For 23 years, Bob Denney has shared savvy observations of the most important business trends in the practice of law via his "What's Hot and What's Not in the Legal Profession" report. This year, we are honored to be first to share the 2011 report in its entirety. What's hot this year?

Given that quotable experts are the lifeblood of every news organization, it's no wonder thousands of public relations outfits are working overtime trying to package their clients as the ‘go to’ source for a specific industry. Thanks to the Web, now every law firm—no matter how small its PR budget—can do the same.

First off, let’s just say that you really shouldn’t even be reading this today, for goodness sake! While we’re always thrilled to see you, over here in Attorney at Work land we’re getting ready for Thanksgiving! You know … packing up the family to make our way over the river and through the woods, running out to […]

Today we're setting a place at our virtual holiday table for Otto Sorts, our resident curmudgeon, catching up with his most popular—and controversial—posts. Take a seat and look at what Otto's been writing about this past year.

If you’re a new lawyer you deserve a boost up. And today at Attorney at Work, we intend to give it to you in a concise, downloadable guide: "25 Tips for the New Lawyer." It’s bursting with handy information about working with others, dealing with your supervisor, getting things done and lots more. And it’s not just tips—there are 50-plus links to helpful articles full of practical advice from the Attorney at Work archives.

Mac loving lawyers gathered at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, last week for MILOfest 2011, "a conference for attorneys interested in Macs, iPhones, iPads and anything else bearing an Apple logo." Since more and more lawyers opt for Macs (and iPads) these days, for this week's Friday Five we asked Gwynne Monahan to share highlights from the fest.

Our interview with the partner was scheduled for 2 p.m. She arrived at 2:45 p.m., apparently not knowing what she was doing in the room or why we were there (even though we had met and shared an agenda only a week ago). As we started to sit, she mentioned she had only 15 minutes to give us. […]

Lawyers are good at many things, most of them associated with legal knowledge and analysis. We’re less good at many other things, most of them having to do with business and management. One of the things we’re least good at, I believe, is identifying and interviewing talent. The existence, let alone the widespread use, of the US News & World Report law school rankings in the recruitment process tells me that ours is not a profession burdened with a sophisticated approach to talent evaluation. You know who is good at evaluating talent? Our clients.

Eddie Izzard, the famous British comedian who dresses in drag, said that success in life is premised 60 percent upon how you look, 30 percent on how you sound, and only 10 percent on what you actually say. Therefore, if you look good and sound good, people will believe in you. This may shock you, but […]

Do you have that nagging feeling you’re just not enjoying your work as much as you used to? Are Sunday evenings beginning to weigh on you because you know you’re going back to work Monday morning? You might be ready for a change. Change can come in all shapes and sizes—from expanding your practice interests to changing where you work to completely changing careers. Take time out to consider what will be the best change for you.