The Tips for Lawyers show is here to provide lawyers with the tools they need to thrive in legal practice.
It's to fill a gap in the training of law students, lawyers and attorneys: practical legal skills and training.
Lawyers and attorneys for a long time now have begun to ignore or avoid the skills and knowledge that are being utilised by businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world.
For some reason, we seem to think that we are special in legal practice, and avoid taking on board skills that could help us develop better relationships with clients, more valuable endeavours for our law firms, and better outcomes in terms of profit.
The Tips For Lawyers show will deal with topics that allow us to improve our communication skills, our marketing and business development (or rainmaking), our productivity as lawyers, time billing and recording, persuasion and advocacy, legal writing skills and drafting, and an abundance of other ways in which lawyers can be more personally productive, useful and beneficial to their firm and their client.
The show also deals with the struggles and issues that young lawyers face in getting through day to day practice.
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The Tips for Lawyers show is here to provide lawyers with the tools they need to thrive in legal practice.
It's to fill a gap in the training of law students, lawyers and attorneys: practical legal skills and training.
Lawyers and attorneys for a long time now have begun to ignore or avoid the skills and knowledge that are being utilised by businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world.
For some reason, we seem to think that we are special in legal practice, and avoid taking on board skills that could help us develop better relationships with clients, more valuable endeavours for our law firms, and better outcomes in terms of profit.
The Tips For Lawyers show will deal with topics that allow us to improve our communication skills, our marketing and business development (or rainmaking), our productivity as lawyers, time billing and recording, persuasion and advocacy, legal writing skills and drafting, and an abundance of other ways in which lawyers can be more personally productive, useful and beneficial to their firm and their client.
The show also deals with the struggles and issues that young lawyers face in getting through day to day practice.
Subscribe today - and see how you can genuinely love a legal career.
I get it – bad things do happen in a legal career, and there are certainly some aspects that need “fixing”.
But the truth is, even if we fix everything we can, a legal career is still going to be challenging at intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels.
So if you’re not up for that, or at least prepared to start arming yourself with the necessary tools, perhaps this isn’t the career for you.
I get it – bad things do happen in a legal career, and there are certainly some aspects that need “fixing”.
But the truth is, even if we fix everything we can, a legal career is still going to be challenging at intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels.
So if you’re not up for that, or at least prepared to start arming yourself with the necessary tools, perhaps this isn’t the career for you.
And, more importantly, does it have to be that way?
By applying a simple change in the way you perceive your decisions, you can start to ensure that you are working towards being a more valuable contributor to your firm every day.
And, more importantly, does it have to be that way?
By applying a simple change in the way you perceive your decisions, you can start to ensure that you are working towards being a more valuable contributor to your firm every day.
Audience, Purpose, Tone and Brevity – you’ve heard me say it before, and you probably will again. These are the key elements of excellent legal drafting.
So how can we ensure that the purpose of our legal drafting is well defined, and that what we produce achieves that purpose?
Let’s chat about that in this podcast.
Audience, Purpose, Tone and Brevity – you’ve heard me say it before, and you probably will again. These are the key elements of excellent legal drafting.
So how can we ensure that the purpose of our legal drafting is well defined, and that what we produce achieves that purpose?
Let’s chat about that in this podcast.
Legal drafting isn’t just a way of throwing clever words on a page in a particular order.
It’s about the right words, for the right situation, to achieve the desired purpose for the recipient.
And a big part of that involves getting the right tone in your communication – if every piece of correspondence you send out is in precisely the same style and manner, then you’re probably not even turning your mind to this important issue.
So let’s talk about tone.
Legal drafting isn’t just a way of throwing clever words on a page in a particular order.
It’s about the right words, for the right situation, to achieve the desired purpose for the recipient.
And a big part of that involves getting the right tone in your communication – if every piece of correspondence you send out is in precisely the same style and manner, then you’re probably not even turning your mind to this important issue.
So let’s talk about tone.
