Legal Career Development

Specialization has become increasingly prevalent — almost a necessity. Tomas Suros discusses the drivers behind practice area specialization and its benefits.

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

There’s probably no bigger contributor to your unhappiness than the sense that you've lost control and your career is consuming your life. Here are some time management techniques I use, and that I’ve observed others use, to get work done ...

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

It's probably a good thing that it happened to me right away. About two weeks into my legal career, I had my first encounter with a bully lawyer. I was working at the Chicago office of a large New York firm. My first day was Monday, September ...

Jay Harrington | The leap from law firm associate to partner means evolving from a "doer" to a "doer-seller."

Losing a job sucks big-time, but these dos and don'ts will help you maintain your sanity.

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

Susan Cohodes | Advice for law firm law firm interns and new lawyers. Because everybody deserves respect.

Raul Gastesi | Young lawyers wanting to build an agile and successful career need only follow a few simple rules.