For many lawyers, the most intolerable stress is due to imposter syndrome.

Gray Robinson | Unfortunately, the art of persuasion isn't taught in many law schools. Here are six fundamentals.

When I ask lawyers where most of their clients come from, the answers I hear range from fridge magnets to radio, but most law firms tell me their business comes from “word of mouth.” That's not surprising. After all, other people recommending your services tends to be more believable than your own ad saying you’re the greatest thing since the slinky.

Microsoft Outlook’s Message InfoBar is often overlooked. That’s unfortunate because it’s a wellspring of, well, info! Vivian Manning has tips for understanding what the InfoBar does and how to use it to save time and clicks.

Annie Little says lawyers are terrible listeners. Is that the reputation you want? Three ways to turn it around. Better Listening. Oh, don’t act so shocked. You know it’s true. Even if you’re an exceptionally sensitive lawyer, you’re still stuck dealing with other lawyers. And you’re not exactly a fan of being cut off, condescended […]

Camille Stell explains the power of a sabbatical. Here's how taking one can help you begin to consider life after the law.

Laura Ernde | Takeaways from the LMA panel featuring Dama Brown, Jordan Coleman, Farschad Farzan, and Lam Nguyen.

For Friday Five+ Tech Tips, we invite a dream team of law practice technology experts to give their best advice for tackling the everyday tech quandaries that plague us all, to help your practice run just a bit more smoothly. This month’s question: "What's your best advice for making better presentations?” Heidi Alexander, Jim Calloway, Simon Chester, Reid Trautz and Nora Regis have logged a dizzying number of presentations. Here's what they've learned about powering up your time at the podium.

Our emotions are dynamic, changing all the time, and these changes are amplified by pressure and stress at work. Ignoring how we feel isn’t reliable or sustainable — or effective, given the tendency for our emotions to “leak” into conversations and interactions through the process of emotional contagion. A much better strategy is to recognize when and how emotions affect the way we communicate — how we speak, write and think.

I’ve always been athletic, but I didn’t become a runner until law school. Since then, I’ve participated in a handful of races.