BigLaw Partner Compensation Survey – A Few Thoughts & Advice

business development, career management

Major, Lindsey & Africa published its bi-annual partner compensation survey of BigLaw firms in mid October.  I answered a few questions about the partner gender pay gap in today’s Detroit Legal News column “Asked & Answered”.  My advice...

Confirmation Bias – Problem Solving Lawyers Can Have It, Too.

career management

Take this quiz in yesterday’s New York Times. Then consider  how a preference for certain kinds of responses may affect your behavior as a lawyer and the questions you ask in your business development activities, your client communications, your arguments to the...

Job Searching: Do You Look and Sound Like Yourself?

career management

HR consultant Liz Ryan, founder of “Human Workplace”, writes fresh, useful advice columns for people on job searches.  The other day she wrote an excellent column on ways to answer the “why do you want to work here” question. She recently wrote...

Interview Preparation: Your Questions Matter, Too

career management

This recent WSJ article, It Pays to Ask Smart Questions at a Job Interview by Dennis Nishi, rings true with my experience with lawyers and law students preparing for interviews. Many of the lawyers and students I’ve worked with have previously made their...

Time to “Repot” Your Career?

career management

The end of a year is a perfect time to consider where you have been and where you want to go in your legal career.  For some experienced lawyers, it may even be time to “repot” yourself. This January 2014 article from the Stanford Graduate School of...

Legal Career Advancement: Business, Strategic & Financial Acumen May Be a Missing Ingredient

career management

How well do you understand where your law firm, company, client or other organization is going, what its strategy is, what financial targets it has in place, and what your role as a lawyer and leader is or should be in moving the organization forward?  Consider...