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The Legal Intelligencer

A Journey to Wellness Begins With Changes in Law Firm Culture

These changes I've witnessed have allowed me to tell those who are struggling, with full confidence, that if you have a problem or think you may have a problem, tell your firm.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Tips for Transforming Outlooks (and Maybe Even Outcomes) for Junior Transactional Attorneys

Between learning what due diligence entails, figuring out commonly used financial jargon, and the other daily intricacies of the job, I seriously questioned what I had gotten myself into—and why my job felt so different than law school. But slowly, I began to find my footing as a transactional attorney.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Book Review: Make Space on Your Shelf for Ryan McCarl's 'Elegant Legal Writing'

This book is for anyone who writes legal documents. It focuses on litigation and offers many examples from litigation documents, but it also contains tips for transactional practitioners and other writers.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Balancing the Scales: A Young Attorney's Guide to Excelling Personally and Professionally

As young lawyers embark on this long road of trying to figure out how to balance work responsibilities with family obligations and other commitments, many wonder whether it is actually possible to "do it all," like more senior attorneys seem to be able to do.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Choosing the Right Path: Selecting Your Practice Area as a New Lawyer

Regardless of the pathway to your practice area, it should ultimately be your choice, one that you make deliberately, and one that will lead you down a path of personal career fulfillment.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Harvard Law School Mentor Shares Essential Student Tips

The Epstein Law Firm's Michael J. Epstein, a New Jersey lawyer and Harvard Law School graduate, offers law students six key tips that come from his decades of experience as a lawyer and his work as a Harvard Law mentor.
4 minute read

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It's Time to Adequately Fund Public Defense in Pennsylvania

The $7.5 million in funding allocated through the 2023 Pennsylvania state budget should be just the beginning, as the lack of state-level funding in Pennsylvania has led to a patchwork of county funding.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

On Partnership and Pie: Young Attorneys Should Not Measure Their Value Based on the Prospect of Partnership

Far too often young attorneys measure their worth based on their ability to make partner or to move up the ranks of a large law firm. The stigma that many of these young attorneys face when they either choose to move on from a law firm or ultimately do not make partner needs to be reconsidered.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

There Are Stories All Around Us. Are You Listening for Them?

One of the best ways to get one step ahead is to take some time away from your desk and go listen to some stories.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Find Your Niche, Grow Your Expertise and Add Value to Your Firm

Being a go-to person in your firm or your company's legal department on a certain topic is not something reserved for partners or senior attorneys—it can happen more quickly than you think, and is something that can manifest organically through an assignment or intentionally through a topic in which you are already interested and choose to delve deeper.
5 minute read

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