Communications
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English Grammar and Usage, In-House Counsel
Why Are The Lawyers Pestering Us? Communicating About Law And Compliance
Write and speak comprehensibly as a lawyer, and more people will listen to your message. -
Email Scandals, Small Law Firms, Technology
Your Inbox Is Out Of Control; Time To Take It Back!
Email sucks. How can you make it suck less? - Sponsored
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. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
'I'll Get This To You On Friday'
If you say that you will communicate with someone on a certain date, communicate with the person on that date. Capisce?
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In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Giving Credit and Taking Blame
How should lawyers divvy up credit for success and blame for mistakes? In-house columnist Susan Moon shares her views. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Center, Career Files, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Lawyers
From the Career Files: What to Consider When Considering an In-House Counsel Position (Part II)
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for associates considering careers as in-house counsel. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Being Responsive
Being responsive — there’s nothing to it. Why do so many lawyers mess it up? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: How To Drive Clients Nuts!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann describes things that outside counsel do that annoy their clients majorly. -
Money, Small Law Firms, Technology
The Practice: Credit Cards, House Calls, Text Messages -- Are They Beneath You?
Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum offers some practice advice about how to charge clients and how to communicate with them. - 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. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Who Are You Again, And What Are You Talking About?
I saw this all the time at law firms: I’d be in the middle of preparing to argue an appeal — reading key cases, studying the excerpts of the record, and thinking about likely questions from the bench. My mind was completely engrossed in what I was doing. And someone would walk into my office […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Keeping People In The Loop
How much do other people have to know? This question comes up in many different contexts, and answering it always requires a little judgment. At law firms, the questions often involve what the partner or the client needs to know. These people are supposed to be kept in the loop, but that task may be […] -
Associate Advice, In-House Counsel, Small Law Firms, Sports
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Tell Them Why the Trains Are Late
As you probably know, the Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup since the Nixon Administration. I’m no kind of hockey fan, but as a Boston sports fan, I took a passing interest in it. Which is to say that I watched Game 7 on Wednesday. Mine was a short ride on the bandwagon. (I […]
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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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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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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…