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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. -
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Disruption And The T-Shaped Associate: How Young Lawyers Should Look To Develop In A Transforming Industry
How should a young lawyer approach their career progression? - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
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From The Career Files: What To Do When You're About To Blow A Deadline
If I am going to miss a deadline, does it help to tell the attorney who assigned the work the reason that I can’t make the deadline?
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From The Career Files: The Law School Admission Game, Play Like An Expert, 3rd Ed.
The Law School Admission Game, first published in 2009, has been rewritten and updated as a third edition. -
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From The Career Files: Should You Become A Public Interest Lawyer?
Choosing uncertainty in exchange for life experience and meaning. -
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From The Career Files: What’s Going On With The LSAT?
Here’s a rundown of changes relating to the LSAT that you should know if you plan to apply to law school in the next year or two. -
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From The Career Files: Ways To Appreciate Your Assistants
By offering to take your assistant to lunch, you have shown your appreciation. Your offer is not diminished because your assistant decided not to accept. -
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From The Career Files: How To Navigate The Mid-Year Review Meltdown
I've been getting anxious calls and emails from clients for the last couple of weeks, stressing out about what their reviews will say and what they will mean. - 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: Bridging The Gap Between Legal Education And Legal Practice Through Mentorship
What are some strategies for students who want to find an internship or a mentor? -
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From The Career Files: Taming The Beast -- How To Manage Difficult Clients
No one likes to be told they are wrong, and especially not when they are paying for the privilege. -
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From The Career Files: Taking 'Should' Out Of Your Vocabulary
Looking at any action -- past, present, or future -- from the lens of "should" is rarely helpful. -
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From The Career Files: How To Shine At Your Law Firm
If you really want to shine, seek out people to meet and projects that interest you. Firms want to know that you really want to work there. -
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3 Signs You May Be On Your Way Out Of The Practice Of Law
If you’re bored, depressed, or feel like a fraud, you may want to consider leaving the law.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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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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From The Career Files: One and Done, How To Stop Procrastinating
Struggling with procrastination? Here's advice on how you can stop doing that. -
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From The Career Files: How Can Pre-Laws Improve Their Writing Skills?
Here are some tips and tricks. -
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From The Career Files: Are You Forcing Your Life? Or Living Your Life?
There is something about law school, they say, that makes everyone a little competitive and nutty. -
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From The Career Files: 5 Survival Tips For New Associates
More often than not, new lawyers aren’t just worried about being new lawyers. -
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From The Career Files: How To Stop Treating Conversation Like Cross-Examination
Have your friends, family, or romantic partners ever told you to stop “arguing like a lawyer”? This is what they mean. -
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Do Associates Defy Generational Stereotypes? Download Our Free Report
How are generational tensions playing out in law firms? -
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From The Career Files: Advice For Very Young Would-Be Lawyers
Being a lawyer can be fascinating and rewarding. But it’s not as glamorous as media portrayals.