Career Success

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Want to succeed in your legal career?In today’s competitive environment, career success is critical to survival.Here are eight tips that will help you achieve career success.

1. Treat Staff Well

Your staff – secretaries, paralegals, law clerks, mailroom staff, etc. -are part of a team that works efficiently together to accomplish law firm objectives.Treat your staff with courtesy and respect and you will receive the same.Treat them poorly and you will regret it.More »

2. Work Faster and Smarter


Today’s law firm is lean, mean and efficient.With shrinking staff and rising workloads, employees must work faster and smarter than ever before.These time management tips can help you juggle multiple priorities and work more efficiently.More »

3. Step Outside Your Comfort Zone


Going above and beyond is one way to get noticed and advance your career.Take the initiative, be a problem-solver and broaden your horizons.Check out these ten tips for stepping outside of your comfort zone.More »

4. Raise Your Realization Rate


Nothing pleases a law firm more than boosting the bottom line.If you bill your time, raising your realization rate can help raise the firm’s profitability.These tips for raising your realization rate can help.More »

5. Reinvent Yourself

To stay competitive in today’s evolving legal profession, you must constantly reinvent yourself.Expand your skill set, cultivate new contacts, and improve on existing work methods.If your position is in jeopardy, you can more easily transition to a new practice niche or career.More »

6. Avoid Legalese

Legalese (formal, archaic legal writing) is out and clear, clean writing is in.Ditch formalistic terms (heretofore, herein, etc.) in favor of simple, everyday language.More »

7. Start Blogging

A blog can increase your authority in a topic area, expand your web presence and help establish you as an expert.Writing a successful blog can also open doors to new opportunities and expand your client base.More »

8. Learn a Foreign Language

Want to stand out in today’s global legal industry?Learn a foreign language or two.As law practices increase their geographic footprints, more employers today seek employees who can speak multiple languages.More »
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