by Marissa Geannette | May 4, 2020 | Billable Time, Law Students, Timekeeper
How to Succeed as a Junior Lawyer in Biglaw I wrote a book! And I published it! You can buy it on Amazon (kindle only for now – the print version is coming soon) and I would be so happy if you went over there to check it out (just click HERE – or on one of the...
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...
