Career Management
Cultivate Your Innovation Mindsets to Build Your Future Practice Today
The legal services sectors are experiencing a period of rapid, significant change. With the COVID-19 pandemic shining a spotlight on the shortcomings of antiquated parts of our justice system and legal practice models, courts and law firms quickly shifted processes and practices throughout 2020. There’s no turning back. To help you plan for the future… Read More »
Categories: Legal Technology, Career Management, Technology, Wellness and Balance, Law Practice ManagementHelp Lawyers Succeed as a LSO Coach & Advisor
A lawyer coach can help participants develop skills and answer deeper questions in their careers. From building a practice to transitioning to a new practice area, the coach guides the participant by engaging in a journey of self-discovery. Like Socrates’ midwife, the coach helps the participant birth the answer from within. For some lawyer coaches… Read More »
Categories: Career Management, Risk Management & Claims PreventionFinding success in loving (and not loving) law
It is a stroke of fortune to arrive at a career where you love what you do. Perhaps you were born into the world a baby lawyer. As you grew up, your parents and teachers would say, “you should be a lawyer” – and your high school yearbook would identify you as Most Likely To… Read More »
Categories: Career Management, Law Practice Management, Risk Management & Claims PreventionThe graceful exit: Leaving practice on a high note
In the last few years of their careers, many lawyers begin to think about the meaning of legacy. What has been my contribution? How will I be remembered? Part of being a professional means having a vision beyond simply working a job and earning money. Most lawyers are guided by personal values, a commitment to… Read More »
Categories: Career Management, Law Practice ManagementEssential LinkedIn Dos and Don’ts for New Lawyers
With over 467 million users in more than 200 countries (including at least a 1 million in the law practice industry) and web traffic that ranks it as the 24th most visited site on the planet, LinkedIn is the social networking tool of choice for professionals. Regardless of whether they trying to find new lawyer,… Read More »
Categories: Career Management, TechnologyKeeping up with the Joneses (or not)
Young lawyers often talk about the stress and burden of debt. If there is one piece of advice worth giving, it is a simple one: spend less than you earn. As a new lawyer, I was excited when I received my first paycheque. I forget what I spent it on, but I remember it disappeared… Read More »
Categories: Biggest Claims Risks, Risk Management Strategies, Career Management, Wellness and Balance, Law Practice Management“Not Your Mother’s Law Career”: The new student issue of LAWPRO Magazine
Regardless of their reasons for choosing a legal education, today’s young lawyers can expect that their experiences practising law will be different from depictions of the profession they witnessed growing up. The future of law is no longer your mother’s, father’s, or Hollywood lawyer’s practice. The 2017 student issue of LAWPRO Magazine explores what this… Read More »
Categories: The TitlePLUS Program & Title Insurance, Legal Technology, LAWPRO Errors and Omissions Coverage, Practice Aids, Career ManagementAn office of one’s own: 5 essentials for your home away from home
New lawyers, welcome to the practice of law. You now have an office of your own. You’ll be spending many of your waking hours plying your trade in this new little corner of the world. Make it a comfortable and professional place to work. Be prepared for unexpected events. What should you keep in your… Read More »
Categories: Career Management, Wellness and Balance