What do you do when a great opportunity comes along and it’s time to leave that first job? Walk carefully. Leaving that first job, and how you do it, can have a lasting impact on your career. The legal community is not so large that reputation cannot follow you. Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass over […]
Do you know how to use your law degree?
January 19, 2011 by
You don’t know how to use your law degree. Chances are, there are more ways than you think, and your professors and career counselors don’t necessarily know, either. An article today on KSL.com says that new lawyers are entering the market uninformed about how to use their law degrees. Some students report feeling misled by […]
Law Practice Tip #3: Declining Representation
December 20, 2010 by
If you’re like me, you occasionally get calls from family or friends about legal issues, and not because they want to hire you. Additionally, because you’re a lawyer, you get those occasional legal questions while out and about socially. People making conversation. Or so you think. Until suddenly you get a notice from the court […]
Are you a good writer? Could you be a better writer?
November 23, 2010 by
“As a colleague of mine once put it, ‘I never met a man who didn’t think he was a great lover or a lawyer who didn’t think he was a great writer. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, they’re deluded.’” Theodore L. Blumberg, The Seven Deadly Sins of Legal Writing 1 (2008). (Hat tip to Wayne Schiess.) […]
Law Practice Tip #1: Market Yourself Non-Stop
November 23, 2010 by
One thing they spend very little time teaching in law school, if any at all, is how to make money as a lawyer. Which is ironic, because all of us have heard the jokes about lawyers and their greed. How do you make a penny into a wire? Give it to a lawyer. Or how about this […]
How to be prepared to visit your attorney
September 29, 2010 by
Recently, a close relative asked me my advice on how to deal with getting, and keeping, an attorney. Having worked with several over the course of his legal matter, he had not made any serious progress. Then, one day, this relative found out that the attorney he had been working with had left the firm […]
Memorable Depositions
September 10, 2010 by
The ABA Journal has asked readers what are some of the memorable depositions they’ve been in over the years. I had a good laugh at a few of them. “Andythelawyer” remembered a depo where the client shared more than his attorneys thought appropriate: A couple of decades ago I was representing one of many directors […]
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