Even though they know it’s a great way to generate qualified leads, lawyers shy away from content marketing, because . . . you know: they actually have to produce content. Whether and how to blog is a frequent subject of…
Boston College Law School, Boston University School of Law and Northeastern University Law School are launching the Lawyers for Affordable Justice law practice incubator in Kenmore Square in January 2016. The incubator will focus on small business, immigration, employment and…
As we have discussed previously in posts (Tip #1, Tip #2, and Tip #3), anxiety attempts to gain control over you by suggesting a feared future outcome. The more you try to prevent that feared outcome from occurring, the more anxiety grows and the less control you feel. The desire to live a life free of problems or mistakes is not a bad desire in and of itself. The problem starts when we begin to believe that we need our lives to be problem/mistake-free in order to have an enjoyable life. To be blunt, this is a lie.
Jared insists that your firm back up its data. TWICE. Wait, let's make this more clear: He insists ONCE that you back up your data TWICE. But you can watch the video twice. Or thrice. Or quad... four times. Just…
The suggestion to fake it until you make it is one that has been used for many situations over the years. Many people have strong reactions to the suggestion, either they hate the idea because it seems disingenuous and an admission of inadequacy, or they love it because it helped them get over a barrier of doubt and allowed them to persevere. In many ways, whether you love it or hate it, your opinion of “fake it ‘til you make it” is usually influenced by what the suggestion symbolizes to you.
Jared tells you a few things you can do to encourage clients to pay their bills (and retain your services!). He also tells you what he's wearing for Halloween. All in 90 seconds. Watch now:
It’s one of those age old questions, like ‘How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop’? (It’s 3.) Unfortunately, when it comes to client maintenance, there is no wizened, old owl…
The statistics are, well, depressing when it comes to the rates of depression among law students and attorneys. While law students do not differ from the general population in terms of depression prior to starting law school (about 7%), approximately 32% of law students experience depression by the end of their first year in law school. This trend continues through law school to the point of 40% of students experiencing depression by the end of the third year. After law school and the bar exam, rates of depression go down a bit but generally stay at over twice the rate of the general population. Lawyers in all areas of law are faced with various stressors (financial, pressure, long hours, unemployment, etc.) that contribute to their impaired well-being.
One of the most stressful situations that a person can be in is when they feel they have no control. Feeling a lack of control increases stress. Lists of the most stressful jobs are often topped by jobs in which the employee feels little control over their time and workload. A CEO who is responsible for the operations of a company and the jobs of all of its employees will most often report a lower amount of stress than a middle manager who feels like he or she is stuck in between the rules of upper management and the complaints of the ground level workers. The biggest difference between those two jobs (aside from the paycheck) is the amount of control that each person feels they have within their job.
As with many of the choices that lawyers are faced with in modern practice, selecting an office space yields a plethora of options - perhaps even an overwhelming number. Do you acquire a traditional lease? How about a virtual office?…