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“A MUST READ…Loaded with wisdom, candor, insight and laugh-out-loud humor,
Sisters-in-Law sets the standard in the legal profession for aspiring and
practicing female lawyers, as well as their male counterparts.”

—Robert Shapiro

The Essential Accessory for the Savvy Lawyer

A fabulously wicked, uncensored romp into the world of lady legal eagles of the 21st century. Sisters-in-Law takes you behind the scenes of the old boys club and lets you in on the secrets that can make you the Queen of the courtroom or at least the Diva in a dark suit.

These Sisters teach you what your law school professors didn’t—about the nuts and bolts of practicing law, finding a specialty that suits your talents and moving from one firm to another—while addressing the demands of being a single gal, facing motherhood and perhaps managing a family.

This hilarious trek through the years following law school provides the new attorney, as well as any veteran, with valuable insights. This uncensored guide will keep you focused on your career—but not too much!


“FUNNY, INFORMATIVE AND UTTERLY IRREVERENT! Sisters-in-Law is
complete with real-life office antics, acres of advice and honest
reassurance [that] neophyte lawyers will find nowhere else. I wish
this book was available when I started law practice!”

—Karen Koenig, Of Counsel, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

Table of Contents

Preface -
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Introduction-

PART I: BREAKING IN THE PERFECT PAIR OF SHOES:
SETTLING INTO SISTERHOOD

Chapter 1: Sizing Up Your Solemate: Where to Practice Law -
The Stilettos: The Full-Service Law Firm
Comfortable Platform Heels: The Mid-Sized Law Firm
Ski Boots: The Highly-Specialized, Boutique Law Firm
Orthopedic Shoes: The 9-to-5, In-House Counsel Gig
Mary Janes: Government Gigs
Rollerblades: Hang-A-Shingle Shop
Getting Off on the Wrong Foot

Chapter 2: Picking Out the Perfect Pair of Shoes:
Securing Your First Legal Position
Questions
Speed Dating: The Screening Interview
The Date that Never Ends: The Call-Back Interview

Chapter 3: Preparing for Sisterhood in Your New Shoes:
Surviving the First Week-
The Office Makeover
Batten Down the Hatches
Why Magellan Should Have Been a Lawyer
Sisterly Tricks of the Trade
The Annual Billathon

Chapter 4: Familiarizing Yourself with the Shoe Department:
Sizing Up the Cast of Characters -
Your Superiors
Your Comrades
The Support Staff

PART II: FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE: HAVING A LIFE AS A SISTER

Chapter 5: Sisters’ Favorite Topic of Conversation:
Food, Food, and More Food
Breakfast to Go
There are No Free Lunches: Working Meals
Lethal Legal Snacking
Dining on the Home Front
The Evolution of the Sister Cook
After Dinner Drinks Anyone?

Chapter 6: For Sisters’ Eyes Only: The Y-Factor
The Sport Gene
Taming the Testosterone Tyrant
The Magnetic Force between the Y-Chromosome and the X-Chromosome
Marital Mayhem

Chapter 7: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Sisterhood Meets Motherhood
Taking the PregnancyPlunge
Voluntary Disclosure? Making the Big Announcement
The Fine Art of Practicing Prego
Motherhood, Now What?
Returning to the Fire Firm
The Final Assessment

Chapter 8: Sisterly Secrets: Simultaneously Lawyering and Living a Full Life
Chained to Your Desk
Escaping Alcatraz
After the Great Escape
Relax!

PART III: ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE: EVERYTHING THEY DON’T TEACH
SISTERS IN LAW SCHOOL ABOUT PRACTICING LAW

Chapter 9: Strutting in Your New Shoes: The Nuts and Bolts of Practicing Law
Understanding the Beast Within
Appreciating the Queen Beast
Socializing the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Chapter 10: Fighting for the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Litigators
Sisters’ Secret Weapons
The Discovery Diet
Taking Your Act on the Road
T-R-I-A-L
Our Closing Statements

Chapter 11: Persuasively Negotiating a Shoe Purchase:
Transactional Lawyers -
The Decision
If You Don’t Go to Court, Are You a Lawyer?
So What’s the Big Deal?
Know the Lingo
Transactional Bliss

Chapter 12: Finding the Right Fit: Sisterly Specialties -
Finding Your Glass Slipper
Living Happily Ever After

Chapter 13: Wearing Running Shoes: The Great Escape -
Stage 1: The Honeymoon
Stage 2: Disenchantment
Stage 3: Window Shopping and Exploration
Stage 4: The Offer and Sealing the Deal
Stage 5: Confessing Your Affair and the Breakup
Stage 6: The New Honeymoon Period
Stage 7: The Reconciliation
Stage 8: Punishment and Retribution
Our Final Swan Song

Endnotes -

Appendix A: Acronyms

Appendix B: Frequently Used Phrases

Index

About the Authors

Excerpt

Editorial Reviews

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