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Attorney With a Life focuses on professional development and practice management for lawyers. The blog covers topics such as improving efficiency and productivity through self-awareness, managing billable hours effectively, enhancing communication skills to handle difficult conversations, and organizing both physical and digital workspaces. It also offers guidance on planning and prioritizing work to achieve better work-life integration. The content is designed to help legal professionals develop practical skills for running their practices more smoothly and advancing their careers through coaching insights and actionable strategies.
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Wrapping up the year – ten questions to reflect on
By Allison Wolf
December 23, 2022. Time for a deep inhale and a longer exhale. You did it. You made it through another intense year.
Life these days is always some form of crazy. Change isn’t something that you have to handle once…
Partnership – Is it for you?
By Allison Wolf
This month my article for SLAW is all about partnership. For many associates these days partnership is no longer an attractive goal.
Many young lawyers look at partners’ lives and don’t see the appeal. The long hours, the burden…
Practice Management Tune Up – Fall Workshop
By Allison Wolf
Did you start this week with a feeling of tension in your belly or a tightness in your shoulders?
Or was it worse? A feeling of dread, or overwhelm, accompanied by the thought “how am I going to get it
Or was it worse? A feeling of dread, or overwhelm, accompanied by the thought “how am I going to get it
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Don’t Let These Ten Stumbling Blocks Push You Out of Law
By Allison Wolf
Ever wondered, “Why did I become a lawyer? Maybe a career in law isn’t for me?”
You aren’t alone. We all question our decisions from time to time.
A career in law isn’t one thing. It’s not one skill set.…
Strategy for the times: grounded hope
By Allison Wolf
Bad news and tragedy surround us. The challenges appear to be enormous. Daunting. How do we hold ourselves up and make a difference in these times?
I believe that hope, grounded hope, is a necessary starting point.
Grounded hope…
Making the shift from people-pleasing to altruism
By Allison Wolf
Are you a people pleaser?
Do you agree to things before you’ve had a chance even to think it over?
Do you find yourself overcommitted and taking care of so much business for others that you have no time left…
Powerful self-coaching with two words: get better
By Allison Wolf
Maryann is stuck on a tough assignment. The partner she reports to is busy and trusts Maryann to take a run at drafting something quite complex and different from anything Maryann has handled before.
Maryann is worried. “What if I…
How to be a Good Litigation Partner
By Allison Wolf
This year, my topic for the CLEBC full-day conference was “How to Be a Good Litigation Junior”. As I prepared for my presentation, I couldn’t help but think about what I might say if I was invited to a similar…
Think Again – Managing Unhelpful Thinking
By Allison Wolf
Have you ever felt anxiety and worry about some action or behaviour you took that actually did not materialize into any of your anticipated consequences?
For example, an offhand comment you thought might’ve been misconstrued sets off a flurry of
For example, an offhand comment you thought might’ve been misconstrued sets off a flurry of
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