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.

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 […]

Danielle DavisRoe | Acrobat Sign, Adobe’s competitor to DocuSign, is included with Adobe Acrobat licensing.