There’s no question about it: making time for business development can be difficult. The billable hour business model, still the legal industry standard, consistently challenges lawyers to make BD activities part of their daily practice. Lawyers typically respond to the …
Should a man be expected to hold the door for a woman in a business setting? Are men expected to help women colleagues carry heavy bags? Should the age and professional role/level of the person affect our expectations? Many men …
Differentiating yourself in a world where, from the client’s point of view, there are many “good enough” lawyers can seem daunting. Keep the following mantra in mind and you will rise above the pack: Knowledge is King. In August 2010, InsideCounsel conducted its 20th Annual …
Many lawyers—and professionals in general—don’t like business development. They think of it as “unseemly” or unprofessional, judge it as “beneath” them, or just don’t like the idea of it. It’s not what we learned in law school. It doesn’t seem …
“Why are many senior women lawyers reluctant to help younger women lawyers? They exist in a world of their own and won’t join the women’s initiative and activities. Why is that?” I was asked these questions by some younger women …