Here's the planning process you need to take action and implement the steps along your path to the right career as a lawyer. The difference between working to survive as a lawyer and working to thrive at it is a…
We all feel fluctuations in our moods (from elation to deep sadness). Some people feel this range of emotions to a lesser degree (find it hard to feel intense emotions) while others feel it to a greater degree (find it hard not to feel intense emotions). A common question we get is, “How can you tell the difference between a low mood and something more serious like depression?”.
Every client your law practice serves can bring you more, better clients. Focus on what you can do to improve their experience. We thank the team at Lawyerist.com for this helpful guest post. From start to finish, the client experience during a…
In this edition of Webinars for Busy Lawyers, Daniel Siegel will show you how to get time-saving results from technology. If you're looking for more minutes in the day, technology can deliver them. But you've probably struggled with finding time…
In the life of a new associate at a medium or large law firm, it is not uncommon to sacrifice time with friends and family in favor of working long hours each day, working into the evening or on weekends at times when looming deadlines approach, and work with multiple superiors (partners and senior associates). In addition to the challenge of learning new aspects of the law, managing your time to complete the volume of work assigned to you, and trying to maintain your personal life in some fashion, the challenge of saying “no” becomes one of the most common sources of stress among new associates.
Effective September 1, 2018, new Rule 1.15A sheds light on what exactly the Client's File actually is and how long lawyers need to preserve them. Find the answers to your questions here. On June 7, 2018, the SJC adopted an…
Confidence helps any career flourish and it's even more critical in the legal profession. Can adjusting your body posture really return immediate results? Here's the 'final' word. Words are never final in science, but the recent controversy over whether research…
BONUS full-hour edition of Webinars for Busy Lawyers, we have two experts ready to help you understand how your law practice might be able to benefit from the tax cuts that took effect at the start of 2018. On July…
Microsoft Office is always expanding its range of time-saving tools, so it's hard to stay on top of what you need to learn. Find out what skills to focus on for the best ROI as you use the products in…
The stats are alarming which indicate that before entering law school a student is just as likely to have experienced depression as any other adult in the general population (which is about 7%). After one year of law school, 32% of law students experience depression. It keeps rising to 40% by the end of the third year. So what is it about law school, and in particular the first year of law school that is so stressful to law students? While there are many sources of stress in the first year of law school, two particular stressors stick out as significant for many students: the Imposter Syndrome and the Socratic Method.