by Unbillable | Sep 18, 2019 | Billable Time, Finances
Lawyers Don’t Know Much About Money Something that might surprise you if you’re not a lawyer is that most lawyers (even ones working in M&A, banking or corporate finance) don’t know much about finance. Specifically, they don’t know much about personal finance. I...
by Unbillable | Aug 6, 2019 | Billable Time, Law Students
Choosing Between Biglaw Job Offers In case you missed it, in my last post I gave three insider pieces of advice I learned while working at a Biglaw firm. These were things I wish I had known about OCI when I was interviewing for these jobs as a law student.Earlier in...
by Unbillable | Aug 4, 2019 | Billable Time, Law Students
What Are Biglaw “On-Campus Interviews” or “OCI”? “Biglaw” is the nickname given to large law firms with offices in cities all across the U.S. and around the world. Almost all Biglaw firms recruit law students and offer them summer jobs in the exact same way: through...
by Unbillable | Jul 1, 2019 | Billable Time, Timekeeper, Unbillable Time
Is a Balanced Life In Biglaw Possible? What Does “Work-Life Balance” Mean, Anyway? Ahhh, the controversial pursuit of “work-life balance.” What was once a popular wellness buzzword has become, for many, a glaring symbol of just how out of balance our lives...
by Unbillable | Jun 17, 2019 | Billable Time, Burnout, Dreamkeeper, Next Chapter
PHASE 1 of The Unbillable Life: Just Publish Your Posts, Already! When I decided to start this blog, I wasn’t really sure where I was going to take it. This uncertainty caused me to write a bunch of draft blog posts, but delay ever actually launching the blog and...
by Unbillable | May 2, 2019 | Billable Time
Summer Associate Season in Biglaw Is Upon Us Summer is around the corner, which means summer associates are about to descend on Biglaw firms across the country. Decked out in new suits (and occasionally even sporting pantyhose, despite nobody else wearing them...
