The summer associate hiring season is upon us (which feels like a very Bridgerton-esque sentence). Just like how the ton (English high society) comes back to London in the summers to attend the social season and secure a marriage match, in law we have OCI's. A lovely time for law students vying to secure a match (a law firm match not a marriage match). And frankly, in both worlds, for the individuals directly engaged in the match making, it can be very stressful. Funny how th
Almost every junior associate I speak to thinks they are uniquely struggling. They are not. The reality is that the early years of practice are hard for most lawyers, even the ones who look confident from the outside. I struggled for a variety of reasons (you can refer back to this blog post to learn about my personal brand of struggles). But the key to understanding the struggle is that it often is not a personal failure. It’s more often a poorly explained cultural and stru
