Vivia Chen, Legal Times

Vivia Chen

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New York, WA, United States

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Past articles by Vivia:

Hey Laterals, Are You Ready for Your Close-Up?

Videoconferencing is how some laterals will land at their next job if the coronavirus persists, recruiters predict. Laterals will likely sign on with law firms that they've never set foot in and whose partners they've never met. → Read More

At Least You Can Quit Shaving Your Legs

Working from home means your appearance no longer matters, so you can let your work speak for itself and dispense with the superficialities. → Read More

What's the Holdup at the Connecticut Supreme Court?

The Connecticut Supreme Court is struggling to issue its decisions in a timely fashion. → Read More

Sexual Harassment Is Thriving in Big Law

Thanks to law professors Joanna Grossman at Southern Methodist University and Deborah Rhode at Stanford University, we now have a primer on sexual harassment... → Read More

The Young and the Restless

If your firm has been spending big bucks on branding, paying fat bonuses or packing associates off for courses at Harvard Business School, you've just wasted your partners' hard-earned money. → Read More

Are Women's Awards Insulting or Empowering?

I hate to burst your balloon but I find those best female lawyers lists rather annoying. To me these shoutouts suggest that women are unable to compete with the big boys. → Read More

10 Male Behaviors That Annoy Female Lawyers, as Told to The Careerist

Remember the advice I passed on to you ladies about how to be assertive yet lovable? Well it provoked a number of responses from readers (OK female readers). In a nutshell some women said they’re sick and tired about getting schooled on how they should behave. “What about the men?” readers asked. Let’s give men a crash course on how they should behave. → Read More

10 Male Behaviors That Annoy Female Lawyers, as Told to The Careerist

Remember the advice I passed on to you ladies about how to be assertive yet lovable? Well it provoked a number of responses from readers (OK female readers). In a nutshell some women said they’re sick and tired about getting schooled on how they should behave. “What about the men?” readers asked. Let’s give men a crash course on how they should behave. → Read More

10 Male Behaviors That Annoy Female Lawyers, as Told to The Careerist

Remember the advice I passed on to you ladies about how to be assertive yet lovable? Well it provoked a number of responses from readers (OK female readers). In a nutshell some women said they’re sick and tired about getting schooled on how they should behave. “What about the men?” readers asked. Let’s give men a crash course on how they should behave. → Read More

10 Male Behaviors That Annoy Female Lawyers, as Told to The Careerist

Remember the advice I passed on to you ladies about how to be assertive yet lovable? Well it provoked a number of responses from readers (OK female readers). In a nutshell some women said they’re sick and tired about getting schooled on how they should behave. “What about the men?” readers asked. Let’s give men a crash course on how they should behave. → Read More

10 Male Behaviors That Annoy Female Lawyers, as Told to The Careerist

Remember the advice I passed on to you ladies about how to be assertive yet lovable? Well it provoked a number of responses from readers (OK female readers). In a nutshell some women said they’re sick and tired about getting schooled on how they should behave. “What about the men?” readers asked. Let’s give men a crash course on how they should behave. → Read More

'You Don't Get Any Breaks': Tales of Pregnant Litigators

The demands of parenthood are intense for all working mothers and fathers but litigators have the extra pressures of mandatory court appearances despite → Read More

How Women Can Be Assertive (and Lovable)

I know you’re tired of hearing about how hard it is for a woman to be in charge. But despair not: This time we’ll give you ladies some tips on how to manage and avoid the pitfalls. → Read More

Summer Fun With Ted, David, Randy, Marcia and More!

Is it truth or urban legend that lawyers are often too work-crazed to tear themselves away for vacation during the heat of the summer? Despite their neurotic → Read More

Summer Fun With Ted, David, Randy, Marcia and More!

Is it truth or urban legend that lawyers are often too work-crazed to tear themselves away for vacation during the heat of the summer? Despite their neurotic → Read More

Summer Fun With Ted, David, Randy, Marcia and More!

Is it truth or urban legend that lawyers are often too work-crazed to tear themselves away for vacation during the heat of the summer? Despite their neurotic → Read More

Summer Fun With Ted, David, Randy, Marcia and More!

Is it truth or urban legend that lawyers are often too work-crazed to tear themselves away for vacation during the heat of the summer? Despite their neurotic → Read More

Summer Fun With Ted, David, Randy, Marcia and More!

Is it truth or urban legend that lawyers are often too work-crazed to tear themselves away for vacation during the heat of the summer? Despite their neurotic → Read More

Senior Associates Get No Respect

Maybe I've been around the block too many times but I'm having a hard time emoting about those newly announced salary increases that are sweeping big law firms. In case you've been in remote Mongolia the going-rate salary for a first year associate just shot up to $180000 (from $160000). And yes Cravath Swaine & Moore started this whole damn thing. → Read More

Four Tips To Get Over That “Dirty” Feeling When Networking

Four Tips To Get Over That “Dirty” Feeling When Networking Who knew lawyers have such moral scruples? According to research by business school faculty members at Toronto, Harvard and Northwestern universities,… To continue reading, become a free ALM digital reader. Benefits include: * Access to Law.com original news online * Law.com Newswire daily newsletter * Access to other ALM subscription… → Read More