Professional Development

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Survival Skill No. 6 for Lawyers: Bring Your Authentic Self to Work

The new standard for lawyers: Bring your authentic self to work. Link Christin wraps up his series on beating burnout and achieving emotional well-being.

Link Christin - July 31, 2019
Sell Yourself One Hour of Your Time Every Day

A billionaire lawyer's advice: The best investment you’ll ever make is investing in yourself. Set a big ambitious goal, then sell yourself an hour each day to work toward achieving it.

Jay Harrington - July 29, 2019
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Empower Your Next Presentation With These 10 Tips About Public Speaking

Infographic | Ari Kaplan's public speaking tips help increase your comfort level, communicate more effectively and connect with your listeners.

Ari Kaplan - July 26, 2019
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Walking the Line: Persuasive Legal Writing Tactics and Professional Tone

Here are my favorite tips for persuasive legal writing that does not cross the line into unprofessional conclusory argumentativeness.

Josh Taylor - July 25, 2019
Commonly Interchanged in Parlance and Commonly Confused in Writing

Our legal writing skills series continues with some commonly interchanged words that have acquired common (mis)usage in our writing.

Josh Taylor - June 20, 2019
Be a More Effective Speaker

Want your talks to be well-received? Be yourself, field as many questions as you can — and have fun.

Ruth Carter - June 12, 2019
You Say You Speak English? Are You Sure?

Sometimes you need to translate English to American. Expressions lawyers may encounter.

Theda C. Snyder - June 5, 2019
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Survival Skill No. 4 for Lawyers: Compassionate Professionalism

Keeping it professional at the office doesn’t mean you can’t be human.

Link Christin - May 22, 2019
Don’t Say This! You Follow?

You are communicating because you want your message to be effective. Condescending phrases like "You follow?" undermine that aim.

Theda C. Snyder - May 7, 2019
Read the Room to Rule Your Presentation

Crossed arms, doodling and other body language might mean you've lost your audience — or that you're doing great.

Bull Garlington - May 2, 2019
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