Lawyer Skills

Mastering the Art of Client Credit Allocation Conversations

Yuliya LaRoe | Client credit allocation conversations don’t have to be contentious. Here's how to keep calm and ensure your contributions are rewarded.

Yuliya LaRoe - August 26, 2024
Perfecting Your Presentation Skills

There's a misplaced belief among lawyers, that rehearsing and practicing is for lily-livered, milksop fraidy-cats. Says who?

Marsha Hunter - August 20, 2024
How to Hug a Porcupine
Book Review: How to Hug a Porcupine

Book Review | "How to Hug a Porcupine" is full of practical tips for dealing with prickly people.

Susan Cohodes - August 13, 2024
social awareness and emotional intelligence
Reading the Room: Mastering Social Awareness as a Lawyer

Sharpening your social awareness skills will better equip you to forge meaningful connections, inspire trust and achieve favorable outcomes.

Paul Bramson - August 12, 2024
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Five Tips for Keeping Referrals Flowing

Lawyers often pursue new clients at the expense of servicing and marketing to existing clients. This is a mistake. It’s also a mistake to pursue new referral sources at the expense of your existing referral network. Your existing network should ...

Robert Theofanis - August 6, 2024
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Get Your Point Across With a Listicle

Teddy Snyder | Listicles’ unique format conveys a message more effectively than clutter on the page. Even for legal arguments.

Theda C. Snyder - August 1, 2024
setting expectations
Setting Expectations With Multigenerational Teams and Clients

By clearly communicating expectations, you reduce ambiguity, enhance accountability, promote engagement and improve collaboration

Deana Kardel and Traci Stuart - July 24, 2024
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Will Your Paralyzing Fear of Zoom Ruin Your Life?

Fear of Zoom can leave you frozen like your Wi-Fi dropped out. But you can conquer Zoom anxiety with these five tips.

Bull Garlington - July 23, 2024
subjunctive mood and conditional phrasing
How to Master the Subjunctive and Conditional for Precise Legal Writing

Ivy Grey | Two powerful grammatical tools help lawyers write about hypotheticals with precision and clarity.

Ivy Grey - July 16, 2024
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Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid: New Documentary Reminds Us to Avoid Potentially Offensive Phrases

Get to the Point | Unwittingly using upsetting or offensive phrases is no way to persuade your audience.

Theda C. Snyder - July 8, 2024
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