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Clients Don’t Have My Cell Number: 5 Rules for Preventing Lawyer Burnout

"If you want to reach the next plateau of your career and enjoy your life while doing it, you have to stop pretending that being available 24/7 is a badge of honor." Jason Wright has five pragmatic rules for preventing burnout in his family law ...

Jason Wright - May 29, 2026
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Your Law Firm’s Knowledge Is Trapped: A Chatbot Can Let It Out

Ernie Svenson: A curated chatbot finally makes all the knowledge trapped in your law firm useful — without a big-firm budget and without a KM department. Here's how.

Ernest Svenson - May 28, 2026
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How To Autofill In Microsoft Excel (2026 Update)

Learn how to quickly enter lists and repetitive formulas in Excel like a pro.

Danielle DavisRoe - May 28, 2026
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Law Firm Marketing Strategies: 10 Marketing Maxims for Lawyers

In a crowded legal market, writing checks for big ad campaigns isn't enough. Discover 10 foundational maxims for law firm marketing strategies that prioritize client outcomes, build uncopyable trust, and beat the status quo.

Jay Harrington - May 27, 2026
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Get Serious About Business Development and Start Taking Action (Even If It’s Imperfect)

Jay Harrington | Perfectionism is great for legal work product, but it’s a major bottleneck for business development. Learn why lawyers must adopt a bias toward imperfect action to successfully scale their practices.

Jay Harrington - May 27, 2026
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Why Your Brain Needs Creative Rest (and What That Actually Looks Like)

For a profession that runs on cognitive performance, creative rest isn’t optional. It’s strategy. Karen Skinner explains what that looks like for busy lawyers.

Karen Skinner - May 26, 2026
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Why Niches Matter Even More in a Saturated Market (2026 Update)

Jay Harrington | When building a practice, don’t try to serve everyone. Focus on serving someone. Others will follow.

Jay Harrington - May 26, 2026
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You’re Not Hired! The Rules of Non-Engagement (Letters)

Megan Zavieh | Non-engagement letters are exactly what they sound like: the opposite of an engagement letter. 

Megan Zavieh - May 25, 2026
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Does Doodling Make You a Better Listener? 4 Good Reasons to Unleash Your Inner Doodler

Analog Attorney: Doodling may be the very last activity you'd look to for improving your productivity, uncorking your creative genius and deepening your listening skills. But stay with me. There’s science. There’s history. There are famous ...

Bull Garlington - May 24, 2026
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How to Use Microsoft Word Section Breaks to Change Margins, Page Orientation and More in the Middle of a Document

Page breaks have their uses, but only section breaks let you change section formatting part way through your Word doc.

Danielle DavisRoe - May 22, 2026
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