Jill Switzer
Posts by Jill Switzer
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Carewashing? It’s Not Carwashing.
Carewashing is a different form of whitewashing, a different form of sweeping unpleasant facts under the rug.
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California Bar Exam — The Nightmare Continues
The commission is deadlocked on what, if any, alternative pathways to bar admission should be available.
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For Women In The Legal Profession, It’s Enough With Too Little, Too Late
It’s often too little, too late for many women lawyers — who through grit, determination, perseverance, and willingness to challenge authority — to receive the recognition they deserve.
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Don’t be afraid to fail. Try hard things, and if you fail, move on.
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Creativity in our profession never ends, at least if lawyers don’t want it to. It may not come as easily, but it’s still there, if desired.
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Shoulder To Shoulder To Shoulder For Women Lawyers
When I was admitted to the bar almost 50 years ago, there weren’t many female shoulders for me to stand on.
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Invasion Of The Mind Snatchers
‘They’re here already! You’re — (checks email, scrolls through Twitter) — next! You’re next!’
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Parole Denied For An Assassin, Several Steps Forward, The Emoji Defense, And Sing It, Aretha
Binding up wounds takes work, and, in our profession, clients are often so entrenched in their respective positions of misery that they see no way out except to fight to the figurative death of the other side.
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Should Age Be An Unlisted Number For Lawyers?
We keep the pressure on for equity, diversity, and inclusion, but does DEI include coming to terms with the ageism that plagues the profession?
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How To Network Without The Need For A Shower Later
A lesson on how to network ‘cleanly,’ so that you don’t feel like a user or that you are being used.
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One weird trick for avoiding bank fees. And other slip-ups by the legal community.
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Lawyers are not normally patient people. (Surprise!) But I think this year may have slowed down the overdeveloped sense of urgency that we all have.
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It’s fine to ask opinions of people you trust, but at the end of the day, it’s your work product based upon your thinking.
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Whatever happened to time? Where has it gone and what have we done with it?
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Judicial Evaluations, Minding The Gap, And My Twice-Yearly Harangue
Do we overlawyer cases on the theory of leaving no stone unturned?
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Is There Such A Thing As Stealth Mentoring?
Mentoring doesn’t have to be grandiose. It doesn’t even require any acknowledgement per se of the mentoring relationship.
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How To Survive Your First Court Appearance
A lot of this advice may sound simple, but better to be forewarned and prepared.
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I wonder if we treat clients in the same way that the medical profession handles disease.
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Change Is Coming To The Profession — Get Ahead Of It Or Get Left Behind
What do lawyers and ostriches have in common? Birds of a feather and all that….
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Law Schools, Bar Exams, And Mental Health: Responses To Readers
Starting her fifth year as an Above the Law columnist, Jill Switzer responds to the masses.