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Leaving the Law, Part Two: A Different Kind of Green

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Women Entrepreneurs, Green, Clean Energy Economy, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, Law Firms, Entrepreneur, Career Change, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

In May of this year, I left my post as an associate at a large international law firm to stake my claim in the Wild West of Colorado's clean energy economy.

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Leaving the Law, Part One: Why I Chose My Second Bedroom Over the Corner Office

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Law Firms, Economic Recession, Entrepreneur, American Dream, Career Change, Law School, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

Somewhere in the kitchen of my summer sublet apartment on the hill in Boulder, grinding chicken livers, I came to believe that no one would ever take me seriously without a law degree.

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Few Jobs For Law Grads Even At Top Tier Schools

nytimes.com | GERRY SHIH | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Unemployment, Top Law Schools, Economic Crisis, Law Firms, Law School Grads, Law School, Job Search, Recession, Business News

This fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job...

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Law Firms Get New Fee Structure

Forbes | Brian Wingfield and Joann Muller | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Law Firm Fees, Law Firms, Law Firm Fee Structures, Law Firms Fees, Business News

The global financial crisis is reshaping many businesses--and tradition-bound, top-drawer law firms are no exception. While the legal industry had beg...

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Law Firms Rethinking "Billable Hours" As Clients Tighten Belts

New York Times | JONATHAN D. GLATER | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Billable Hours, Lawyers, Law Firms, Business News

Lawyers are having trouble defending the most basic yardstick of the legal business -- the billable hour. Clients have complained for years that th...

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