After a semi-brief hiatus, Tuesday shorts are back. This is a roundup of interesting things that have caught my eye but didn’t result in a full post. Duke Law Leadership Experience: Last Friday, I was privileged to be a part of the Second Annual Duke Law Leadership Experience . I served on a panel with […]
Have you paused to consider the full scope of who’s in your network? When I talk with law students, they often worry that they don’t have a network yet or consider their network to be composed of other law students and lawyers with whom they’ve worked or met at some event, and that perception may […]
Today marks the release of the first issue of the new twice-monthly e-newsletter, Leadership Matters for Lawyers. My conversations with lawyers have revealed deep interest in the topic of leadership. Law firms have initiated leadership development programs and bar associations have instituted Leadership Academies. Attorneys are reading (and writing) books that address how leaders are […]
Susan Carter Liebel of Build a Solo Practice LLC is the host for Blawg Review #142. Styled as a Letter to a New Lawyer, Susan has done a masterful job of delivering advice by using the titles of the legal blogs that have featured such letters this week. Here’s a short taste of this week’s […]
Some months ago, Stephanie West Allen requested that fellow bloggers write a “letter to a young lawyer.” Susan Carter Liebel has recently renewed the request and I am delighted to join in, at last. To the new attorney: Welcome to the practice! You’ve learned much over the last three years of law school, and you […]
There’s an interesting (quite short) article today titled, Law Firms Let Women Forge Their Own Way. The story centers on a Gabrielle Higgins, who recently made partner at Ropes & Gray and was “pleasantly surprised” to discover that 7 of the firms 10 new partners were women. And if that 70% figure isn’t striking enough, […]
“There have always been, and inevitably will be, a certain number of bullies, braggarts, brutes and bigots who manage to insinuate themselves into any assemblage of humans, the legal profession not excluded. In the past, these misfits have been dealt with by peer pressure and sanctions; however, as the rude, degrading behaviors creep ever […]
During my first conversation with a new client, we were talking about the goals she’d like to set. She said she’d like to make partner at her firm, and I asked what she needed to do to reach that goal. She answered that good work and maybe bringing in a few clients would get her […]
Perhaps you’ve heard this: “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life!” I’ve seen that quote, or similar ones, attributed to everyone from Confucius to Harvay MacKay. Now, here’s my corollary: even so, you will nevertheless sometimes need to adjust priorities, to take time off, and to shift what you do. On […]
I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas have had (or perhaps are having) a marvelous, restful time with friends and family. I naively thought I might induce my two dogs to wear their holiday finery (a reindeer headpiece, as seen here, and a Santa hat) and get them to pose in front of the fireplace, […]