12 April 2009
Green Grads Grab #2
1. Alternative Pricing for Lawyers
3 Geeks and a Law Blog have written some interesting pieces regarding billing alternatives to the old faithful billable hours. According to the 3 geeks, billing alternatives “have become the new mantra” for clients. While I wouldn’t suggest fighting for a billing overhaul in your first six weeks of articles – as a new wave of graduates we are probably the most likely group to accept innovating new ways of getting paid.
The series is worhwhile reading and you can find it here.
2. Kick Your Gmail Account Into High Gear
Remember that Tech Tips segment I was doing a while ago? Yeah, yeah. That was great. Anyways, until I find time to write about it some more – have another read of Tech Tips: GMail and then follow that up with this article, 90 Tools and Tips to Turn You Into a GMail Pro.
(via Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog).
3. Fiji Constitution Suspended
In World Affairs, the Fiji President has reappointed a former coup leader as Prime Minister. Our own Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, has described the current Fiji as being a ‘virtual dictatorship’.
This all follows the recent suspension of the Fiji Constitution. You can read a good summary of everything over at Slaw.
Just goes to show that these laws that we all spend so much time studying are really just pieces of paper. And when society breaks down, guns > pieces of paper.
4. Lawyer’ing Sucks? Have You Considered a Career in Professional Gambling?
Tell ya what, as soon as steamboats come back into fashion I’m taking this up and calling myself Maverick.
Above the Law: Career Alternatives Poker is a Better Bet than Yale Law School.
5. Ten Reasons for a Law Student to Blog
Green Grads needs more contributors, so to convince you here are 10 Reasons for a Law Student to Blog.
Of course, the writer doesn’t really mention any of the risks in law student blogging. Putting your thoughts up on the interwebs generally increases the chance of a potential employer finding something they might dislike about you.
However, he is right. If the only thing you get out of blogging is that it means there are a few more Google hits before someone gets sent to your drunken Myspace / Facebook pictures – that has to be a good thing, right?
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