As I’ve mentioned before, one of the tools I access with WordPress allows me to see the searches that lead people to my blog. I continue to be surprised and concerned by the number of searches on attorneys and depression, and even more so by searches on some derivative of attorneys and suicide. Lawyers have […]
As I wrote on Monday, the DISC assessment helps people to understand their own behavioral and communications styles, to identify the styles of other people, and to learn how to make that knowledge work for them. Today, let’s look at what each of the dominant styles tells you about how a person is likely to […]
Attorneys are communicators. Regardless of our practice area, essentially what we do all day is to communicate, or to prepare to do so. Whether it’s working directly with a client, attempting to persuade a judge or jury, negotiating a business deal, or coordinating with colleagues or staff, one of the key components of an attorney’s […]
How many emails do you receive each day that begin with, “Pardon the interruption, but…”? That’s become jargon in many law firms, an apology that means nothing but is the accepted entry point for a firmwide (or office-wide, or practice group-wide) request of some sort. Everyone will need to send out requests from time to […]
Just about every lawyer is aware of the conventional wisdom that it’s important to have a mentor. Law firms often establishing mentoring programs. But peer groups are something else. For instance, every law firm associate knows how critical it is to have a more senior associate willing to answer questions that range from how a […]
David Maister recently profiled Christopher Marston, a 29-year old Boston attorney who founded a 9-person law firm known as Exemplar Law Partners immediately after he graduated from law school. The firm bills exclusively on a fixed price model, offering more budget-friendly services to its clients and a good work environment for its lawyers. The firm touts its […]
Very few people have truly short commutes these days. I know of only one woman who lives within 15 minutes of her office, regardless of the time of day she makes the trip — and that’s because she’s only a 15-minute walk away. The rest of us put up with anywhere from 30 minutes to a […]
The true impact of yesterday’s security changes to prevent terrorist attacks on airlines likely won’t be revealed for some time. We’re now in the initial period of confusion and revelation, rebellion and adaptation. That will pass, I assume, and we’ll likely settle down to a new style of air travel, one that will probably be even […]
I’d intended to post today about the American Lawyer’s Midlevel Associate Study, released today, but everytime I try to follow the links on AmLaw’s website, my browser crashes. Here’s a link to the WSJ Law Blog post that discusses the study’s findings. My strong hunch is that the study will reveal few surprises and not […]
One of the interesting things about blogging on WordPress (and, I presume, other platforms) is that my nifty stats area shows what search terms lead readers to my blog. Sometimes it’s clear how someone followed the trail to get here, and sometimes I couldn’t be more puzzled. I had not expected to have one of […]