Relationship Advice
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Technology
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. -
Romance and Dating, Small Law Firms, Weddings
Beyond Biglaw: Should You Marry A Lawyer?
Columnist Gaston Kroub considers the pros and cons of marrying a fellow attorney. - Sponsored
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. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.13.15
* Has America been duped by the greatest double agent in history? That’s one take on Eric Holder’s return to Covington & Burling (they even kept his office waiting for him). [Rolling Stone]
* The merger between Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs may have had a rocky first year, but the merged entity looks to get its lobbying game back on fleek. [Washington Post]
* It’s fairly unlikely Abigail Fisher has experienced discrimination a day in her life, but white privilege means this mediocre student will have yet another day in front of the Supreme Court. [For Harriet]
* One lawyer’s quest against the Commission on Presidential Debates and their implicit perpetuation of the two-party duopoly. [Law360]
* An issue near and dear in the hearts of many of our readers: how do you stay married to a lawyer? [Lawyerist]
* The top 4 funny [boo hoo] moments from the Dewey trial. [American Lawyer]
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Romance and Dating
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 2)
Looking for couples' therapy or a divorce mediator? This lawyer turned psychologist might be able to help. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating
Buying In: Thoughts on Making Partner (Part 1) – The Personal
You just made partner; congratulations. Now pull up a chair and listen to some wise advice from Anonymous Partner. -
Small Law Firms
The Practice: The Mid-Representation Conversation
Here is a "best practice" for lawyers committed to client service. Are you following it? -
California, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Gay Marriage, Small Law Firms, Weddings
Size Matters: Divorce Lawyer Gives Marriage Advice
Valerie Katz profiles a San Francisco family lawyer whose firm has become a highly regarded boutique that specializes in “Family Building,” “Divorce and Dissolution,” and “Asset Protection.” What's so special about him? This guy is a marriage counselor, too. Would you take marriage advice from someone who specializes in divorce? - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Admin, Romance and Dating, Travel / Vacation, Weddings
Elie's Vacation Memo: On Marriage
Our editor, Elie Mystal, is on vacation this week to celebrate his wedding anniversary. Could he have been a better husband if he stuck it out in Biglaw for however long it took until he and his wife were debt-free? Read on for Elie's thoughts on the matter.... -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms, Trusts and Estates
Size Matters: Meet Two Happy Partners In Law And In Life
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. As I have previously discussed, one thing I wish to accomplish with this column (in addition to the instant boost of self-esteem I receive whenever I read a comment) is to provide specific information to […] -
Federal Judges, Food, New York Times, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Quote of the Day: Relationship Advice from Judge Richard Posner
Plus, you always surrender in an argument with your wife, right? Isn’t that the formula for marital happiness? — Judge Richard Posner, quoted recently in the New York Times in an article about “sell by” or “use by” dates for food. -
Law Schools, pls hndle thx, Romance and Dating
Pls Hndle Thx: Upgrade U
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com Dear ATL, I am just starting law school and I have a boyfriend from college who’s in a different state now going for a degree in architecture. I like him a lot, but now that I’m here I’m wondering if I should […]