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?
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
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.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
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 […]
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.