The annual Membership Appreciation Event, Rendezvous on the Roof, takes place on Wednesday, July 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. This year's event will be in Clayton on the rooftop at 190 Carondelet. Connect with fellow BAMSL members and unwind in style while enjoying networking, appetizers, and drinks. Free for all BAMSL members. This event is for Members and Sponsors Only.

Keep the evening going on Wednesday, July 22, by joining BAMSL's Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for an after-party immediately following the Rendezvous on the Roof. From 7:30–9:30 p.m. at Cafe Napoli, enjoy great company, networking, and a fun way to wrap up the night with fellow attorneys.

BAMSL has a Legal Placement Service that can help you find employment in the legal field. Applicants may submit their confidential resume FREE of charge to jmacke@bamsl.org.  

Visit https://www.bamsl.org/?pg=CareerCenter to find out how BAMSL can help you find a new position.

By Carrie Bechtold

I have spent about half of my career as an in-house lawyer and the other half in private practice at larger law firms. I started my in-house career in litigation as a regulatory enforcement lawyer and spent the last three years as a business advice or client-facing lawyer. I like to use an elephant analogy to explain the difference between an in-house litigator and in-house client-facing lawyer. As a litigator, I walk behind the elephant, cleaning up the mess. As a client-facing lawyer, I walk in front of the elephant, feeding it fruits and vegetables and trying to prevent the mess in the first place. Either way, a few things have proven true across every in-house role I have had. Here is my top ten list for surviving—and actually enjoying—life in-house. The list is in no particular order, and it applies to legal work more generally.

Read more in the May-June issue of the St. Louis Law Journal, out now!