by Tig Pocock, Guest Contributor While technical skill is important in selecting an external lawyer, in most cases there will be a number who can do the work. So how to stand out? 1. Understand…
Need to get up to speed on venture capital term sheet terminology? Well thanks to Brad Feld, a co-founder of Foundry Group, you can educate yourself with a few clicks of the mouse. He’s posted…
In-house counsel compensation demystified in another excellent piece by Bob Major, Jr., of Major, Lindsey & Africa: “To the basic question, “What do I have to pay?” my typical response is that there are two answers….
Do you have the traits and characteristics required for legal career success? “Results from the largest online study of lawyers ever conducted shows that an individual’s personality traits and characteristics are key to one’s propensity…
A new book sheds light on the skills, values and traits that make a better lawyer – head over to the ABA to learn more and take a short quiz which has some interesting revelations:…
In the words of Indiana Jones, “it’s not the years, it’s the mileage”: “The legal profession is aging as the percentage of younger lawyers continues to shrink in a decades-long trend…The most likely explanation, Henderson says,…
What in-house counsel lawyer or law department is not under budget constraints while at the same time being required to deliver fast, high-quality legal services? Robert Ambrogi discusses a guide to free and low-cost legal…
TGIF! Another installment of the weird, the wacky and the funny – with the topic today being responses to legal threats! “Lawyers cannot open up and say exactly what they are thinking, or what their…
Looking back, what do you wish you learned in law school? Hear one attorney’s take on the missed lessons – which will ring true for many in-house counsel and law firm lawyers alike: “I’m coming…
The next time you are asked to field calls, emails, texts, online chats, video chats, faxes and electronic meeting requests all at the same time, remind your colleagues that your brain will continue shrinking as…