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Put Down the Phone and Back Away Slowly

The National Technology and Data Association (NTDA), a Virginia-based nonprofit focused on technology-related economics, combined with support from the Data Transfer Registrar (DTR), a governmental database logging national data transfer rates ...

William Melater - January 8, 2013
We’re Making a (Reading) List

Ah, for a week with endless hours to relax and read a few of the beautiful books on those end-of-year "top selling" and "best of" lists. Whether curled up by a cozy fire or digging your toes into some warm tropical sand, there's nothing better ...

Joan Feldman - December 21, 2012
Law School Regrets: Wish I had Made More Friends

I graduated from law school 30 years ago. When speaking to law students about how to find a job today, I mostly cover the basics. But I draw on my own experiences, too, and offer one bit of advice rarely provided by most career counselors. I ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - December 19, 2012
Celebrate the End of Darkness

For today's Friday Five, we have five good reasons to add a little light to your life and celebrate next week's Winter Solstice—the shortest day of the year and its longest night. That's right, in 2012, the earliest winter since 1896 arrives ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - December 14, 2012
Writing an Ebook: What I Learned

Have you been thinking about writing a book? It can be a fantastic marketing tool that sets you apart from the pack—and you can leverage it to get media attention for your area of expertise. In the past, you had to pitch ideas to publishers, of ...

Ruth Carter - December 13, 2012
Nurture Your Network for Success

We’ve all heard the adage: “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.” In reality, of course, it’s both. You can’t be a successful lawyer, or any professional, without knowing both the who and the what. But the message behind the well-worn ...

Steven Taylor - December 5, 2012
Develop Your Professional Skills

When young attorneys begin their career, they get loads of information thrown at them, meet a lot of “very important” people and enter a lifestyle that’s extremely different from the one they lived in law school. It can be overwhelming. In this ...

Steven Taylor - November 29, 2012
Advice Every First-Year Should Know and Apply

“When I came out of law school,” recalls Scott Westfahl, director of professional development at Boston’s Goodwin Procter, "I was told ‘Keep your head down, do good solid work and you’ll be elevated into the partnership and build a client base. ...

Steven Taylor - November 19, 2012
Be Younger Next Year: Lawyers Just Think They’re Too Busy to Be Healthy

Staying young book. You’re never too busy to be healthy next year. I wanted to be a lawyer even when I was a little kid, and I was right. I loved the practice. Absolutely loved it. Hell, I loved law school, which is weird. But after 25 ...

Chris Crowley - November 13, 2012
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Election Day Plus One: The Party’s Over

Remember that time at the airport when you stepped onto the moving walkway to discover it wasn't ... moving ... and fell on your face? Well, that's what today could be like. Whether you spent the wee small hours of this morning at a celebration ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - November 7, 2012
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