Professional Development

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The Power of List Making

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

Meyling "Mey" Ly Ortiz - January 8, 2025
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5 Reasons Law Firm Coaching Is More Important Than Ever for Business Development

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 ...

Jennifer Griffin Scotton and Jill Huse - January 8, 2025
Why Do So Many of Us Dream of Failure?
Fear of Failure Dreams: Why Do So Many of Us Dream of Failure?

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.

Tea Hoffmann - January 3, 2025
What Makes a Good Lawyer
What Makes a Good Lawyer: Five Essential Traits

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

Jamie Spannhake - December 31, 2024
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Lessons From Year One: The Less-Than-Full-Time Lawyer Life

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

Susan Cohodes - December 16, 2024
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Five Mistakes When Dressing for the Firm Holiday Party

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

Samantha Morris - December 12, 2024
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Don’t Just Show, Prove: Why Lawyers Need Expert Video Storytelling in the TikTok Era

Joe Douglass | Done well, videos become powerful, persuasive tools that sway juries and adjusters alike.

Joe Douglass - November 18, 2024
lawyer leadership
Investing in Homegrown Leaders: Here’s How to Develop Effective Lawyer Leadership Skills

Yuliya LaRoe | Leadership skills. We all know they are important. But can they be taught?

Yuliya LaRoe - November 7, 2024
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Do I Have To? Advice for Law Firm Interns on How Not to Annoy the Senior Lawyer

Susan Cohodes | Advice for law firm law firm interns and new lawyers. Because everybody deserves respect.

Susan Cohodes - October 29, 2024
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Changing Legal Practice Areas: Insights for Attorneys Under 40

Raul Gastesi | Young lawyers wanting to build an agile and successful career need only follow a few simple rules.

Raul Gastesi - October 28, 2024
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