From Attorney at Work authored by Bull Garlington: “Good improv comics have an ability to walk onto a stage and connect with an audience effortlessly. It may seem like this is because of their innate acting talent, but that’s only part of it. Improv comedy training gives these actors a toolbox of learned skills that allow them […]
Category Archives: Lawyers
A Dozen Great Reasons: The Challenges and Triumphs of Starting Your Own Firm
From Law Practice Today authored by Fran Griesing and Jessica L. Mazzeo: “If you scan this article to look for a dozen reasons why you should leave your big law safety net and take the leap to start your own firm, you will not see them. In reality, there are far more than just 12 reasons to […]
After 45 years, Title IX still needed
From Philly.com authored by Linda A. Klein: “For decades in America, women who attained a college degree could find work only as a teacher or nurse. A law degree and a career in the legal profession were considered unattainable. But then, 45 years ago last month, Congress passed the Education Amendments Act. The most notable […]
9 Epic Responses To Legal Threats
From The Lawyerist.com authored by Lisa Needham: “Lawyers don’t often get an opportunity to really cut loose and say exactly what it is they (or their clients) are thinking. We couch everything in very neutral terms and our threats are often veiled. But apparently there are vanishingly rare occasions where the absurdity of the threatened legal […]
alt.legal: Hanging Out The Alternative Women-Owned Shingle
From Above the Law authored by Ed Sohn: “We’ve branched out quite a bit on this column, but it’s our continuing mission to shed light on stories of ex-large-law-firm attorneys and what they are doing that’s different and interesting. XPAN Law Group is one example of a law firm that provides functional business advice and risk management […]
Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary
From The Write Life authored by Kelly Gurnett: “‘Who gives a $#%& about an Oxford comma?’ So goes one of my favorite lyrics by Vampire Weekend, and the answer to date has largely been: grammar nerds, Strunk & White and those who follow the infamous Chicago vs. AP style debate. Now, we can add dairy driver to […]
Legal Career Clarity Course: THREE DAYS [at most] and counting!
You like being a lawyer but…you don’t love your current job? Yes? You’re curious whether there are better options within the profession…. THERE ARE. You invested SO MUCH to get where you are today. Don’t stop short of reaching – actual satisfaction – (JOY even!) from a day’s work. It IS actually possible. Let Heather […]
How to Respond to Negative Online Attorney Reviews
From Attorney at Work authored by Mark C. Palmer: “Take a moment and step back from the situation. Evaluate. Attacks on our personal and professional abilities can hit close to home and elicit a dramatic, immediate response. It’s in our nature to defend ourselves and our work, even from the tritest comments. You may feel desperate to […]
From Incidents With Rattlesnakes to Broken Jaws, Texas Public Schools Are Immune from Lawsuits
From Houston Press, authored by Margaret Downing, dank image (pun intended) by Daniel Kramer: “Attorney Holly Griffith Terrell of Pearland, who is “of counsel” for Martin Cirkiel, got into this kind of law after finding out 12 weeks along in her pregnancy that her daughter, now five, had special needs. ‘When I was a kid, all the special-needs […]
Meet the First Lady of Texas Cannabis Law
From Houstonia authored by Sarah Rufca Nielsen (killer image by: Robert G. Gomez): “SOME DAYS ARE LONGER AND MORE TRYING THAN OTHERS for attorney Lisa L. Pittman. One of those was May 2, when the Texas House of Representatives held its first hearing on HB 2107, which would, she says, improve and expand the state’s fledging medical marijuana […]
