The People’s Therapist
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Contract Attorneys, Health Care / Medicine
The Downward Drift
This slow, inevitable slide downward in terms of social class affects lawyers with serious mental health diagnoses more often than you'd think. - 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… -
Associate Advice, Biglaw
What You Never Hear
Here's what you never hear anyone say at a Biglaw firm -- followed by a discussion of why you never hear anyone say it.
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Associate Advice, Biglaw
Encountering Vishnu
The Biglaw-inspired incarnations of Vishnu assume the form of senior female attorneys to become career-death, destroyer of junior associates. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Videos, YouTube
Will a Job at Sullivan & Cromwell Send You to the Therapist's Office?
Being worked to death can lead to mental health issues, but here's how one lawyer avoided them. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
Crazy Woman
Should you accept sexual harassment from men at your firm, or report it and risk being labeled "nutty and slutty"? -
Books, Crime, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Sexual Harassment, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 04.30.13
* A patent infringement suit filed over the “hairy visor.” The best idea for combatting hair loss since SNL’s Chia Head. [Lowering the Bar] * The Hong Kong legal community is split over the continued donning of wigs. It’s nice how China allows them to think they have a choice on such matters. [Wall Street […] -
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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… -
In-House Counsel, Law Schools
Save the World
If you'd like to save the world, then you don't need to go to law school. In fact, you probably shouldn't go at all. -
Biglaw, Document Review, In-House Counsel
Sorry, Bartleby
What would happen if you decided to act like Bartleby the Scrivener at your Biglaw firm? The People's Therapist has some ideas... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Unemployment
Who Is the Great Satan of the Legal Profession?
Who is to blame for all of the problems in the legal profession? The answer might surprise you. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Student Loans
Green Acres: How To Get Away From It All (Including Your Student Loans)
Should you pack it all in and move to Green Acres when you can't escape your problems? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Evil Middle Management
Are partners just the evil middle management of the Biglaw scheme? The People's Therapist explains...
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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…
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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…
Sponsored
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.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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In-House Counsel, Law Professors, Law Schools
Oversold
Maybe law school is just… well… not that big a deal. Maybe the whole schtick — law school as the turning point in a young lawyer’s existence — is oversold. -
In-House Counsel, Money, Public Interest
Goodie Two-Shoes
You're taking the high road, escaping the pervasive cynicism and greed. You've got your sights set on a not-for-profit institution, dedicated to the promise of a better tomorrow. Will it work? Can a lawyer escape pervasive cynicism and greed? -
In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
The 'It Gets Worse' Project
Do you regret going to law school? Here's an idea for you. -
In-House Counsel, Law Schools
An Aspirational Purchase
An aspirational purchase is intended to impress -- you want to be seen buying it. It tends to be something conservative as well. And long. And difficult. Law school is an aspirational purchase.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Old People, Student Loans
Fall into the Gap
A generation gap has opened in the legal world. On one side there are lawyers over 50, for whom law still looks like a safe, reliable ladder to the upper-middle-class. From the other side — where their kids are perched — law more closely resembles un ascenseur pour l’échafaud… -
Biglaw, Books, In-House Counsel
Checklist
Ed. note: This post is by Will Meyerhofer, a former Sullivan & Cromwell attorney turned psychotherapist. He holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work, and he blogs at The People’s Therapist. His new book, Way Worse Than Being A Dentist, is available on Amazon, as is his previous […] -
6th Circuit, ACLU, Education / Schools, Gay, Gay Marriage, Religion
Should Therapists Be Able to Turn Away Clients on Moral Grounds?
Over the weekend, Mark Oppenheimer wrote an interesting New York Times piece about the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Ward v. Polite (PDF). In that case, Judge Jeffrey Sutton — noted feeder judge, judicial hottie, and possible SCOTUS nominee in a Republican administration — handed a (partial) victory to Julea Ward, an evangelical Christian who […]