Most people make a New Year’s resolution related to their health. But by the end of February, more than 75 percent of them have given up on it. If one of your resolutions was to get healthy in 2012, don’t despair. You can do it with these five ways to get healthy, starting now. So listen up! This could be a life-saving Friday Five.

If you’ve been out of the job market for a while and you’re thinking about jumping back in, it’s important to map out a strategy—and stick to it. In part one of this series, “Heading Back to Work: Preparing for Re-entry,” we discussed the importance of setting clear goals and sharpening your skills. In this segment, […]

You’ve probably heard of the wildly popular Foursquare and Farmville, where users receive incentives to participate in activities. But the concept of gamification—the use of virtual rewards, levels and status to motivate certain behavior—is increasingly popular among lawyers, too. That may come as a surprise if you associate games with younger or “less professional” groups of people, but you […]

Legal project management has become a bit of a buzz term in recent years, but what exactly does "LPM" entail? Do you really need a stable of Gantt charts to run your law practice efficiently, or is there a simpler way? Sure there's a load of project management software out there promising to double your free time, maximize efficiency and make you smarter, richer and taller. But the dirty little secret in the industry is that project management software usually gets implemented because some business people think they need a killer tool to get their act together.

Clients are always looking for a law firm or lawyers with tremendous experience in xyz. Clients are very rarely looking for a lawyer with zero experience in xyz. Yet, in most law firms today, young lawyers are expected to bring in work—any work—and generate revenue. Do not be fooled. It won't matter where you got your law degree, or what your class rank was, or how well you scrape and bow. You will never get far or be successful as a lawyer if you do not bring in business.

“Siri, which juror should I strike?” As nice as the fantasy is, a machine will never be able to pick a jury—no, not even the iPhone’s personal assistant can apply the critical ingredient of human judgment to that important task. Still, technology can play an increasingly viable and useful role in helping you organize the information that […]

If you have been away from the workplace for an extended period of time, re-entering the job market can feel overwhelming, even frightening. People returning to work normally experience myriad emotions, both positive and not so positive. It is challenging, yes; impossible, no. Even in the current marketplace, lawyers do find jobs—good jobs. However, it will take persistence, creativity and a good plan.

Perhaps you’re an insatiable traveler, never quite at home unless you’re not at home. Perhaps work regularly tears you away from the comforts of home, and you’re always looking for ways to make it less of a pain. Or maybe for you, planning the journey is the best part of the trip—and there's nothing you love so much as researching every last detail of your one big travel splurge: mapping the itinerary, boning up on local culture, and making endless lists of must-see's. Well, no matter your travel personality, it’s almost certain there's a travel app to get you through. For this week's Friday Five, we dish up a ton of reviews and “best of” lists in the world of travel apps—both iPhone and Android.

If you were selling fruit and customers wanted to buy apples, wouldn’t you make sure you had apples? And wouldn't you let them know you had apples? Of course you would. But this simple scenario gets so much more complicated when you're selling something complex, like most legal services.

You're a new lawyer, launching a new law firm. How do you decide what your hourly rate will be? The ethics rules say that your rate must be "reasonable." That doesn’t give you much to go on. You know your rate should be a fair price for the quality of your work, and that it should be competitive with other attorneys in the same type of practice in your community. But can you find out what they charge?