by Keith Lee | Law School
Recent law school graduates have been taking the bar exam. In a couple months, hopefully around 56.2% of them will have jobs. The below hypothetical memo is written from a senior partner to new associates of a firm. [divider] New Associates, Congratulations on...
by David L. Smith | Great Conversation
Over the years, I’ve noticed an incongruity in the way we think and the way the world works. We like to put things in categories, even if the nature of those things doesn’t call for such groupings or accept them readily. Consider race: a simplistic,...
by Keith Lee | Professional Development
It seems painfully obvious to me how networking should function, but given the number of law student and recent grads I speak to who have zero clue how to network, it isn’t. No one want to hear about your needs, desires, or wants. If you’re a jobless law...
by Keith Lee | Professional Development
The first day on the job for a new lawyer is overwhelming. Theoretically, law school has prepared a new lawyer to be a functioning attorney. In reality, most new lawyers are clueless. Especially K-JDs.* Most new lawyers wouldn’t be able to find the...
by Keith Lee | Technology
Yesterday I wrote about the changing nature of Google and how it means the end of SEO for lawyers: All the SEO and content generation in the world doesn’t mean a thing with the way Google is headed with their search business. So If SEO Is No Longer Important,...
by Keith Lee | Technology
For many businesses, their website is their storefront. They want their website to get noticed. But how to to get noticed – how do you stand out – from a million other websites? SEO. If you spend any amount of time online, you’ll hear about...
by David L. Smith | Great Conversation
In cards, as well as in the long term challenges of life and acute moments of conflict, Fortune does not always deal us the preferred hand. As a consequence, everyone occupies a position of weakness from time to time, and everyone faces defeat. While it is...
