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The Legal Intelligencer

Why Lawyers Should Care About Emojis

Today, there are close to 3,000 emojis in the Unicode Standard. As such, people can communicate a lot more through emojis, if they choose. And, the data shows this is what people are choosing.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ruling the Rainmaking Roost: Six Tips to Help You Get There

To grow as a lawyer, most of us need to learn—at some point—how to “make it rain.” Rainmaking, as I define it, simply means building and bringing in work. The kind of work that is being built, and the sources of that work, mean different things to different kinds of lawyers.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What Is More Important for Pitching Business—Preparation or Relationships?

Practicing law starts with getting and maintaining clients. Pitching business is an often underappreciated aspect of being successful as a lawyer. Thorough preparation is just as important for business development purposes as the research and planning needed for a trial. On the other hand, a lot of business is generated through relationships.
7 minute read

The Recorder

A Lawyer's Guide to Keeping It Professional on Social Media

In today's environment, social media allows people to instantly share their opinions with the world. However, given the many heated issues that dominate our national discourse, there can be a tendency to post (or tweet) in anger or passion, which can lead to regrets later.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I sued a corporation and I noted a manager/officer of the corporation no longer is employed. I wish to speak to that person about the facts of the underlying lawsuit I have brought against the corporation. Can I do so without violating Rule of Professional Conduct 4.2?
9 minute read

Law.com

Listen Up, Counselor! Here's How to Get What You Want From Clients

Craving clear instructions? Wishing for repeat business? In three decades as a law firm partner, I've figured out it's up to me to create the right conditions.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Reset Your Personal and Professional Ambitions This Fall Season

Fall daylight savings time can be difficult for many of us who find ourselves working before the sun rises and working well past the sun sets.
5 minute read

The Recorder

How In-House Lawyers at Tech Companies Stay Proactive, Indispensable and Sane

The role of general counsel for companies in the technology sector has evolved over the years, with in-house lawyers expected to serve not only as counsellors on legal matters but also as C-suite executives, board advisers and business partners, integral to the business and growth of the company.
13 minute read

The Recorder

Help! I Hate My Big Law Gig But Have to Stick It Out for a Year

I just joined Big Law from a small firm and hate it (no mentoring and cutthroat) but I need to stick it out for at least a year. How do I survive?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

If the Kavanaugh Hearing Had Been Handled Like a Trial

The hearing showed a missed opportunity by Democrats to use the tools of trial advocacy to make points and influence those truly in need of convincing—the few senators whose votes were in play (and, to some extent, the many Americans still on the fence).
5 minute read

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