Career Planning For Associates

Career Planning For Associates

by | Professional Development

What, precisely, is going to make you special (or even more special) in the marketplace over the next few years? Would you like to develop a specialized expertise in a particular technical area, in certain types of transaction, in the problems of certain types of...
What Is Lawyer Slack?

What Is Lawyer Slack?

by | Site News

LawyerSlack is now LawyerSmack – the leading private community for lawyers. Learn More What the hell is Slack you ask? Slack is basically a messaging app on steroids. It’s meant for teams and workplaces, can be used across multiple devices and platforms,...
How To Write a Legal Brief

How To Write a Legal Brief

by | Writing

A few years ago, a couple of law professors surveyed practicing lawyers and judges on the quality of legal writing from new lawyers. The results? More than 93% of the responding practicing attorneys and judges believed that the briefs and memoranda they saw were...
How To Leave A Law Firm

How To Leave A Law Firm

by | Ethics

Last week a lawyer contacted me and posed the following question: If I opened my own practice in January what are my obligations to my clients? Can I take the files with me automatically? I’m pretty close to opening my own thing. TL;DR: No, there’s more to...