Monday Mentors with Varsity Search President Daniel Hare
Daniel Hare is the founder and president of Varsity Search, a legal recruiting company dedicated to building great teams by bringing together lawyers and law firms. In this episode, Daniel has curated some of the most mentioned tips from guests over the past year.
Standing Out In Your Firm
- Take ownership / Think through next steps / etc.
- Turn in work that is ready to file (no first drafts!)
- Accept/learn from feedback and constructive criticism
- Ask for work; don’t sit back and wait for it to be assigned
- Always be prepared
- **Take care of your mental health**
When sending out resumes/interviewing/looking to move
- Stay in your current job as long as you can
- Stay in touch with classmates and build new relationships authentically
- The basics: no typos, grammatical mistakes, addressing to the correct firm, etc.
- Ask great questions / prepare / demonstrate sincere interest in the position
- The human factor (interests, connection, fun to be around)
Productivity Tools
- Centerbase or Intapp - timekeeping apps
- Slack
- Soulver (Apple only) - quick math (dates, money, back of envelope)
- Nextpoint - ediscovery
- Notability / Smart Apps for Lawyers
Favorite Movies (# of guests who mentioned it)
- My Cousin Vinny - 10
- Legally Blonde - 7
- A Few Good Men - 7
- To Kill A Mockingbird - 4
- The Firm - 3
- Erin Brockovich - 2
- The Verdict - 2
- A Civil Action - 2
- The Devil’s Advocate - 1
- The Pelican Brief - 1
- The Lincoln Lawyer - 1
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose - 1
- Runaway Jury - 1
- Just Mercy - 1
- Breaker Morant - 1
- Bridge of Spies - 1
- Intolerable Cruelty - 1
- 12 Angry Men - 1
- Liar, Liar - 1
- The Paper Chase - 1
- The Informant - 1
- Knives Out - 1
You can go to Daniel's Linkedin Poll to vote for which movie he and Robert Callahan will feature on the next Movie Verdicts episode! You can also go back and review all the Movie Verdicts episodes we have already done here.
Thanks to Daniel Hare for doing the show solo today!