Podcast

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Ways to Say Thank You and Follow Up With Extraordinary Style

How do you say thank you after a job interview or follow up after a promising client meeting? How do you express appreciation for a mentor’s advice, or thank someone for a solid referral? Gratitude is the coin of the realm when it comes to ...

Bull Garlington - June 24, 2026
Lawyer AI Competence
Lawyer AI Competence: Training Is Becoming Mandatory — But Lawyers Still Get Burned

As mandatory AI training sweeps through law schools, tech literacy has officially shifted from elective to compulsory. Discover why modern courts are aggressively penalizing practicing lawyers for a lack of basic Lawyer AI Competence—and how to ...

Michael Maschke, Sharon Nelson and John Simek - June 18, 2026
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Seize the Scaffolding: Why Law Firm Growth Still Depends on Getting the Basics Right

Zena Applebaum | There's a growing gap between what law firms expect their tech, including AI, to deliver and what their MarTech infrastructure can support.

Zena Applebaum - June 16, 2026
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Why Legal Demand Is Unpredictable — and How It Affects Business Development for Lawyers

Jay Harrington | Many lawyers pursue work more aggressively when business is slow, but let efforts fade when they get busy. The problem is that legal demand does not arrive on your schedule.

Jay Harrington - June 15, 2026
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17 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Associate

Fraught with potential booby-traps, the first year as a big law associate can be daunting. Here are 17 actionable tips to help young lawyers become exceptional attorneys.

Jay Harrington - June 10, 2026
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Rewarding Your Referral Sources

You can do plenty of things to stay in the good graces of your referral sources, even if you can't always refer back work. Here are a few good ideas from law firm business development expert Sally Schmidt.

Sally J. Schmidt - June 8, 2026
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 - June 4, 2026
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Clients Don’t Have My Cell Number: 5 Rules for Preventing Lawyer Burnout

"If you want to reach the next plateau of your career and enjoy your life while doing it, you have to stop pretending that being available 24/7 is a badge of honor." Jason Wright has five pragmatic rules for preventing burnout in his family law ...

Jason Wright - May 29, 2026
time to leave your law firm
The Hotel California: How You Know It’s Time to Leave Your Law Firm

Recruiter Jenny Leon says lack of a book of business is the biggest reason lawyers are unable to leave their firms.

Jenny Leon - May 28, 2026
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Why Your Brain Needs Creative Rest (and What That Actually Looks Like)

For a profession that runs on cognitive performance, creative rest isn’t optional. It’s strategy. Karen Skinner explains what that looks like for busy lawyers.

Karen Skinner - May 26, 2026
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