The Big Picture
By Diana LaMorie • February 28, 2018 •Writers in Residence, Careers, Other Career Issues, Law School, Choosing a Career and Landing a Job
In last month’s post, I began with an introduction to my own professional journey in a ‘JD Preferred’ career in Compliance. This month, I’d like to discuss the concept in a much broader context. To lay the foundation for future posts (which will be more fun to read, I promise), I’ve got to get some dry information out of the way first here. Bear with me! JD Advantage I didn’t know this until I started doing research for this column, but apparently, this is a thing now. Starting with the law school Class of 2011, a new term of art…
My ‘JD Preferred’ Story
By Diana LaMorie • January 28, 2018 •Writers in Residence, Careers, Firms and the Private Sector, Other Career Issues, Law School, Choosing a Career and Landing a Job
I suppose I should start with an introduction, though I suspect that by the end of this post it will read more like an Ode to Compliance. I consider myself one of the lucky ones who pretty much knew what they wanted to do with their career since a young age. Once I got over the ‘I want to be a librarian because I like books’ and ‘chef because I like food’ aspirations of second grade, I became drawn towards law because of the endless debates I’d undertake with friends and family. (As it turns out lawyers do debate endlessly, and…