Happy lawyers?
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Health / Wellness, Law Professors, Law Schools
Happy Lawyers? Yes, They're Out There!
New research contains encouraging findings about lawyer happiness in the wake of the recession. -
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Why Are Lawyers So Happy?
There’s so much you can do as a lawyer, there’s just about an endless stream of ways it can make you happy.
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Crime
Criminally Yours: 3 Tips For Being Fulfilled As An Attorney
There's no better way to keep fresh at your job than by keeping fresh at whatever you're doing outside of it. -
Job Searches, Technology
alt.legal: Are You A Happy Attorney? Are There Happy Attorneys?
Okay, so most American attorneys are unhappy -- what can you do about it? -
Small Law Firms
All Lawyers Are Losers
Feeling like you’re failing in your job is natural. You’re going to have sh*t days as a lawyer. But you’re going to have great ones too. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Challenge Yourself To Be Positive
I decided to do a 40-day challenge, during which I gave up complaining. That’s right, I stopped complaining for 40 days. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: It’s Weird But Going Crazy Might Be A Really Good Thing For Us Unhappy Attorneys
Today, Casey Berman gives some advice to unhappy attorneys. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
Please help us benchmark your firm against your peers through this (always) brief and anonymous survey and enter for a chance to win a $250… -
Biglaw, Canada, Job Searches
Lawyer Tops 'Best Jobs' List — Wait, What?
In a stunning turn, lawyers are considered the best job around. There's one tiny snag... -
Ask the Experts, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Finding Your Passion In The Law (Part 1)
Sunny Choi interviews lawyers who have found their passion practicing law. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Paralegals
Unhappiest Job in America? Take a Guess
The unhappiest job in America is... exactly the one you'd expect. -
Small Law Firms
The Practice: Fun and Happiness in the Practice of Law
Hate your job? Brian Tannebaum has some tips on how you can grow to enjoy the practice of law. -
ATL Career Center Survey, Biglaw, Rankings
ATL Survey Update: Shiny Happy Firms
According to our research, which are the happiest Biglaw firms? And the unhappiest?
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
Please help us benchmark your firm against your peers through this (always) brief and anonymous survey and enter for a chance to win a $250…
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK.
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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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Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few.
Sponsored
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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Education / Schools, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Summer Associates
An Update on the 1L Who Considered Dropping Out (But Didn't)
Not all of our coverage of law schools is depressing; we bring you happy stories as well. Let's continue the good cheer. Back in the spring, we wrote about a law student who was thinking of dropping out of school. He sought our advice -- and, surprisingly enough, Elie Mystal advised this fellow to stay in school (even though Elie is generally not a fan of legal education). Some commenters disagreed with Elie (shocker), and urged the kid to drop out. But now we bring you an update suggesting that perhaps Elie's advice was sound.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Celebrities, Deaths, Defamation, Donald Trump, Family Law, Law Schools, Madonna, Money, Morning Docket, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 09.08.11
* While med school grads can stop a person from bleeding out, law school grads could probably treat a papercut (but that’s a bit of an overstatement). Who will be there to stop our bleeding? [Am Law Daily] * Annie Le’s family is suing Yale over her death, saying the school failed to protect women. […]
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New York Times, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Happy Lawyers Are Better Lawyers
Our research shows that inner work life has a profound impact on workers’ creativity, productivity, commitment and collegiality. Employees are far more likely to have new ideas on days when they feel happier. Conventional wisdom suggests that pressure enhances performance; our real-time data, however, shows that workers perform better when they are happily engaged in […] -
Akin Gump, Blogging, Google / Search Engines, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Kenneth Starr, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, S.D.N.Y., Technology, Trials, White-Collar Crime, Yolanda Young
Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.11
* Is concern for “privacy” simply a justification for censorship on the internet? Some thoughts from a lawyer for Google. [Peter Fleischer: Privacy…? via Kashmir Hill / Forbes] * What’s the secret to lawyer happiness? And no, it doesn’t involve illegal drugs or porn stars (Charlie Sheen isn’t a lawyer). [Slaw via Legal Blog Watch] […] -
Romance and Dating, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Love and the Small Law Firm
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. Valentine’s Day was yesterday, and everywhere you turned, someone was trying to spread the message of love. Rachel Ray was on Good Morning America, showing us how to cook breakfast in bed. Every grocery store […] -
Associate Advice, In-House Counsel
In-House Counseling: I ♥ Law!
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. I feel self-conscious sometimes about the pessimism of this column with […]