Professional Development

Teddy Snyder | Eloquent speakers understand that in every setting, every minute should be informing, perhaps delighting, your audience.

When you are a first-year associate in a big law firm the way is fraught with booby-traps. Here are 17 tips to help you become an excellent attorney. A family friend recently graduated from law school and will be starting his career at a large ...

Meyling Ly | Start a "Done-List" to track your accomplishments and be prepared to show your value.

Business development coaching can help lawyers meet their goals for both short- and long-term success.  When the pandemic hit, the world shut down. Except it didn’t. Lawyers across the globe continued serving their clients remotely and ...

Ruth Carter wants you to read these four books before opening a law firm — and she shares two top 10 lists from lawyers around the web. Jay Foonberg’s “How to Start and Build a Law Practice” has long been the go-to book that many ...

What do those recurring dreams of failure say about us? Tea Hoffman says reframing the fears our dreams reveal may be the key to personal growth and success.

You’re busy and you need to know how to properly address an envelope, so let’s get right into it. Addressing an envelope correctly is crucial, whether you are sending letters, invitations, or cards. Including the recipient’s name, ...

What makes a great lawyer? Is it intelligence, good people skills, effective writing? Five traits that make a lawyer stand above the rest.

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

Don't be the one to embarrass yourself at the big firm holiday party. That lampshade does not go with those shoes.