Have you ever wondered what might have happened in your life if you had chosen one road over another? I mean, what really might have happened?
I don't make a habit of writing about my own experiences but....several years ago while minding my own business (literally). I was approached by a major corporation (big players - cool $5+ billion a year in revenue) to head up their $50 million...
Our guest blogger today is Katherine Giacolone, The Corporate Nanny All too often we have conflicting work priorities. We're all working managers with daily tasks that have to get done and new assignments that come and go. We don't have a whole lot of room for organizational emergencies or pop-up projects!
But the emergencies and pop-ups are going to come, and the...
Have you ever been curious, even just a tiny bit, about what attorneys really think about paralegals? You can use a little emotional intelligence that might help. You know the new science: interpreting expressions, analyzing perceptions and evaluating emotions.
Or, you can go right to the source and just ask - which is exactly what I did. Why wait? The world goes around fast enough these...
Our guest blogger today is Donald Billings who has a thing or two to say about emotional intelligence. Donald is a well-known legal technologist with a major law firm. Whatever he says, I have to sit up and listen.
Now, I have to admit, I'm not an expert on the topic of emotional intelligence but apparently, whether we believe EQ is a current fad or is here to stay, it's has been...
Be Out-Rage-Ous....Not Just Out of the Box....
Today we have the pleasure of Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, the "Stress Doc" as our guest blogger. Enjoy! Early on in my migration to the Internet, I christened myself AOL’s “Online Psychohumorist” ™. Along with a part-time psychotherapy practice and the moniker “Stress Doc” ™, I was writing short psychological...
Today, our guest blogger is Jamie Collins. All I can say to Jamie is "Keep walkin' past those open windows....."
You MIGHT be stressed out if… You are a paralegal. I know it might seem ridiculous. But it’s true. We triple paralegal promise. (Unless you are some weirdo with a completely stress-free job. Does such a thing exist in the land of legal? No seriously, does...
Here we go. One more time! I know I’ve written about this a few months back. However, the topic keeps coming up: certification vs. certificate. There is a difference and at some point, if you are declaring yourself “certified” when you only have a certificate, trouble is coming. Guaranteed.
A few weeks ago, a Bar Association contacted me to represent the Organization of Legal...
By Lottie WathenGuest Blogger
The mid-Atlantic region of the United States is dotted with nine offices of Offit Kurman, a law firm with approximately 200 employees (100 attorneys) situated between New Jersey and Virginia. Offit Kurman has experienced a dramatic growth over the last five years and, were you to visit the Washington DC office, you would find an Offit Kurman employee who is also a...
A few days ago, a thought-provoking article by the President of the Connecticut Bar Association, Mark Dubois, emerged causing much discussion in our LinkedIn group: Paralegal Group. Dubois raised a number of questions in regard to a recent report by a Connecticut Bar Association committee and the suggestion that the lack of access to legal services could be met by empowering paralegals to...
Paralegals: Listen up. Protect your career now, while you still can.
The Next Normal – Will the Traditional Law Firm Model Survive?
Guest BloggerSusan Saltonstall Duncan This article is the first in a series to look at the "Next Normal" for law firms. Part 1 focuses on the traditional law firm model and why it is unlikely to remain as it is, Part 2 focuses on lawyer skills and talent...