Good Lawyers Choose Great Careers
Tired of all the bad news these days? I am. The incessant negative reports from every quarter of the economy and the world have been bombarding us for at least two years now. I, for one, am ready to declare a moratoriam. Aren’t you?
Maybe forewarned is forearmed, but after a while, these negative reports are [...]
Nothing happens instantly, in legal careers or in life. When we described the 10 Secrets of Extraordinary Legal Careers based on our interviews and experience with thousands of lawyers, one of the most significant secrets they shared was Secret #4 Eating apples requires attention. We shouldn’t eat an apple just to be finished [...]
Good Clients are Kings, not Gods, successful lawyers know. In Secret #5, we mentioned that clients are essential to worthwhile legal careers. But lawyers can get so caught up in representing clients zealously that they surrender too much objectivity and professionalism to their client’s cause.
Health care lawyers, particularly in-house counsel, have found themselves [...]
Law careers are developed and created over time. Generally years, not months. A lawyer on the “fast track” may shave a year or so off her “metoric success,” but one rarely graduates from law school on Friday and becomes Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Yes, Barack Obama is a young president. [...]
Law career development, like personal development, never stops as long as we’re living. We’ve learned that law school teaches us to think like lawyers, a lesson that can’t (and shouldn’t) be undone. Once a lawyer, always a lawyer, even if we take an extended break from active law practice.
Yet, as we gain experience, the primary secrets we learned in the early years expand, become more nuanced, flexible, complex, and rewarding. Just as computer code is a
M. Diane Vogt
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