It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You: The Biggest Lesson I Learned In 2024
Build your reputation, nurture relationships, and aim to leave every place you go better than you found it.
Don’t Be Angry At A Lawyer For A Client’s Behavior
In most circumstances, it usually does not make sense to be angry or rude to a lawyer because of something a client did.
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
7 Networking Tips That Will Reap Benefits Fast
Making real connections is key -- and it's not as hard as you think.
How Can You Tell Someone’s An Attorney? Don’t Worry, We’ll Let You Know
Do we as attorneys play the "I'm a lawyer" card too often, in a way that alienates our colleagues?
7 (More) Lessons About Lawyering — And Life
Here's the stuff that really matters.
Soft Skills Still Matter For Attorneys
Many law school students and new attorneys overlook the value of soft skills in the market.
Why Better Financial Acumen is the Key to Law Firm Success in 2025
From training to technology, uncover the essential steps to futureproof your law firm in a competitive market.
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.
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.
CRM For Legal: Relationships Are Not Easy
Please welcome Above the Law's newest legal technology writer, Sean Doherty, who today discusses platforms for customer relationship management (CRM).
Friends As Clients
Tough calls can deepen a client relationship, assuming a screw-up didn’t bring a friend’s business crashing into the ground.
Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement
Here's how you can spend more time practicing law, and less time sorting, sifting, and summarizing.
ROR — ‘Return On Relationships’ Is How To Measure Social Media
How can a law firm tell if its social media efforts are gaining traction?
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?
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.
Buying In: Biglaw Lady Issues (Part 2) – Selling to Lady Lawyers
Wherein the Anonymous Partner discusses how the increasing numbers of women in-house counsel are starting to affect Biglaw partners from a business development perspective.
The Practice: When The Referral Source Is A One-Way Street
Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum has got some advice on what to do if a referral source is a one-way street...