8 Essential Soft Skills For Legal Professionals In 2023: A Comprehensive Guide
In a demanding 2023 legal landscape, it's the mastery of soft skills that sets apart top legal professionals.
Firms Are Using Acting To Get Their Associates To Write Better Emails
Is this what our Law Revue winners go on to do with their lives?
Lexis’ CounselLink+™: A One-Stop Shop To Streamline Your Law Department
Recent CounselLink upgrades integrate the full in-house workflow with the broader suite of LexisNexis products.
Soft Skills Still Matter For Attorneys
Many law school students and new attorneys overlook the value of soft skills in the market.
Moonlighting: Soft Skills — Other People’s Perceptions Are Always Right
Stop being so defensive. There are other ways of responding to criticism and negative feedback.
Moonlighting: Office Gossip — Good for You??
Is there anything beneficial about gossiping at work? Susan Moon provides some tips.
Moonlighting: Office Gossip — It’s Not High School; It’s Much, Much Worse
Some thoughts on why people gossip at work -- and suggestions for how to resolve your issues with co-workers.
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.
Moonlighting: Just Trying To Fit In
Besides technical skills, what else do in-house interviewers fret about during their unbillable time in deciding whether to hire someone?
Moonlighting: Why Just Being a Great Lawyer Won’t Get You a Promotion
In-house promotions are tricky. There are so many different kinds of companies, and so many things that can go wrong when you’re looking for a promotion. Some companies are upfront about the process: they’ll inform you if you’re being considered, let you know which committees need to approve, etc. Others are kind of like, “Uh, […]
Moonlighting: Soft Skill Strategies That Aren’t Too Hard
Last week, we looked at why lawyers need soft skills and noted that there’s a general lack of this kind of training for them. Today, we’ll consider some strategies for learning to play nice in the legal sandbox. As mentioned last week, there are so many different types of soft skills — communication, leadership, management, […]
Moonlighting: Why You Should Be a Big Softie at Work
Everyone talks about how soft skills are important for success. Soft skills, also referred to as people skills, EQ, et cetera, are key to influence, persuasion, karaoke smack-talk, and many other aspects of being a savvy lawyer and advocate. They’re essential for both in-house and law firm attorneys. But what are soft skills exactly? We […]
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.