced...

Let’s start by taking some of the pressure off: there is no single “lawyer personality”. The profession includes quiet researchers, persuasive advocates, corporate advisers, policy specialists, negotiators, judges, and many others, each succeeding in different ways. So this isn’t a...

Let me answer the question hiding underneath your question first: no, you are not “too old”, and no, you haven’t missed some deadline that everyone else met.  That fear is incredibly common, and it stops a lot of capable people...

Both carry prestige. Both promise good careers. Both attract ambitious people. So when you’re stuck choosing between law and an MBA, the “which is better” framing is exactly what trips you up, because neither is better in the abstract. They’re...

You want a straight answer to a hard question: does law actually suit me? No online quiz can decide your life for you, but a good, honest self-check can give you real signal, cut through the noise, and tell you...

Ask most people to picture a lawyer, and they’ll imagine someone in a black coat arguing in a courtroom. That’s certainly one type of lawyer, but it’s only one part of the profession. If that’s the only picture you have,...