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Is Work-Life Balance a Fraud?
By Ruth Carter | May.08.13 | 5 Comments
In an interview earlier this year, Laurel Bellows, managing partner of her Chicago business and employment law firm and current president of the American Bar Association, was as[...]
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The Lonely Side of Solo Practice
By Ruth Carter | Mar.05.13 | 5 Comments
Working for yourself is awesome. Working by yourself is awesome, too. You get to set your own hours, you can wear whatever you want—and you get to run your business your way. But[...]
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Giving the Gift of Doing Good
By Joy White | Nov.22.12 | No Comments
For my birthday a friend had a tree planted in my honor in my home state of Ohio. (A tad amusingly, the friend’s last name happens to be Sycamore, but be that as it may….) Her [...]
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Take Five for You
By Reid Trautz | Nov.02.12 | 1 Comment
The life of a lawyer, especially a solo or small firm practitioner, is often stressful. Stress itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Our body’s reaction to stress actually hel[...]
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Delicate Conversations: Is It Depression?
By Mary Ellen Sullivan | Sep.24.12 | 1 Comment
It may be among the toughest conversations you ever have to initiate. But when you think a colleague is in trouble it is worse, for both your friend and the firm, to avoid the issu[...]
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