Reinventing The Law Business: You’re A Lawyer But You Want To Be A Businessperson – 8 Tips On How To Get There
If a job in the business world is what you want, here's how to go about getting it, according to columnist Bruce Stachenfeld.
What’s Possible: How To Get Business In 30 Seconds Or Less (Give Or Take Two Years)
Maybe you dread making "cold calls" -- but it's far easier than you think to turn "cold" conversations into warm ones, according to columnist David Perla.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
What Transitioning Out Of Law Really Looks Like: An Interview With Monica Reyes
Columnist Jeena Cho interviewed a woman who once ran a multimillion-dollar law practice to find out how she went from being a corporate lawyer to a spiritual success coach.
From The Career Files: The Language Of Change, Transitioning From Law To Business
Changing your mindset is critical to make the transition with a J.D. to a non-legal career.
Disbarred Lawyer With Felony Record Upset He Can’t Work As Taxi Driver
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
What’s Possible: The Empathetic Lawyer
What sets superior lawyers apart throughout their careers, according to lawyer turned entrepreneur David Perla, is one quality in particular: empathy.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
The Road Not Taken: Finishing Touches
Find the good in your experience as a lawyer and articulate it, not just for your non-law interviews, but for yourself as well.
What’s Possible: 3 Tips For Building Professional Relationships
Even in a world of dashboard-based outside counsel relationships, the legal business will always be driven by personal connections -- so here's how to develop stronger connections with your own clients and colleagues.
The Road Not Taken: Closing In
If you're trying to find a non-legal job, you're going to have to rewrite your résumé entirely. In-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst has some advice on how to do that.
alt.legal: Legal Innovation Is NOT Just Legal Technology — How Adherence LLC Built a Niche
Let's meet two former Biglaw attorneys who built a new business (and business model) to help a underserved client segment -- without writing any new computer code.
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
alt.legal: To Strive, To Seek, To Find And Not To Yield
If the end of 2015 has you contemplating a jump away from law, consider the world of alternative legal services.
Why Legal Entrepreneurs Should Be Unreasonable, But Not Irrational
Here are three attributes vital for startup success, according to lawyer turned entrepreneur David Perla, now president of Bloomberg Law.
3 Things I Wish I Knew About Navigating A Career Transition
Jeena Cho shares some of the things she learned on her journey to a new career, and she hopes it's helpful to you.
alt.legal: The First Serial Legal Tech Entrepreneur
So you think you have the guts to quit your cushy traditional legal job and brave the uncertainty of legal entrepreneurship?
The View From Up North: Biglaw Escapee Now Spends His Days Making TV And Films
Columnist Steve Dykstra would like to introduce you to someone who escaped Biglaw to something cool.