Reading List

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101 Top Rainmakers’ Secrets: Be THAT Lawyer, Not That Other Lawyer Who Doesn’t Know How to Get Business

Book Review | Steve Fretzin’s latest book, "Be THAT Lawyer," offers a treasure trove of advice for would-be and rising rainmakers.

Jared Correia - June 4, 2025
Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers
Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’

Book Review | Richard Susskind's much anticipated book on AI offers clarity for perplexed lawyers. Jerry Lawson takes us through it.

Jerry Lawson - May 9, 2025
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Wise Lawyers Don’t Eat Junk

Stop! Put down that maple-drizzled oat-pecan scone and back away, slowly. Now think: Are those 440 empty calories worth of sugar, fat and carbs truly the best way for a lawyer to refuel in the afternoon? While you chew on that, consider what Jen ...

Jennifer Sacheck - September 1, 2024
How to Hug a Porcupine
Book Review: How to Hug a Porcupine

Book Review | "How to Hug a Porcupine" is full of practical tips for dealing with prickly people.

Susan Cohodes - August 13, 2024
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Book Review: Considering Hanging Out Your Shingle? A Road Map to Becoming ‘Solo by Choice’

Book Review | The third edition of “Solo by Choice," aka the solo practice bible, provides a no-nonsense road map guide to going solo or reinvigorating your post-pandemic solo practice.

Susan Cohodes - March 1, 2023
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Book Review: How to Be Successful at Succession Planning

Book Review | “The Lawyer's Guide to Succession Planning: A Project Management Approach for Successful Law Firm Transitions and Exits.”

Roy S. Ginsburg - March 30, 2016
Ditching Paper? MacSparky to the Rescue

The e-book Paperless, self-published by attorney David Sparks (aka @MacSparky), has won an Apple iBookstore “Best of 2012” award. Okay, so it’s 2014, and I’m a bit late to the parade. But seriously, better late than never: This is one you ...

Heidi Alexander - January 17, 2014
The Reading List
Partnership: It’s Not Just Lawyering Anymore

When you're an associate receiving positive feedback for your intelligence, diligence, and impeccable work product, it's hard to fathom the need to start learning an entirely different set of skills for the later phases of your career. But ...

Marian Lee - April 2, 2013
Finding Experts and Verifying Their Credentials on the Web

When you’re in need of an expert to serve as a witness in your case, to consult on a special matter, or perhaps even to serve as a speaker at your bar seminar, where do you look? Your first instinct may be to use a search engine, or to search a ...

Carole Levitt - December 20, 2012
Be Younger Next Year: Lawyers Just Think They’re Too Busy to Be Healthy

Staying young book. You’re never too busy to be healthy next year. I wanted to be a lawyer even when I was a little kid, and I was right. I loved the practice. Absolutely loved it. Hell, I loved law school, which is weird. But after 25 ...

Chris Crowley - November 13, 2012
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