Law Schools: “Give Me Your Weak…”

by Keith Lee | Law School

Over at The Legal Whiteboard, Jerry Organ has taken my initial observation about the decline in law school applications from elite universities and run with it. In a series of posts titled Understanding Trends in Demographics of Law Students (Parts One and Two), Organ...

The Type of People Who Should Not Buy My Book

by Keith Lee | Site News

As strange as this might sound, there are some people who should not buy my book. It’s not for everyone. I knew this while I was writing it. Last week over at Consultant’s Mind there was a post entitled Two kinds of people. . . Had a strange week. Lots of...

Goals Are For Losers

by Keith Lee | Professional Development

Scott Adams in an excerpt from his new book that appeared in the Wall Street Journal: To put it bluntly, goals are for losers. That’s literally true most of the time. For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you will spend every moment until you reach the...

State-by-State Lawyer Growth Rates Over a Ten Year Period (Graphics)

by Keith Lee | #data, Research

UPDATED. So earlier this year, the ABA released data on lawyers per state over the past ten years. Unfortunately, it wasn’t exactly in a useful or informative format. As people seem to enjoy when I post informational charts, here are a few on the growth rates of...

Natural Networking: Business Development On Your Terms

by Keith Lee | Professional Development

I’ve long been a proponent of the idea that if you don’t have a book of business – you’re dispensable. It’s doubly true in the current legal employment crash. Let’s take a recent hypothetical law grad, Adam. Adam was in the top of...

How to Succeed as an Associate: Resources and Links

by Keith Lee | Professional Development

FYI – Feel free to peruse the links below, but I’m now maintaining a regularly updated list of resources for new lawyers. You can find it here: Online Resources For New Lawyers In case you didn’t know, the analytics backend of websites shows you the...

Lawyering In The Shadow Data: Digital Wakes and Pattern Recognition

by Keith Lee | Research

Human nature has a tendency to cloud judgment by introducing cognitive biases and emotion into the decision-making process. Data, on the other hand, is indifferent. It is impartial. It can be comprehensive in scope where lawyers are limited in experience. Data does...

Book Unveiled: The Marble And The Sculptor

by Keith Lee | Site News

I mentioned my book earlier this year, but now it’s finally here. The Marble and The Sculptor is available now. If you want a guide on how to transition from law school into the practice of law, this is it. In each chapter (over 40 topics total), I layout...

ABA Future of Legal Education Issues Its Draft Report

by Keith Lee | Law School

  So the ABA Task Force On The Future Of Legal Education released its draft report (PDF) today. They’ve spent the past year or so having meetings and discussing the problems facing the legal profession. Let’s look at their key conclusions: Pricing and...

What are your tips for not thinking about work after hours?

by Keith Lee | Reader Questions

So over at the private Lawyers sub on reddit, a user asked the question: What are your tips for not thinking about work after hours? Distressingly, the majority of the responses involved: Drinking Reddit Drinking To be fair, some suggested working out as well. For my...