2025 Recruiting Take-Aways

On January 19, 2025

I spoke on AABA’s recent career panel addressing the Bay Area in-house market with talent acquisition experts Angela Cheung (ex Uber) and Herman Gee (Exelixis). Here are 5 takeaways: Pay for top in-house lawyers has generally been trending up, despite recent layoffs. This is in line with Levels.fyi’s report on tech/engineering comp. Compensation is made […]

Career Management, Career Tips

Will You Get Ahead by Working More?

On January 5, 2025

It’s a new year! If you are a junior lawyer, should you show your commitment by working the longest hours? I read this CNBC article on “showing up to work early and staying late won’t get you ahead” and what instead will. Does the advice apply to lawyers? The article argues working long hours to […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Lessons from Fortune GC

On November 13, 2024

I just attended an inspiring NAPABA conference in Seattle. Mentees of four-time GC Don Liu (who just retired from Target) listed the all-time best advice he gave them: 1. Learn the business and have a strategic mindset! Prioritize clients’ business needs when you counsel them. 2. It’s easy to get sucked into office politics, but […]

Career Management, Career Tips

Life & Career Lessons, a Case Study of a GC

On March 3, 2024

I love learning the origin stories of super stars so I appreciated Chad Aboud’s interview of Jessica Nguyen, the GC of Lexion. You can find his podcast here, and he summarizes key takeaways (with time stamps!) but I wanted to call out five that resonated especially well with me and that can work for you! Hustle […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Lessons from Top Silicon Valley Legal Leaders on Developing Your Career

On February 11, 2024

I recently attended a fascinating panel of legal leaders in Silicon Valley discussing lessons learned while navigating to the top. Here are five tips straight from the room where it happened: Develop relationships. If you build trust with business partners, they will back you when you need it. (And it’s best to build the relationship […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Top Career Tips Out of Leading Convention (NAPABA’s 35th)

On November 12, 2023

I just returned from the 35th annual convention of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), where top legal leaders (and recruiters!) convene. Here are the 5 career tips I heard over and over again: Gain substantive legal expertise. This requirement is “table stakes” (this phrase was used repeatedly!). Gain soft skills. You must also […]

Career Management, Career Tips, New Job

Starting a New Job? 10 Tips for Success

On September 10, 2023

New hires often start in September. Here are the top 10 things to do at a new job. You only have one shot to make a great impression, and how you are perceived will affect you for years to come. Go in person. You can make more of an impact than over Zoom and build […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Offer

5 Career Lessons, Crowd-Sourced by WSJ

On September 3, 2023

WSJ listed some great crowd-sourced tips learned from big career mistakes. These 5 lessons especially apply to lawyers. Build soft skills, which are as important as hard skills. From day one, lawyers need to not only learn the substance of the law, but also how to work with others and communicate effectively. As counsel get […]

Career Management, Change, Departure, LinkedIn

5 Positive Things You Can Do When Things Are Going to Hell in a Handbasket

On March 12, 2023

Tough times now for lawyers, who are overworked or getting laid off. What are some things you can do to make the best of a bad situation? Post-layoff, how do you interact with folks? Join an employee alumni group (or start one). Stay in touch with coworkers still there. They likely will want to help you […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Title

Top 10 Legal Job Search Fails

On February 19, 2023

I see these ten things all the time that lawyers should not be doing. I call these out because they are within your control to avoid. 1. Your resume lists what you do in the order you do it rather than in the order the prospective employer cares about. Do not make the interviewer work to […]

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