From The Muse authored by Richard Moy: “Recently I was asked to lead a project that would have a positive impact on not just my team, but on other teams across my company. Because I have a hard time turning things down at work, I accepted the challenge without a second thought.” But there was one […]
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The “Day 1” Law Firm: Adopt This Jeff Bezos Mantra to Grow Your Practice
From Attorney at Work authored by Jay Harrington: “Jeff Bezos has many powerful mantras for his business, but this is one of my favorites: It’s always “Day 1” at Amazon. What he means is that Amazon will never stop being a start-up. It’s a message Bezos drilled down on in a recent letter to shareholders (written […]
Time Unveiled 12 Stunning Covers Celebrating Game-Changing Women
From The Huffington Post authored by Jenavieve Hatch: “On Thursday afternoon, Time Magazine unveiled its newest project: profiles of 46 powerhouse women in entertainment, politics, business, science and sports who have broken the glass ceiling in some way. “FIRSTS: The Women Who Are Changing The World,” which will be available in book form on September 19 from […]
Happy Lawyers? Yes, They’re Out There!
From Above the Law authored by David Lat: “My colleague Staci Zaretsky recently wondered, “Where are all the happy lawyers?” They’re nowhere to be found in the world of stock photography. But as we all know, stock photography diverges greatly from reality. And when it comes to lawyer happiness, new research suggests that reports of lawyer misery have been […]
What ‘Game Of Thrones’ Can Teach Lawyers About Trial
From Above the Law authored by Jeff Bennion: “Timelines are probably one of the most-used type of litigation graphic. Timelines are also one of the litigation graphics that litigators do wrong the most. The problem is usually two-fold: not knowing how to create them, and not knowing how to use them. We’ll look at Game of […]
We Have to Change the Idea That a Woman With Ambition Is Out Only for Herself
From Glamour authored by Reese Witherspoon: “Flashback to November 2015: Reese Witherspoon stood onstage at Glamour’s Women of the Year gala at Carnegie Hall, looked up to the rafters, where hundreds of girls were sitting on the edge of their seat, and declared, “I believe ambition is not a dirty word.” Witherspoon’s powerful rallying cry struck a nerve: […]
Mansplaining, Man Interruptus And Other Tacky Conduct
From Above the Law authored by Jill Switzer: “As a woman lawyer of a certain age, okay, as a dinosaur woman lawyer, I still have trouble understanding (and no, this is not cognitive impairment on my part) why the battle of the sexes, and yes, I think it still is, rages on in our profession. I […]
Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory, Awareness, and More
From Thinking Humanity: “In some places, towns essentially shut down in the afternoon while everyone goes home for a siesta. Unfortunately, in the U.S.—more bound to our corporate lifestyles than our health—a mid-day nap is seen as a luxury and, in some cases, a sign of pure laziness. But before you feel guilty about that […]
‘Alberta’s Louisville’ — Pioneering attorney and civil rights leader to receive Hometown Heroes banner next month
From Insider Louisville authored by Joe Sonka: “The next “Hometown Heroes” banner in downtown Louisville will be unveiled in September, honoring pioneering attorney and civil rights leader Alberta Jones, whose life was tragically cut short at 34 years old in 1965. In 1959, Jones became the first African-American woman to pass the Kentucky bar exam, then […]
Heather Heyer’s Law Firm Starts Foundation in Her Honor
From The American Lawyer authored by Meghan Tribe: “A day after the MTV Video Music Awards honored Heather Heyer, a legal assistant killed earlier this month while protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a high-powered law firm announced that it would be among the first to support her former employer in its effort establishing a nonprofit […]
