by Keith Lee | Professional Development
As I noted a couple of days ago, Forbes recently published a ridiculous listicle of tasks to complete every morning. Do this, do that, run down the checklist. I ridiculed it because (a) it was drop-dead obvious things to do that people should have incorporated into...
by Keith Lee | Professional Development
In David Maister’s book, Managing the Professional Firm, he makes an observation that most professional firms fall into two categories: Farmers and Hunters. Farmers: …like [farm] communities, these firms deliberate about what crops to sow, arrive at a...
by Keith Lee | Professional Development
One of the great, unspoken realities of being a new lawyer that is never mentioned in law school is that you are going to screw up – badly. And then you’re going to have to explain it to your supervising attorney. You’re going to miss a deadline, not...
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 | Professional Development
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle The trick is not holding other people accountable – but holding yourself accountable. It’s the central starting point of developing an appropriate...
