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Typo: LIVING the DREAM, Webisode 3

by Rick Eid on August 3, 2008 in Columns, Video

For the most part, associates have no real effect on the outcome of a deal or a case—or anything of real consequence, for that matter. The one place we can really shine—or really fail—is proofreading. When I was at Skadden, I remember hearing that a well-regarded senior associate was passed over for partner three years in a [...]

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Connotative/Denotative: LIVING the DREAM, Webisode 2

by Rick Eid on July 27, 2008 in Columns, Video

Years ago, when I was a first-year associate at Skadden, I was at a bar, drinking, hanging out with a bunch of super-intense associates, when a cute girl smiled at me. I smiled back. Moments later, I was talking and flirting with her. She was young, cute and drunk. It was perfect—until I responded to some inane question with [...]

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The Interview: LIVING the DREAM, Webisode 1

by Rick Eid on July 20, 2008 in Columns, Video

Nick suffers the worst interview of his life, then somehow, magically, things look up. Or down, depending on perspective.

LTD Intro: Write What You Know

by Rick Eid on July 14, 2008 in Video

Before I became a writer, I was an associate at a large New York law firm. I hated it. Drove me insane. But like a good New England soldier, I practiced for seven years. I’ve tried to write about life in the big-firm-law biz several times, but I could never fully capture the horror of the [...]