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From The Career Files: Only When I Was Really Honest With Myself Did I Realize Why I Had To Leave The Law
If you don't enjoy the practice of law, it may be a sign that it's time to leave the profession. -
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From The Career Files: How To Find And Pursue Your Passion In The Law
Ari Kaplan interviews Gabe Galanda, the co-founder and managing lawyer of Galanda Broadman, an Indian Country law firm with headquarters in Seattle. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
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From The Career Files: The 3 Main Fears That Keep You From Leaving The Practice Of Law
You are afraid of the 'unknown' of what actual jobs you, an attorney, could be qualified for beyond just litigation and transactional work.
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From The Career Files: The 2 Keys To Managing Your Workflow
When you don’t have a system, it’s very difficult to get organized and stay on top of things, even when you’re managing your thoughts. -
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From The Career Files: How Can Associates Make Sure Mistakes Don’t Happen Again?
Developing a system to track mistakes can save you. -
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From The Career Files: Strategies For Succeeding As A Solo
Ari Kaplan interviews Nancy Mertzel, the former chair of Herrick Feinstein’s Intellectual Property Group, who recently founded Mertzel Law PLLC, a boutique IP law firm. -
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From The Career Files: How People-Pleasing Holds Lawyers Back
People-pleasing is the pattern of thinking and behaving in ways that that prioritize what other people think over what you think. -
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But… HOW Do You Actually Leave?
Some lessons learned that helped me to take the leap of faith and leave a 'successful' career as a lawyer for a wildly different life. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
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From The Career Files: Can You Ever Turn Down Work At Your Law Firm?
Remember that telling the client 'no' is not an option. Someone has to do the work. And the lawyers who give you work are your internal clients. -
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Why Trying To Avoid Making A Mistake Can Be Our Biggest One
The fear of a mistake is what prevents us from taking any steps to leave the law and positively change our lives. -
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The Imposter Syndrome Prescription
Millions of people are suffering from the same psychological syndrome. There hasn’t been a known cure… until now. -
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From The Career Files: The Less We Control, The Happier We Become
You are probably afraid that if you leave the law, you will not be able to make enough money. -
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From The Career Files: Should You Let Your Guard Down At Work?
Here are some tips to help keep you from stepping in it...
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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From The Career Files: It’s Not About You -- How To Stop Taking Things Personally
We assume that someone else’s feelings about us are a reflection of how we have acted or what kind of person we are. -
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From The Career Files: You Have A Choice To Make
There are two types of emotions in the world: love or fear. -
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From The Career Files: Rejection
Rejection: So many of us live our whole lives trying to avoid it. But we don’t even really understand what it is. -
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From The Career Files: Doing The Ordinary Better Than Everyone Else Is A Hallmark Of Client Service
Ari Kaplan spoke with David Kempston, a Minnesota-based plaintiff's workers’ compensation lawyer, who is the self-published author of That's Why They Call It Practicing Law. -
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From The Career Files: Swimming Lessons For Baby Sharks, Practical Advice For New Lawyers
As a lawyer, completing legal projects is one of your primary functions. Not so for your client. -
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From The Career Files: How To Advance Your Own Career
No one else will care or be as invested in your professional development as you are. And that’s how it should be. -
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From The Career Files: 3 Ways For Lawyers To Reduce Substance Abuse That Actually Work
Being a lawyer does not make you a drug addict or an alcoholic. But legal pedagogy and practice do set you up to be more susceptible to the appeal of drinking and drug use.