Some say entrepreneurs are born, not made. I disagree. Even if you don’t have an entrepreneurial bone in your body, you can start and run your own law firm if you can train yourself to make these ten key mindset shifts. Here’s goes:
Accountability. Whether at a job or in law school, you had external
One of the principal reasons that many lawyers decide against starting a law firm is fear. That’s not surprising, because it’s only natural to fear the unknown. In fact, if a lawyer isn’t even a little bit nervous starting a firm, they may not have thought it through seriously enough.
To be sure, as a
Recently, the New York Times reported on the growing popularity of “buy now, pay later” services that enable consumers to purchase online products and spread the cost into manageable, interest-free installments paid over several months. Although pay-later services comprise just 2 percent of payment options (a drop in the bucket compared to credit cards which
Earlier this week, Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) released this annual Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard for the Vault 100 Law Firms which contained some rather disturbing results. The Scorecard concluded that “America’s most prestigious law firms have expanded their fossil fuel work,” thus “exacerbating climate change” at a time when concerns over global
If you’ve just read this article’s title, you’re probably racking your brain trying to figure out what the heck a lowly solo practitioner like me can teach you about succeeding as a law firm associate.
After all, you probably think that most solos simply churn out form documents for simpleton clients who need help with
Via Bob Ambrogi’s Law Sites Blog, I learned of yet another Captain Obvious study on diversity at biglaw. Spoiler alert (NOT): there’s been little progress or improvement over the past seven years. Though the percentage of minority associates at large firms hovers around 26.4 percent – so slightly less than the 30 percent
Earlier this week, Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history just said no to continuing in the team gymnastics competition and participating in the individual all-around at the Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health concerns. Not surprisingly, Biles’ raving fans supported her decision – and to their credit, most commentators have as well
Seven years ago, I had my last real conversation with my beloved husband before the brain tumor that we would learn about ten days later wreaked havoc on his beautiful mind and eventually took his life. There’s so much I wish I had told him then, and so much more that’s transpired in the past
Thirty-five year old sprinter Allyson Felix is the most decorated Olympian in track and field history. Yet even Felix couldn’t outrun discrimination by her former sponsor Nike — which pressured her to return to form as soon as possible after a high-risk pregnancy and birth while slashing her pay to 70 percent of what she’d
Last month with the country reopening post-pandemic, on the eve of my 57th birthday, I embarked on a bucket-list trip to the Dakotas with Wyoming and Montana tossed in because why not? Compared to the East Coast where I reside, the west is more immense in every respect: big, endless sky, wide-open roads and days