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Check your Coverage, In-House Counsel

As a member of the legal department, you may be tasked with ensuring that your organization maintains appropriate levels of insurance to cover a variety of risks.  But what about insurance for in-house counsel themselves?…


What is your favorite mobile app?

Chime in at the ABAJournal and see what other lawyers are touting as their favorite mobile app: “For many of us, our smartphones and tablets are our constant companions. And few of us get through…


How Lawyers Can Avoid Burnout

Check out a great piece at the ABAJournal discussing how lawyers can avoid burnout: “Soon after graduating from New York University School of Law and joining the corporate practice of a white-shoe Manhattan law firm, Will…


Saving Big Law from the Robot Apocalypse

More insightful commentary on the future of law, the potential impact of the robot apocalypse on lawyers and law firms, and the importance of law firms putting clients first: “‘There’s going to be a vicious…



Weird Things Co-Workers Do

Head over to the ABAJournal website and chime in with your favorite co-worker stories in the comments section: “Often we end up spending more of our waking hours with colleagues than our loved ones, so…


The Compensation Conversation

Melissa A. Peters, Esq., Managing Director at Princeton Legal Search Group, gives insights and tips on the oft-dreaded compensation conversation when interviewing for legal positions: “When you are interviewing for a new legal position, you…


Recommend your Outside Counsel? Not so much

Where is the love, in-house counsel? “Only 33.3 percent of corporate counsel say they would recommend their primary law firm to an in-house peer, according to research from Michael Rynowecer at BTI Consulting Group. He…


‘Mindfulness’ Movement Spreads to Legal Field

If you haven’t heard of the mindfulness movement, well, that says something about where your mind is.  Read on to learn more about its spread to the legal profession: “For many lawyers, the pressure to…


Law firm senior lawyers too poor to retire

Wow – the rest of the world will soon be breaking out their tiny violins over this recent report: “A liberalisation of UK pension laws this year is leaving law firms wondering if there is a…