From My Shingle.com: Don’t Express Yourself – Obsess Yourself!“Over the past few years, passionate has been one of the most overused modifiers of entrepreneurs and startups. If you don’t believe me, check out LinkedIn, where “passionate” turns up 872,400 times in various profiles. Increasingly, solo and small firm lawyers, in an effort to distinguish themselves […]
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23 Motivational Thoughts That’ll Make You Hate Monday a Little Bit Less
From The Muse authored by Kaitlyn Russell: “Raise your hand if you hate Monday. Now, keep it raised if you feel stressed at the start of (almost) every week. We don’t blame you. Weekends are supposed to leave you feeling relaxed , yet within five minutes of arriving on Monday morning, you already feel the stress […]
Her dilemma: Do I let my employer microchip me?
From The Washington Post authored by Danielle Paquette: “Melissa Timmins has a week to decide: Does she keep her hand to herself, or does she let her employer microchip it? The implant is the size of a grain of rice. It would slip under the skin between her forefinger and thumb. It would sting for only […]
Finding Joy in Feminism
From Medium authored by Jane Harkness: In high school, I didn’t know anyone who called themselves a feminist. “I would occasionally read an article about discrimination against women and find myself nodding in agreement, feeling like I could relate but unable to fully articulate why. Perhaps it was because I had heard feminists smeared as […]
8 Ways to Deal with H8TERS
From Law Practice Today authored by Jeana L. Goosmann: “As a successful female lawyer, you will run into people who do not like you and talk bad about you. You will hear from moms who criticize your parenting, attorneys who disparage your legal work, online reviews that attack your image, a mother-in-law who doesn’t […]
One Biglaw Firm’s Embrace Of A Transgender Partner
From Above the Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “Has the president’s awful early morning tweeting about banning transgender individuals from serving in the military — a move that is only likely to decrease military readiness and increase the risk of suicide — left you deeply upset about the state of the world? Well, there’s not much to be done about the president’s […]
TOP INSPIRING QUOTES FROM THE 2017 KPMG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
From KSDK.Com authored by Danielle Page: “Olympia Fields Country Club is no stranger to hosting the best male golfers in the world, having been the host course of four major championships dating back to 1925. But seeing the top LPGA Tour players in the world take their best shot at making history? That was a […]
Congresswomen Protested The House’s Outdated Dress Code With Sleeveless Friday
From Refinery 29 authored by Sarah Midkiff: “In the sweltering, D.C. heat, congresswomen on both sides of the aisle united to exercise their right to bare arms. No, that was not a typo. Their stand for a modernized dress code in the House of Representatives was spurred on when a number of political reporters were not […]
Here’s What Happened When I Had a Full-On Meltdown at Work
From She Knows authored by Dena Landon: “It had been a rough week during one of my busiest seasons at work. Co-workers kept missing deadlines; we’d undergone two acquisitions; and I had to make constant changes to an important document I was preparing. The last thing I needed was an email from my male […]
This ‘School For Justice’ Trains Sex Trafficking Survivors To Be Lawyers
From The Huffington Post authored by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman: “A new program in India is helping survivors of child sex trafficking get justice for others like them ― by pursuing careers in the legal system. The School for Justice, launched in April by Dutch anti-trafficking group Free a Girl, provides funding and other support to women […]