As lawyers we’re busy a lot, and some lawyers declare their busy-ness even when they’re not.
But for young lawyers the first time they experience a period of relatively low workload can actually be a bit daunting. What should you be doing with that time if nobody has any work to give you?
Do you just tap your fingers on the desk until people give you work?
As lawyers we’re busy a lot, and some lawyers declare their busy-ness even when they’re not.
But for young lawyers the first time they experience a period of relatively low workload can actually be a bit daunting. What should you be doing with that time if nobody has any work to give you?
Do you just tap your fingers on the desk until people give you work?
It’s 100% guaranteed to happen – you hit “that point” where you start wondering whether this is all that a legal career has to offer.
The question is: what are you going to do with that feeling?
It’s 100% guaranteed to happen – you hit “that point” where you start wondering whether this is all that a legal career has to offer.
The question is: what are you going to do with that feeling?
Many young lawyers aspire to start their own firm. But beyond finances, business, marketing and legal knowledge there is one big question you need to tackle before you make the decision.
Let’s talk about that.
Many young lawyers aspire to start their own firm. But beyond finances, business, marketing and legal knowledge there is one big question you need to tackle before you make the decision.
Let’s talk about that.
With all the advice, information and help available for young lawyers, it would be easy to try and suck up everything like an enormous sponge.
I’m not totally convinced that’s a good idea.
With all the advice, information and help available for young lawyers, it would be easy to try and suck up everything like an enormous sponge.
I’m not totally convinced that’s a good idea.
We need to be clear about something – we don’t work in a justice system, we work in a legal system.
There are a few reasons I want to make that distinction… which you’ll find out in this episode.We need to be clear about something – we don’t work in a justice system, we work in a legal system.
There are a few reasons I want to make that distinction… which you’ll find out in this episode.
Falling into a rut isn’t always a bad thing, unless you don’t know you’re in it.
In this episode I talk about how you can decide if the rut is right for you, and some tips to help avoid a path leading to frustration and despair in your legal career.Falling into a rut isn’t always a bad thing, unless you don’t know you’re in it.
In this episode I talk about how you can decide if the rut is right for you, and some tips to help avoid a path leading to frustration and despair in your legal career.
With 30 days of legal skills in a row it would be easy to get overwhelmed by a massive “to do” list of things that you need to achieve instantly.
But think back to where we started – that’s not how it works.
In this last lesson for the series we talk about how to approach your legal career going forward.With 30 days of legal skills in a row it would be easy to get overwhelmed by a massive “to do” list of things that you need to achieve instantly.
But think back to where we started – that’s not how it works.
In this last lesson for the series we talk about how to approach your legal career going forward.
In this episode we’re going to have a chat about one of the things that clients hate the most – and yet, it’s one of the most common practises among lawyers.
Mostly because we’re afraid of dealing with it.In this episode we’re going to have a chat about one of the things that clients hate the most – and yet, it’s one of the most common practises among lawyers.
Mostly because we’re afraid of dealing with it.
The Tips for Lawyers show is here to provide lawyers with the tools they need to thrive in legal practice.
It's to fill a gap in the training of law students, lawyers and attorneys: practical legal skills and training.
Lawyers and attorneys for a long time now have begun to ignore or avoid the skills and knowledge that are being utilised by businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world.
For some reason, we seem to think that we are special in legal practice, and avoid taking on board skills that could help us develop better relationships with clients, more valuable endeavours for our law firms, and better outcomes in terms of profit.
The Tips For Lawyers show will deal with topics that allow us to improve our communication skills, our marketing and business development (or rainmaking), our productivity as lawyers, time billing and recording, persuasion and advocacy, legal writing skills and drafting, and an abundance of other ways in which lawyers can be more personally productive, useful and beneficial to their firm and their client.
The show also deals with the struggles and issues that young lawyers face in getting through day to day practice.
Subscribe today - and see how you can genuinely love a legal career.
