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Attorney Misconduct
Attorney Misconduct — Time to Tattle?

Reporting another lawyer’s misconduct can bring on a mix of emotions. If the other lawyer is your adversary and you’ve been battling in the gutter, a bar complaint may be exactly what you wish on this person. Lawyers know a lot of lawyers, ...

Megan Zavieh - June 12, 2022
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Be a Small-Town Lawyer

Be a small-town Lawyer: Many rural areas have a shortage of lawyers. No one needs to remind law students and recent law school graduates about the dismal job market. Only 85 percent of the class of 2012 found a job of any kind post-graduation — ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - June 12, 2022
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Retired Partners Are Valuable Law Firm Resources

Ida Abbot explains the benefits of retired partner groups, pointing to Faegre Benson's successful program and more ideas you can use.

Ida O. Abbott - June 10, 2022
Lawyer Advertising Ethics
Six Things Every Lawyer (and Marketer) Should Know About Lawyer Advertising Ethics

Will Hornsby | I’ve plowed some of this ground in prior posts, but here is a framework to understand the six most important issues.

William Hornsby - June 10, 2022
passive voice
Honing Legal Writing Skills: Passive Voice and Parentheticals

The first post in our new series with rules, optional techniques and simple suggestions to remind you that strong writing makes you a better lawyer.

Josh Taylor - June 10, 2022
Why Should You Be Grateful? How About More Clients?

Teddy Snyder | Your marketing plan has multiple components. Incorporate daily thankfulness as one of them.

Theda C. Snyder - June 7, 2022
benefits of positivity
5 Ways to Create Your Path to Positivity

Camille Stell | Is positivity even possible in law? Here are five ways to shift your mindset to unapologetically positive.

Camille Stell - June 6, 2022
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Do You Have the Career You Deserve? Getting Started with a Career Development Plan

It is often said that people spend more time planning their vacations than planning their own careers. Since vacations are, alas, fleeting, it seems like there might be much greater return on your time investment by creating—and actively ...

Marcia Pennington Shannon - June 6, 2022
bar discipline
Recovery After Bar Discipline

Any lawyer who has been through the bar discipline process will tell you it was one of the most stressful, horrific experiences of their career. It truly is the low point. So you would think, having been through it once, they would do everything ...

Megan Zavieh - June 4, 2022
Retirement and the Unexpected Return to the Office

Camille Stell | Retirees returning to work is a rising trend. Here are lessons from attorney Will Graebe on his unexpected return to work.

Camille Stell - June 3, 2022
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