Legal Career Development

Yuliya LaRoe | Leadership skills. We all know they are important. But can they be taught?

The first step in delegating is knowing what to delegate. Use this matrix to help determine what type of legal work you can (and should) assign to others, and what you can keep.

Over the course of a career, almost every lawyer learns that their personal network is their most valuable asset and plays a critical role in generating clients, advancing within a firm, and finding new jobs. “I wish I had waited longer to build ...

Analog Attorney | Ikigai is a Japanese career-assessment tool to help you find purpose and focus. It works. Right now, in the 87th month of 2020, you need it.

Every lawyer can use a hand up, especially when it comes to navigating the unwritten rules of making partner or stepping into a leadership role.

Jay Harrington | As a young lawyer, my nocturnal schedule was a choice — a result of my failure to make choices that could have helped me avoid exhaustion and burnout.

After weeks in relative isolation, working nonstop from home or worried about not having enough work, the time may be right for planning your retirement. Ida Abbott has questions that will help you consider your future.

Veteran trial lawyer Robert Katzberg, author of the new book "The Vanishing Trial," on the key to achieving success and happiness in the business of law today.

Meyling Ly Ortiz | How to be a Great Mentee. To be a good mentee as a young lawyer, take a people-first approach, know your ask and make it easy for your mentors.

Sarah Cottrell | If you find yourself thinking a lot about making a career change but aren't actually taking action, it's time to find a career coach.