We’ve all been there: Working long hours on numerous matters, we feel we can never catch up, much less get ahead. In the legal industry, this is often the norm. But is the norm actually a “normal” amount of work? In this COVID-19 environment, and amid the “Great Resignation,” lawyers and staff who remain in… Continue reading Escaping the Overworked and Overwhelmed Cycle
Author: Linda Donnelly
The Future of Law Firms: How Legal Tech Is Modernizing Traditional Practice
By embracing legal tech, firms are stepping into the future and preserving the integrity and success of their practices. As another wave of COVID-19 ravages the U.S., forcing at-home work to extend even further, the legal industry continues to feel the disruption. As in any industry that relies on collaboration, communication and transparency, the pandemic… Continue reading The Future of Law Firms: How Legal Tech Is Modernizing Traditional Practice
How to Prioritize When Everything Is Urgent and Important
Facing a busier than ever week ahead? Use these steps to figure out how to prioritize when you are overwhelmed. Here’s my week: I have three transactions closing on Friday and I need to work on them all right now. One is not more important than the other. I have two articles due today by… Continue reading How to Prioritize When Everything Is Urgent and Important
Better Presentations: How to Stop ‘Rough-Drafting’ and Learn to Speak with Precision
Why is it that so many lawyer presentations suffer from “hanging fragmentitis”? Here’s how to stop yourself from constantly editing, restarting and revising out loud. When we speak, why do we so often fail to finish our sentences? Linguists must know the answer to this question, but I am at a loss. All I’m sure… Continue reading Better Presentations: How to Stop ‘Rough-Drafting’ and Learn to Speak with Precision
Thought Leadership Marketing: Write for Someone, Not Everyone
With so much change and so many unanswered questions, there’s never been a better time to stand out through your thought leadership. Writing and publishing content often feels like tossing a needle into the internet haystack. That’s challenging enough. But if all you’re doing is recycling the same old ideas, and trying to make them… Continue reading Thought Leadership Marketing: Write for Someone, Not Everyone
Calming Down an Angry Client
As much as we like to believe that if we do everything well, our clients will always love us, it’s just not true. Here are 10 steps to soothe an angry client. You know the scenario. It’s the end of the day. The phone rings and you pick it up, knowing you really shouldn’t. You… Continue reading Calming Down an Angry Client
Keeping Clients While Managing Extraordinary Change
Keeping clients when your firm is changing is a tricky business and involves a lot of reassurance — not just for them, but for you. I vividly remember interviewing a client about his relationship with his law firm, my client. While he was very satisfied with the firm’s work and the people doing it, he… Continue reading Keeping Clients While Managing Extraordinary Change
Where Do Lawyers Work Today? The Ethics and Acceptance of Working Remotely
Remember when working remotely was taboo? awyers working anywhere but a traditional bricks-and-mortar office with their firm name on the door typically glossed over their nontraditional working environment. Over time, the taboo surrounding less traditional work setups began to ease, and early in 2020, when COVID-19 hit the world, the stigma had all but disappeared.… Continue reading Where Do Lawyers Work Today? The Ethics and Acceptance of Working Remotely
Six Tips for Being a More Persuasive Lawyer
A large part of practicing law is persuading someone to believe, act or agree with your client’s position, whether in a courtroom or boardroom or at a negotiation or dinner table. We seek to persuade juries, judges, colleagues, friends, family or the media that we are right, and others are not. Following these six principles… Continue reading Six Tips for Being a More Persuasive Lawyer
Want Repeat Clients? Make Yourself a Favorite
Repeat clients are the most accessible and cost-effective prospects to target. We all have our favorite “things” we choose to purchase again and again. Whether it’s the brand of coffee you most enjoy or a specific type of running shoes that allows you to perform well, most of us are repeat buyers of certain products.… Continue reading Want Repeat Clients? Make Yourself a Favorite