Mentors
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Associate Advice, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Behind the Curtain
Why do Biglaw mentors seek only to promote themselves and give little actual advice? Are mentors at small firms the same? -
Money, Small Law Firms
The Practice: When It’s Not The Case For You
Should you take that big case that's not in your area of expertise? Not unless you know how to ask for help. Here are some tips from small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum. - 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. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Practice Pointers
House Rules: Time Out
Wherein in-house columnist David Mowry explains why lawyers should have mentors in their lives.
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In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Improving Mentoring Programs By Assuming the Worst of the Participants
Despite the purported benefits of mentoring, many people who’ve participated in mentoring programs just aren’t fans. How can you create a successful mentoring program? -
Free Speech, Small Law Firms
The Practice: A Lawyer to Emulate -- Marc Randazza
In order to create something -- something important -- you have to first learn from those that have created ahead of you. So who’s on your list? Who’s the lawyer(s) you aspire to be like? -
Advertising, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: How to Thrive in a Difficult Work Environment
When you’re stuck at a job you loathe, what can you do to not only survive, but even thrive in it? Try these tips, provided to you by the experienced recruiters at Lateral Link.... -
Facebook, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Practice: Does Anyone Want a Mentor Anymore?
Some Gen Y lawyers think their elders want them to fail, are scared of them stealing clients, and only offer criticism for these reasons. I hate to break it to you kids, but I want you to succeed, and my clients aren’t hiring you. They’re not hiring your website or your Facebook Fan Page. Really, they’re not... -
Asians, Hotties, In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Specialty Bars, Attractiveness May Vary
Specialty bar associations can be great opportunities for in-house lawyers to grow their network and develop their careers. Unlike some mega bar associations, they tend to feel more intimate and collegial, even if their membership numbers are pretty large, because the members share a common interest. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the NAPABA […] - 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… -
Drugs, Lawyer Advertising, Marijuana
Minnesota Takes the High Road to Mentoring
I was never a huge fan of firm mentoring programs. In the days after firms started cracking down on using mentoring funds for hookers and blow, mentoring became distinctly less exciting. For the male associates, it seemed to revolve around mass quantities of red meat and booze. For the female associates, it was a lot […] -
Amy Schulman, Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Feminism, Gender, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Women's Issues
Her Stories: The Evolving Role of Women in Business and Law
At the Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference, sponsored by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), there was a great lunchtime discussion called “Her Stories: The Evolving Role of Women in Business and Law.” It featured a panel of heavy hitters: two women currently serving as general counsel to Fortune 500 companies, and a third who […] -
Associate Advice, Litigators, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Supervising Partners and Teaching Partners
Recently, small firm columnist Jay Shepherd talked to a fourth-year-associate friend who'd been working at a new small firm for several months. When Shepherd asked him how it was going, his friend said "great" in a way that suggested anything but. A partner was making his friend's life a living hell. What made this partner so horrible? It wasn't so much that the partner was horrible. It was that he was merely a "supervising partner".... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Don't Be A Mentor!
Mark Herrmann, our in-house columnist, is not a mentor. Never has been. Never will be. Doesn't care to be. He's a lawyer. He's a co-worker. In some cases, he may be a friend. But he's not a mentor; he has no time for that crap.... -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Forced Mentorship Is Latest Response to Broken Legal Education System
Given that law schools keep pumping out more graduates than the market can handle, the state of Oregon is trying an interesting approach to deal with the mass of lawyers being unleashed into the system. Following in the footsteps of Georgia and Utah, Oregon will now require new lawyers to enroll in a year-long mentoring […]
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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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