Meyling Ly Ortiz | Fortunately, there’s more than one way for young lawyers to find the training they need to grow.

Most business communications have one objective: to obtain a response. Focus on communicating better to increase your odds of a quick and meaningful reply. Lawyers spend a lot of time communicating to get work done. We communicate with clients, colleagues and each other. This communication occurs in virtual or in-person meetings; phone calls; and over […]

Law firms, lawyers and other professionals can learn from past economic downturns. There are many useful and inspirational lessons to learn about how law firms and other organizations have successfully weathered prior economic storms, then survived and thrived. As the writer and philosopher George Santayana said in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are […]

Ensuring a more comfortable workplace is good for employees, and that’s good for the employer, too.

The COVID-19 crisis is not necessarily creating new trends, it’s merely deepening and accelerating existing ones. Mine the trends for new opportunities for your post-pandemic legal career.

This four-step plan will reduce your reliance on paper without risking your license (or sanity).

The nonstop tide of regulatory change can be overwhelming for lawyers. Here are three practical ways to keep up with regulation changes in your practice area. The pace, volume and nuance of regulatory change is staggering. One moment, you’re up to date on the latest laws and rules in your areas of expertise. But the […]

Neville Pokroy | It’s quite simple to compete successfully with larger firms, as long as you keep these 10 factors in mind.

It’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole of mastering a complicated productivity system’s quirks instead of getting real work done. For this area of my life, I like pen and paper more than electronics.

Jay Harrington | A “one and done” approach can help you make fewer decisions, and therefore make those decisions better.