When I started my career in legal services in the late 1990s, law firm culture was something amorphous that no one quite had a handle on. Prospective hires would often ask what the law firm culture was like and the answers would...
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Weeding Out Procrastination
Sam is frustrated. Having settled her big trial, she faces a pile of small tasks she is behind on. None of it is particularly challenging, but she spends hours a day surfing the net instead of getting caught up. Chris is deadline...
Wrapping up the year – ten questions to reflect on
December 23, 2022. Time for a deep inhale and a longer exhale. You did it. You made it through another intense year. Life these days is always some form of crazy. Change isn’t something that you have to handle once in a...
Partnership – Is it for you?
This month my article for SLAW is all about partnership. For many associates these days partnership is no longer an attractive goal. Many young lawyers look at partners’ lives and don’t see the appeal. The long...
Practice Management Tune Up – Fall Workshop
Did you start this week with a feeling of tension in your belly or a tightness in your shoulders? Or was it worse? A feeling of dread, or overwhelm, accompanied by the thought “how am I going to get it all done?” Please...
Don’t Let These Ten Stumbling Blocks Push You Out of Law
Ever wondered, “Why did I become a lawyer? Maybe a career in law isn’t for me?” You aren’t alone. We all question our decisions from time to time. A career in law isn’t one thing. It’s not one skill set. It’s not one...
Strategy for the times: grounded hope
Bad news and tragedy surround us. The challenges appear to be enormous. Daunting. How do we hold ourselves up and make a difference in these times? I believe that hope, grounded hope, is a necessary starting point. Grounded hope...