Don’t Let ‘Holiday Party’ Become ‘Will Work For Food’
Mind your manners and your paycheck.
Donald Trump Got Indicted For Toilet Espionage But We Still Need To Talk About This Bear Cop
When you think about it, is a deputized bear really weirder than keeping classified documents in a bathroom with two chandeliers?
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.
Office Politics Make Law Firm Holiday Parties Incredibly Stressful
Get ready to act interested in old war stories and laugh at jokes no matter how horrible they are.
Office Politics: Are You Safely Navigating The Waters Of Your Firm?
If you’re not thoughtfully analyzing the political landscape of your firm, you are self-imposing a ceiling on your career advancement.
The Fine Line Between Flirting And Begging For A Job
"So I thought you should know… your law clerk has the ogle eyes for you."
How To Nag
If you're going to nag, says in-house columnist Mark Herrmann, then be sure to do it effectively.
The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
3 Rules Of Office Politics For Lawyers
If you cannot navigate office politics, you have virtually no chance of moving up in your organization.
Surviving A Leadership Coup D’état
We have all been guilty of it: lusting after the proverbial Iron Throne that is our boss’s office.
Democracy And Law Firm Leadership
Columnist David Perla speaks with three law firm heads about different leadership models.
Beyond Biglaw: Don’t Become Prey
Conditions are unfortunately ripe for the already brutal legal profession to become even more brutal, according to columnist Gaston Kroub.
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.
The Road Not Taken: Game Of (Office) Drones
The more comfortable you can become with the realities of the potentially dangerous liaisons and roles of in-house counsel, the less frustrated you will be when your colleagues try to use you as a pawn in their own game.
The Road Not Taken: The Art Of The Possible
Office politics: the much maligned nebulous description of human interaction and informal power dynamic prevalent at most workplaces.
Moonlighting: Giving Credit and Taking Blame
How should lawyers divvy up credit for success and blame for mistakes? In-house columnist Susan Moon shares her views.
Buying In: Biglaw Real Estate
Location, location, location: in the world of Biglaw, where you sit matters. Anonymous Partner explains how.
Moonlighting: Why You Don’t Want To Be The General Counsel
Why does it suck to be the general counsel? In-house columnist Susan Moon counts the ways....