Growing Your Law Firm Career by Effectively Delegating Work to Associates
In law firms, traditionally, the senior-junior relationship is respected up to a point and building a team of...
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Attorney-Client Privilege for Corporate Communications Made to In-House Counsel
The notion and protections of the “attorney-client” privilege varies from state to state within the U.S....
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The Art of Negotiation for Attorneys
This article could also be titled the “Art of War” by Sun-Tzu because the strategies and tactics are...
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When Are Flat Fees Better, and How to Initiate Flat Fee Arrangements
A flat-fee structure can increase efficiency and savings where it can be implemented.
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Billing 3000 Hours: Is It Possible and How to Do It?
To start with, let’s admit that 3000 billable hours a year is an attainable target for a young and energetic...
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What it takes to be Successful in a Legal Career
A legal career today can spell different things for different people. A traditional legal career can follow...
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Developing Your Legal Career
There are two keys to developing your legal career: First you need to improve your skills, attributes, and...
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Success as a First-Year Associate: Up and Away
Want to step up fast at your first law-firm job? Rise to the top of the heap? Scale great heights? Veteran...
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Early Investing: Get Rich Slow
It's never too early to start squirreling away your newfound salary. Find answers to your most pressing...
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Changes in the Social Perception of a ''Successful Lawyer''
Almost imperceptibly, three terrible socio-economic waves have struck the legal profession and changed its...
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Low-Cost or Free Online Legal Research Resources
Often in small firms, corporate counsels have to handle a multitude of tasks and not all businesses can afford...
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Reverse Brainstorming in Everyday Legal Practice
First off, ''Reverse Brainstorming'' has become management jargon today, but it is a process used over...
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Don't Try Your Patience, Test It
Patience is said to be one of the greatest virtues. That's time-tested wisdom. However, few of us take...
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Legal Risk Management: A Quick Overview
There's a lot of research and literature out there on risk management and business risk management but...
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You Are Nothing More Than another Corporate Employee – Take It or Leave It
Gone are the days when corporations went out of their way to retain in-house counsel and allow them special...
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What Attorneys Can Learn From Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs will be remembered for many things, not the least of which is the technology he conceived. Also...
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Law Firm Jobs - 7 Steps to Making Partner with the Firm You Want
It is indeed a true fact that in the law firm jobs everyone is faced with the question of making that much...
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Legal Jobs - Myths about Lawyers
Legal jobs can be a dream come true if one has the right aptitude for the job. To be successful in a legal job...
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How to Set up a Virtual Law Firm
Many lawyers are turning to the virtual law firm as a more practical and affordable means of business. Virtual...
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Emotional Intelligence
Thanks to Netflix, I recently watched season 1 of the now cancelled TV show, Heroes. The show revolves around...
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Your Career Success Depends on Projecting a Confident Attitude
People will be reluctant to trust you if you seem unconfident during social interaction. For a legal staff or...
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Manage Anger and Channel it Constructively
Anger is a normal human emotion, which is almost always destructive in nature if unmanaged. Anger is a...
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Practice Human Recall to Shine as an Attorney
Most attorneys work hard and concentrate when analyzing and preparing cases, but later tuck them away for...
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Listening Skills Make a Better Attorney
Most of us are fond of ignoring reality and struggle to shape reality fit into our vision, rather than...
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Winning Briefs Is More Important Than Winning Cases
As an attorney, you win and lose in the courts every day. In reality, each case pleaded in front of the bench...
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Making the Most of Your Time: How to Use the 80:20 Rule to Prioritize Your Work
Most of us prioritize our work on the fly without spending much time either analyzing or prioritizing it...
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The Rebirth of a Lawyer
''The first ten years of my career,'' said one of my lawyer friends, ''were wasted in trying to build a...
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Social Management in Your Workspace
The job of an attorney places a premium on time. The stereotype of the ignorant client has become obsolete and...
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Polish Your Body Language And See Your Career Shine!
Interpersonal skills decide the direction of your career. Success at interviews, success in finding mentors...
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A Good Lawyer Becomes a Successful Lawyer Only Through Relationship Marketing
Relationship marketing is the key to building a successful practice and knowing your law is not sufficient to...
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