Doodling in the Courtroom
Your penchant for drawing little stick figures or smiley faces along the edges of your notes just might help you present your case better in the courtroom. This is the premise of a recent article in the fall issue of …
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Resiliency and the Happy Lawyer
A recent post on What Makes Lawyers Tick?, a blog written by a lawyer-psychologist, catalogs a disconcerting list of symptoms common to many lawyers. Lawyers are prone to burnout, feelings of hopelessness, irritability, defensiveness, thin-skinned-ness, passivity, incapacitating perfectionism, diminished creativity, …
Mindfulness in Lawyering
Lawyers are notoriously unhappy. If you don’t believe it, this ABA Journal post reports that associate attorney is the unhappiest job in the country. But clearly not all lawyers are blue. Lawyerist recently posted an interview with Jeena Cho, a …
Better Public Speaking for Lawyers
Besides legal writing, public speaking is one of the top skills attorneys need to master. Whether you’re in court, presenting at a CLE, or proposing an idea at an important firm meeting, you’ll need to feel confident presenting your ideas …
Summer 2013: Students Provided Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance
For Summer 2013, LexisNexis announces its “All Access Program” that provides unlimited access to Lexis Advance, its next-generation legal research platform. Details: Who: This program applies only to C|M|Law students. Platform: This program only applies to the Lexis Advance for …
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