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Analog Attorney | For an everyday fountain pen, you want a workhorse. You want a pen you can drop on the floor. Here are classy but affordable choices to suit your various needs.

Teddy Snyder | Does it feel like the players in your case are acting without rhyme or reason? Like Milo in 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' your job as a lawyer is to restore good decision-making and rational behavior.

Susan Cohodes encourages aspiring PI lawyers to be honest about whether they're cut out for the rigors of personal injury practice — before it eats you up.

Breaks are not indulgent — they’re necessary to sustain focus, energy and good health. Jamie Spannhake has are five low-key ways to take a break from the office and recharge.

Ask the head of most any law firm about the compensation for a given employee, you'll likely hear something like “$35 an hour” or “$75,000 a year.” Of course the dollar figure is correct but it does not represent total compensation.

The personality traits that make you a great lawyer don't necessarily make for a happy personal life. Here are five strategies from Jamie Spannhake and Tal Fagin for switching off your inner attorney outside the office.

Brooke Lively | Underperforming billers cost far more than their salary. They create a drag on revenue, waste valuable leadership time and poison your firm's culture.

Teddy Snyder | Supersede is a concise word lawyers love to use, so why do so many get it wrong? Here's the seed of an idea to stop this mistake.

Marin McCall | If you're spending time creating social media content for your law firm, it's worth understanding which numbers actually matter and what to do with them.

Jay Harrington | Practical ways associates can show they’re ready to take the next step to partnership.