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Mindfulness
Five Ways Mindfulness Can Benefit Lawyers

Mindfulness means to be in the present and to accept each moment without preference or judgment. It’s an ancient practice that comes from Buddhism. It's not a religious practice. Rather, it’s a way to engage in our lives with care and ...

Jeena Cho - August 20, 2014
Friday Five
Five Lessons from Hackcess to Justice

At "Hackcess to Justice" last week in Boston, lawyers and developers spent two days hacking away at a "technological-enabled solution" to improve access to justice. Sponsored by the ABA Journal and hosted by Suffolk Law School in Boston, ...

Heidi Alexander - August 15, 2014
Stylin’ It in Microsoft Word

Do you ever wish you could just open your closet in the morning and pull out an entire coordinated outfit? Imagine deciding to dress "business casual," and reaching in to retrieve a hanger holding a complete outfit — from neatly creased khakis, ...

Vivian Manning - August 14, 2014
Digital Dictation
Four More Ways to Use Digital Dictation

The use of dictation has evolved as an active part of a productive law practice. In many cases, dictation tools are both easily available to a lawyer and completely intuitive as apps for smartphones or tablets. If you have shied away from ...

Eric Wangler - August 13, 2014
Enterprising Lawyer
Ralph Pais, Enterprising Lawyer

Who are these “enterprising lawyers”? Actually, they are easy to spot. Look for the more engaged and happier lawyers in the crowd. Deeply invested in the power of the work they do for their clients, they have ample interests beyond the practice ...

The Editors - August 11, 2014
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Words Matter: Writing the First Three Sentences

Lawyer, writer and writing instructor Gary Kinder wants lawyers to get to the point quickly in their communications with clients. “Too often lawyers write a letter to the client and won't tell them the answer to the client’s question,” he says. ...

Steven Taylor - August 5, 2014
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Want a Great New Job? Skip the Resume Black Hole

If you’re subjecting yourself to an online cattle-call and hoping it will somehow result in a new job, you’d better hope that part of the job description is “sheep-like; blindly follows the crowd and pointless instructions from people ...

Mike O'Horo - August 4, 2014
Editing with three easy steps
Words Matter: Ways to Unmuddle Your Prose

In their written communications, lawyers need to use the right words and the right number of words in the right way. If you circumvent your content, malign your meaning, dangle your modifiers or otherwise mangle your sentences, you might very ...

Steven Taylor - July 17, 2014
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Nine Ways to Enhance Your Online Job Application

The wait to hear about an online job application is often too long, and the process is often discouraging. If you don’t have a personal connection to the employer, it will be difficult to get through the screening process without matching most ...

Wendy Werner - July 16, 2014
Nothing But the Ruth
Want to Be More Efficient? Unplug!

Let me tell you a secret — the biggest distraction in my life is me. No, I’m not wasting time playing Angry Birds or watching Netflix. My challenge? I’m so well-trained to react the moment my laptop or phone lights up, chimes or rings that it’s ...

Ruth Carter - July 14, 2014
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