Career & Life Management: “Have Fun” & a Few Other “Rules”

career management

When I coached girls softball in a rec & ed league, I had a few favorite phrases.  At the end of the season I included them on a certificate for each player.  I called them Rules for Softball, Rules for Life.  As we end one year and start another, we might all...

Positioning For Your Future

business development, career management

Several of my lawyer clients want to work as in-house counsel some day. A few others would like to be a judge. Most of my clients want to stay where they are and continue expanding their practice. Regardless of their personal goals, all of these lawyers are thinking...

Career Advice For Lawyers From LeBron James

business development, career management

Hate it or love it, it seems that NBA superstar LeBron James’ decision yesterday to leave the Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat boils down to positioning himself to win NBA championships. He knows what he wants to achieve in his career and he knows he needs help...

Control What You Can

career management

A common theme among some of my lawyer clients is the frustrating and stressful feeling that much of what goes on at work is out of their control. For example, new or young associates are often given assignments verbally and quickly by partners who need to put out a...

Different Job Ideas for New Lawyers?

career management

I saw these supposedly real life examples for new lawyers in a comment to an AboveTheLaw.com posting. The article doesn’t tell us anything new but I thought the comment’s examples of treating your law degree like some other kind of advanced degree in this...