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Being a Solo Attorney Is Not the Problem - How You Explain It Is

One of the most common misconceptions I encounter among attorneys is the belief that once they leave a law firm and begin practicing on their own, their chances of returning to a respected law firm become slim or nonexistent.Nothing could be further from the truth.....

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Beat Attorney Burnout: Find Happiness in Legal Practice

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled How Attorneys Can Beat Burnout and Find Happiness in Legal Practice.The focus is on the critical human need for positive feedback and encouragement to sustain a successful and fulfilling legal career. The webinar explains how toxic or unsup....

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Attorney Career Success: Optimizing Your Process for Lasting Results

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled Attorney Career Success: Focus on Process, Not Results. The focus is on how shifting one's mindset from obsessing over immediate outcomes, like money or prestige, to building sustainable professional processes can dramatically transform a l....

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Building a Profitable Legal Career: The Power of Repeatable Work

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled The Profitability Process: Why the Most Valuable Legal Work is Work That Repeats Itself. The focus is on the critical importance of securing "repeatable work" to ensure long-term career stability and success in the legal profession. Rather ....

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Attorney Career Trends: What the Fastest-Growing Practice Areas Mean for Your Future

The legal profession is changing quickly, and attorneys who understand where demand is rising will have a major advantage in the years ahead. BCG Attorney Search’s report, The 20 Hottest and Fastest-Growing Practice Areas for Attorneys, arrives at exactly the right time. It highlights the practice....

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Is it Pointless for Attorneys to Move Law Firms Because They Are All Basically the Same?

Question: How do I know that my firm is the problem? Will I be happier at another firm, or are they all just basically t....

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Is the Wrong Job Now Better than the Right Job Later?

I recently worked with an attorney who was interested in one thing: moving to a certain city to join her partner, who wa....

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How Can I Look for a Job without Burning Bridges with My Current Employer?

Question:I am a fifth year associate and I am in the process of looking for a new position. How can I look for a new job....

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Treat Your Job Search As a Full-Time Job

Associates are busy people. In fact, many associates approach legal recruiters like me because they would like to be le....

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How Can I Raise My Game If I Was One of the Top Three Being Considered for a Position?

Question: I am a fourth year associate at a large New York firm who has recently been interviewing with other firms. I j....

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How Do I Learn the Ropes without a Good Mentor?

Question: I recently joined a new firm as a lateral and I don’t know anyone! My firm assigned me a mentor but he is un....

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Is Work-life Balance a Realistic Goal at “Biglaw” Firms?

Question: Is work-life balance a realistic goal at “biglaw” firms? I just became a parent and I’m having a hard ti....

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How Not to Get the Job of Your Dreams

On the hunt for a new job? When searching for a new gig, there are plenty of things you should be doing in order to max....

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Choose Your References Wisely

I recently wrote a blog post about choice of references and I received several responses from legal professionals around....

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Work-life Balance & a Biglaw Job

Question:I have worked very hard the last four years to get top grades at a top tier school, work on Law Review, and get....

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Associate Stuck Working with Difficult Partners

Question:I am a first-year litigation associate at what many consider to be a top (and difficult) firm. I am stuck work....

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Taking Charge of Your Mentoring Experience

Mentoring relationships are as old as the legal profession itself. In the earliest days of legal practice, mentoring and....

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How Becoming a Mentor Can Help Advance Your Professional Career

Mentoring is an invaluable tool for career growth and development. It offers a valuable opportunity for both mentors an....

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Responding to Criticism: Survival Strategies

A large law firm can be a harsh work environment. When you take a group of intelligent, ambitious, left-brained individu....

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Why Pro Bono?-What You Need To Know

Try to list professions that inherently expect their members to give portions of their time to the underprivileged for f....

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