In early December, the Wall Street Journal started a new blog, The Juggle, dedicated to work/life balance issues. The tag line limits the discussion to “choices and tradeoffs people make as they juggle work and family,” and I’ll be curious to see whether the posts will continue on that line or whether they’ll broaden out […]
The New York City Bar Women Lawyers Committee has put together a “Cheat Sheet”for women lawyers (or law students) interviewing legal employers or seeking to evaluate a current employer’s commitment to women. Geared toward gender issues, obviously, the Cheat Sheet is largely applicable for evaluating any diversity issue. It’s an interesting document, not least because […]
Do you ever feel uncomfortable talking about yourself and your practice when you’re networking in hopes of developing new business? Many lawyers do. (And some lawyers who don’t feel that way perhaps should — but that’s another post.) But there’s good news: talking about what you do isn’t the way to generate interest from a […]
I burn my candle at both ends It will not last the night. But ah my foes and oh my friends It gives a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay What do you think when you read this? If you’re like many lawyers, you felt a flutter of recognition — perhaps just before you […]
In the discussions that led up to the Lawyers Appreciate… countdown, Stephanie West Allen mentioned the Secret Society of Happy People to me. The name captured me – raptured me! — and it kept floating back to the surface as we were choosing the name for the countdown. Stephanie recently requested authorization from Pamela Gail Johnson, the creator […]
Yesterday’s WSJ Law Blog pointed to an American Lawyer article entitled Obstacle Course, outlining the challenges female litigators have in “break[ing] through old stereotypes to build top-tier practices” in the “male-dominated world of litigation.” Referencing one female partner’s internal struggle not to deal with food arrangements for trial prep meetings and another who was asked (15 years ago) […]
Are you thinking this is a strange topic for a legally inclined blog? Perhaps it isn’t… Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine featured an article titled Happiness 101, addressing the field of positive psychology. As described on U Penn’s website Authentic Happiness, positive psychology is the field founded by Dr. Martin Seligman that: focuses on the empirical […]
Tom Collins, author of the well-respected More Partner Income blog has written a must-read post titled “A Problem Solving Policy for the Law Firm.” (Post is no longer available) He describes the ordinary approach to problem-solving as the process of identifying and closing the gap between how things are and how they should be, which treats […]
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading the storm of “Lawyers Appreciate…” posts over the last 10 days! Each blogger has added a new perspective on what lawyers appreciate and why. As I read, I found myself wondering what I might add when my turn came; as it turns out, that’s been easy. Lawyers appreciate colleagues. I can’t […]
I am so delighted to read all of the “Lawyers Appreciate…” posts that legal bloggers have shared in the past few days! (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check here for the explanation and here for the list of links.) I’ll be sharing my appreciation on the last day of the countdown. Until then, […]