Recovery Day for Lawyers and Law Students is September 22!
Our 6th Annual Recovery Day for lawyers, law students, judges, and other legal professionals is on September 22nd!
Welcome to Law School: A 3-Step Survival Guide
Are you about to start law school? Congratulations . . . You have probably heard at least a few horror stories about the stress, the dropout rate, the prevalence of depression, the high student loans, the competition, the high rates of substance use, and how law school is either like military boot camp, the Hunger Games, or the battle between Gandalf and the Balrog. Challenges shape us, and law school is a life changing experience. Needless to say, it is best to have some helpful strategies at the ready, even before it seems they are necessary.
Plan Your Path for the Right Career as a Lawyer [Workbook 5]
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…
How to Do 90 Minutes of Legal Work in 60 [Webinar]
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…
The Diplomatic Way to Say “No”
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.
New Rule 1.15A: What Client Files Are & How Long Lawyers Must Preserve Them
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…
Can Power Posing Help Lawyers Gain Confidence?
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…
Microsoft Office Skills for Lawyers [Guest Post]
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…
Depression in law school – Imposters and Socrates
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.