Good lawyers sometimes have trouble sleeping. They wake up in the middle of the night, their mind racked with some minute detail of a transaction. Thoughts swirling about the deposition tomorrow morning. Second guessing the discovery response they filed that...
A couple weeks ago I had two separate new law grads email me asking about networking. I spent about 30 minutes or so talking on the phone with each of them. (Yes, I gave them my number and took time out of my day to speak with them.) They were having problems with the...
You’re assisting in a deposition. It’s your seventh one ever. You look around at the other lawyers in the room. They all look full of confidence. There is an associate from another firm about your age there as well. She’s looks calm and sure of...
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...
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...
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...
