Bull Garlington | The most important soft skill of them all.

A legal pad makes an excellent coaster — and, yes, you’re using one to level your desk right now. Can it help run your firm? Sam Walton turned a five-and-dime into the Walmart empire using little more than business savvy and a legal pad. His reliance on yellow legal pads is well-documented. His desk at […]

Brooke Lively | Here are the two most important factors that determine your firm's value — if you want to sell.

If you’re on the fence about whether to start your own practice, these tips from Robert Theofanis may inspire you to make the leap.

Camille Stell | Tips for tidying up your practice and conducting a comprehensive financial review.

Legal project management software can help lawyers with ongoing, chaotic, unpredictable workflows. Utilizing a good project management tool is important for organizing the firm’s work and maintaining high client expectations. For a law firm, these tools assist in managing internal projects, for a more profitable practice. Nicole Clark points to nine applications to consider for […]

Ivy Grey | Effective legal writing combines articulate argumentation, authoritative citation, and proficient use of tools like the Table of Authorities.

Bull Garlington | Zoom backgrounds for professionals that are free, high-resolution, and allow a little wiggle room for creativity — without going too far.

Lawyers with attention deficit order may struggle with organization, sustained focus, procrastination, and deadlines due to the unique functioning of the ADD/ADHD brain. Here are a few tactics for dealing with common challenges. In my work as a psychologist, most lawyers and law students who talk to me about their attention deficit disorder, or attention […]

As a long-time mentor, I have had the privilege of mentoring hundreds of mentees. An experienced mentor provides guidance and support, helping mentees grow and develop. Some of these mentor relationships lasted only for a single 30-minute “pick-your-brain” session, while others have been as needed over the trajectory of the lawyers’ careers. Being a good […]