by Stan Robinson, Jr. SHR Marketing, LLC Using LinkedIn effectively can help you become a better lawyer and enhance your professional reputation. We will briefly explore why this social network is particularly important and how…
TGIF! If you are thinking this is going to be about the Socratic method, you are wrong. It’s about the apparent overuse of “cautionary tales” about the practice of law that has law students stressing…
In an age of increasing scrutiny of corporate actions, regulatory enforcement and access to information, some question whether keeping corporate lawyers quiet through principles such as the attorney-client privilege remains important: “In a recent post…
The road to becoming a general counsel – a perspective from Jay Kim, a recruiter and Managing Director at MLA’s San Francisco office: “Although there is no prescribed or set path to the general counsel…
Attorney depression has been in the spotlight before, and the American Bar Association is continuing its efforts to study the issue – this time by partnering with a treatment center. “The American Bar Association’s Commission…
Just in time for your August vacation – a solution to out-of-office email issues! If you could unplug the fax in the good old days, can’t you turn off the email? “The German automaker recently…
From time to time, a case hits the news that makes in-house counsel gulp – and fortunately most of these cases have a happy ending: “A recent blog post addressed a noteworthy decision in United States ex rel. Barko v….
By Megan Grandinetti, Esq. The Lawyer’s Health Coach I’m going to guess that you probably hit the “snooze” button a few times this morning, missed your window of time to get to the gym, and…
Dennis Kennedy, in-house counsel, legal tech author and podcaster, has written another thought-provoking piece that should get all lawyers thinking about how legal services can be “productized”. While private practice attorneys and professional services firms…
A recent piece in the Atlantic discusses the proliferation of individuals and businesses helping people quit the law. At the same time, scores of recent law graduates are looking for their first positions and, notwithstanding…