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Business Development Starters for Law Firm Associates

Sally Schmidt | Six associate business development activities to help young lawyers get a running start building their law practices.

Originally published December 23, 2024
Last updated May 23, 2025
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How to Change Your Law Firm Name

Ruth Carter | As more states are allowing law firms to use trade names, you may be considering rebranding your firm.

Originally published December 20, 2024
Last updated January 15, 2025
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Best Productivity Tools for Lawyers: Tech Tips and Connectivity Tools

Tech Tips | Topflight picks and pointers from Brett Burney, Tom Lambotte, Nerino Petro, Catherine Sanders Reach, Camille Stell, Juda Strawczynski and Catherine Tang.

Originally published December 20, 2024
Last updated January 15, 2025
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A How To: Crafting Your Elevator Speech (With Examples)

Sally Schmidt | Every lawyer should be prepared to introduce themselves with a solid elevator speech.

Originally published December 20, 2024
Last updated February 6, 2025
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Healthy Gifts for Lawyers: Top 5 Holiday Health and Happiness Gifts in a Box

Jamie Spannhake | From desk-friendly yoga tools to self-care kits, these ideas are as practical as they are thoughtful.

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How the Selection of Outside Counsel Is Changing

Ari Kaplan interviews speaks with Laura Leopard of Leopard Solutions, a law firm data platform and a SurePoint company.

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Lawyer Time Management: Four Productivity Building Blocks of Effective Lawyers

Many lawyers fail to structure their days in a manner that allows them to manage the day’s distractions and get important work done early, rather than late at night. And it’s a big problem: There’s probably no bigger contributor to your unhappiness than the sense that you've lost control and your career is consuming your life. While my last post touched on tips that can help you better manage your days and avoid working at night, I wanted to dive deeper. Here are some techniques that I use, and that I’ve observed others use, to get work done efficiently and effectively while maintaining a balanced schedule.

Originally published December 18, 2024
Last updated November 16, 2025
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Bracing for Impact: The Traumatic Stress Facing Immigration Attorneys in Times of Mass Deportations

Secondary Traumatic Stress encompasses the behavioral and emotional responses to continued, indirect exposure to traumatic events.

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Starting Your Own Law Firm in 2025? Two Costly Mistakes to Avoid

Katie Barnard | It's easy to fall prey to terms that could leave you without control over your most fundamental assets.

December 17, 2024 0 0
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Lessons From Year One: The Less-Than-Full-Time Lawyer Life

Attorney Susan Cohodes shares wisdom from her long career in small firm practice and her transition to "less-than-full-time" practice.

December 16, 2024 0 0
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