I remember my first day of practice. I got up early and made myself a hearty breakfast. My suit had already been pressed from the night before.
ContinueThe students coming through law school nowadays are highly accomplished. They work abroad, start charities, develop apps. They are big thinkers, innovators.
ContinueThis is the time of year when articling students go into panic mode. I understand what it’s like. Very few don’t want to be hired back. I wasn’t hired back myself.
Continue“Coffees from hell” is what lawyer Erin Cowling calls this popular form of networking. Cowling’s article in Precedent magazine (Winter 2017, p. 39) describes the types of people she regrets meeting for coffee.
ContinueLast time, I wrote about personal branding as a career tool for the 21st Century Lawyer. This time, I’m sharing my secrets for developing a personal brand.
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