Success Traits
Now is the Time for Law Firms to Maximize their C-Suite
October 14, 2020
By Christina Herrmann – There exist critical moments in time, which compel progress. Now is one such moment for the legal industry. Law firms, heavily dependent on the solvency of their clients, must adjust to a client base severely depleted from the global pandemic. These adjustments will require business savvy, ingenuity, and specialized talents, all
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Lawyers on the Rise: Three Ways to Recruit Resilience
December 26, 2017
By Neha Sampat – (Originally published in Law Practice Today on August 14, 2017.) Grit. Fortitude in the face of struggle. Elasticity that allows a person to be stretched to an uncomfortable limit and then bounce back swiftly and completely, often with forward trajectory. We hear a lot about resilience these days, with Sheryl Sandberg
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Critical for Lawyer Success – Continual Growth
August 10, 2015
By Heather Bock, Lori Berman, and Juliet Aiken – According to our research, lawyers who make partner within ten years of practice, as compared to lawyers who after 11 years have not make it to partner, are masters of their fate, calibrators, and highly networked. And, promotion to partner aside, lawyers who are healthy–in that they avoid minor
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How to Diagnose the Four Most Common Writing Symptoms That Partners Report
March 30, 2015
By Ross Guberman – When partners report the symptoms of associates’ writing problems, they often sound like a patient who goes to the doctor and says, “I don’t feel so hot, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.” So below I reveal the four writing symptoms that BigLaw partners most often report. And then
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What Does It Take to Be a Partner? (Part 2)
March 2, 2015
By Lori Berman, Heather Bock, and Juliet Aiken – Today, we’re going to finish answering a question we raised in our first blog post: what does it take to be partner? The partners in our study were masters of their fate and calibrators. That is, they felt in control, strategically invested in their career, and recognized the
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Groundbreaking Research: What Partners Do That Non-Partners Don’t (Part 1)
October 20, 2014
By Juliet Aiken, Lori Berman, and Heather Bock – In our last post, we covered the importance of becoming a master of fate for your health, flourishing, and promotion to partner. While being in control and strategically investing in your career will help you thrive in all three measures of success, they aren’t the only attributes
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Turning Law Students into Client-Service Providers
August 8, 2014
By Heather Frattone – As we prepare our students for the “fall” recruiting season, we are increasingly focused on helping them to understand the transition from law student to client-service provider. As law students, you are educational consumers and are expected to take advantage of the school’s opportunities to develop your legal and analytical skills, your
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Master of Your Fate? Teaching Lawyers to Invest in Themselves
July 30, 2014
By Heather Bock, Juliet Aiken, and Lori Berman – Who really thrives in a law firm? We’re not just talking about who gets promoted, although that’s part of it. Who feels like they are flourishing? Who stays healthly? According to our research on partners and associates in a sample of AmLaw 200 firms, the people
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