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How Do You Define Success?

How Do You Define Success? Lawyers we admire to tell what success means to them: Simon Chester, Greg Siskind, Nicole Bradick, and more.

Originally published April 29, 2022
Last updated July 11, 2023
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What Lawyers Need to Know About CCPA, California’s New Privacy Law

Do lawyers need to comply with CCPA? Ruth Carter explains — and has a list of questions we should be asking about privacy and data security.

Originally published April 29, 2022
Last updated October 11, 2024
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Four Steps to Taking Control of Document Formatting With Microsoft Word Styles

Follow these four steps to take control of Word styles and remedy its document formatting quirks.

Originally published April 29, 2022
Last updated December 29, 2022
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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals

Women in Law Series | Elena Kohn, Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth, says empathy and EQ make you a more successful lawyer.

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F-Bomb Your Way Into Better Business Writing

What if it sucks? What if a Senior Partner hates it? Is this the right word? Is it? Oh God, I don’t know if that’s the right word! WHAT WORDS ARE? WHO THEY WRITE STUFF!

April 27, 2022 0 1
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Advocacy Without Assholery

Nothing But the Ruth! | I asked non-jerk lawyers: How do you manage to be an effective advocate without acting like an ass — even when dealing with opposing counsel who are?

Originally published April 27, 2022
Last updated July 5, 2023
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Mediation Vocabulary

Mediation has its own vocabulary. Lawyers who know it can best manage the process to produce the optimum result. Tips from Teddy Snyder.

Originally published April 27, 2022
Last updated October 10, 2024
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This Is Why You Should Never Give Up Outside Interests

Building a life outside the office is essential for sustaining a long, satisfying and successful career as a practicing lawyer.

April 26, 2022 0 0
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How Can You Keep the Best People?

Turnover of lawyers and staff is a frustrating and costly problem for firms of all sizes. What can you do to keep people from leaving? Are there any best practices for retaining your best and brightest employees? In this edition of "Ask the Experts," we toss the question to Association of Legal Administrators members—and law firm HR pros—Cheryl Croutchie, Maureen Kolb, and Isabel Warner. Whether you supervise a few people or a few dozen, this is advice you can use.

Originally published April 26, 2022
Last updated October 26, 2022
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Marketing Your Practice: The Courage to Make Rain

Teddy Snyder | Ralph Waldo Emerson has the answer.

April 25, 2022 0 1
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