Networking
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Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: When Network Was Not A Verb
Columnist Jill Switzer wonders: how much networking does it take before you see results? -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Back In The Race: Why Sending Blind Introductions Can Strain Professional Relationships
If you are one of those people who give blind introductions, please stop. - 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… -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics
Prominent Defense Attorney Uses Networking To... Hire A Killer?
One lawyer won't be winning any accolades for his legal ethics.
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Things You Can Do Today To Build The Practice You Want Tomorrow
Nothing is guaranteed, but you can increase the odds that something good will happen to you in the future, as in-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Summer School - E For Effort
Once you're at a networking event, what do you do? Here's some advice from a novice networker. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Summer School - Unexcused Absence
In-house counsel columnist Celeste Harrison Forst shares the key to getting started on your networking goals. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.09.15
* Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, most recently of Dickstein Shapiro, finally found a lawyer to represent him in his sex scandal cover-up. His new lawyer may not be “the brightest guy in the world,” but he does do white-collar defense at Sidley Austin, so there you go. [National Law Journal]
* Oopsie! A Tennessee lawyer is currently being held on $15 million bail because he allegedly solicited an undercover police officer to kill his estranged wife. He even gave the guy a “down payment for the murder.” We wonder how much he thought his spouse was worth dead. [Nashville Sun Times]
* In times like these, you’re going to need a great network in order to get a job after law school, and some schools are superior to others in that department. Check and see if your alma mater made the grade on this ranking. [Business Insider via GraduatePrograms.com]
* Concordia Law just received the gift that keeps on giving from the ABA — provisional accreditation. The news came just in time for its nine remaining third-year students to graduate and take the bar exam (everyone else transferred out). [Idaho Statesman]
* Kalief Browder, a man used as an example of our broken justice system, was sent to Riker’s Island when he was 16 years old. He never had a trial, and was never convicted, but still spent three years in jail. He recently committed suicide. RIP. [New York Times]
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In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Networking for Misanthropes - Showing Up
Here are five more tips to round out the top 10 list of practical networking tips for attorneys who dislike other humans. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Networking For Misanthropes - Pre-Networking
These first five tips focus on pre-networking event planning and being in the right mental space to attend the event and succeed -- with whatever metric of success you are using. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Summer School
Networking is casually given so freely as advice, as though the very word can solve all of a person’s career problems. -
Conferences / Symposia, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: 3 Tips For Networking At Conferences
Lawyers who go to conferences and fail to network are really missing an opportunity to make new connections in a favorable forum -- where their fellow attendees are a captive audience. -
Job Searches
Winning The Race: How To Get The Job You Always Wanted
By following advice from those who lived it, you have a good shot at landing the job you want. -
Small Law Firms, Technology
Reinventing The Law Business: Online Marketing – Yes? No?
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld writes in defense of networking the old-fashioned way.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Blogging, Facebook, Social Media
Wash, Rinse, And Repeat
Networking on Facebook nurtures relationships and friendships: "Clients become friends and friends become clients. Wash, rinse and repeat." -
Holidays and Seasons, Small Law Firms
SmallLaw Holiday Party Networking Guide
Free booze combined with the prospect of mingling with vulnerable potential clients can prove irresistible to a hungry attorney still getting used to the street. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Drinking, Holidays and Seasons, Parties, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Holiday Party Time
The holiday party represents an opportunity for career advancement; how can you make the most of it? -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Natural Networking: Business Development On Your Terms
What is natural networking, and how can you use it to your advantage? -
Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Like You Really Need To Validate Your Social Media Presence....
How many Fortune 500 companies are blogging and using social media, and what can law firms learn from them? -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
To Own Your Blog Is To 'Control' Your Professional Destiny
Why should you own your own blog? Here are 3 key points to consider, according to Kevin McKeown of LexBlog. -
Drinking, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools
Elie's 8 Tips For 1L Year
This post is less of a 1L "survival guide" and more of an umbrella for 1Ls drowning in BS.