Dena Lefkowitz

April 01, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The profession must do better than this. We lawyers are problem-solvers at our core and the answer can never be for a human being to work 18 hours a day. Because they will. Until they can't. We can't afford to lose them, and neither can their families.

By Dena Lefkowitz

4 minute read

January 06, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Getting started is the hardest part of any endeavor, even those you love doing, which is paradoxical.

By Dena Lefkowitz

7 minute read

September 30, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

If we recognize that external rewards signify something achieved, a benchmark attained, then why do so many people shrink from the idea of rewarding themselves?

By Dena Lefkowitz

7 minute read

August 12, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Apologizing is an important tool and if you dismiss it as a sign of weakness, you haven't experienced its power and are missing opportunities to build and strengthen relationships at work and in your personal life.

By Dena Lefkowitz

6 minute read

June 03, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

When I read "Untangling Fear in Lawyering: A Four-Step Journey Toward Powerful Advocacy" by Heidi K. Brown, director of legal writing and professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, it put me in mind of the Roberta Flack song "Killing Me Softly With His Song."

By Dena Lefkowitz

8 minute read

April 13, 2020 | Pro Mid Market

Because the scope of COVID-19 is unprecedented and continues to change our world, many of us may have to pivot.

By Dena Lefkowitz

7 minute read

April 08, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the scope of COVID-19 is unprecedented and continues to change our world, many of us may have to pivot.

By Dena Lefkowitz

7 minute read

January 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a stunning video recorded at Harvard Law School, Laurie J. Besden, executive director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL), provided similar statistics for law students when she recounted her story "To Hell and Back: One Lawyer's Path to Recovery."

By Dena Lefkowitz

8 minute read

November 18, 2019 | Pro Mid Market

What do we mean when we talk about work-life balance? Usually a feeling that things are off-kilter between career and the other domains in life, particularly family time. Many of us face what the research calls a "time bind" caused by the simultaneous time and energy demands of family life and the workplace.

By Dena Lefkowitz

8 minute read

October 30, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

What do we mean when we talk about work-life balance? Usually a feeling that things are off-kilter between career and the other domains in life, particularly family time. Many of us face what the research calls a "time bind" caused by the simultaneous time and energy demands of family life and the workplace.

By Dena Lefkowitz

8 minute read