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.
This month the Canadian Bar Association National Magazine features an article by lawyer Carolynne Burkholder-James with tips to reduce procrastination in legal practice. Here’s an excerpt:
As a busy lawyer with an overflowing to-do list, it can be easy to…
Always chasing deadlines?
Feel like you are perpetually starting projects too late?
Want to get more productive?
If you answered yes to any of these questions you are in good company with the majority of your colleagues in the legal…
I am the founder of AWAL and a lawyer coach with over a decade of experience helping clients overcome challenges and achieve success however they define it. In practice this can be many things from helping a law firm partner…
Is your phone becoming another distraction? In today’s busy connected work our reliance on our cell phones can have a negative effect. Getting time offline can be a major challenge. What can you do to stay out of this cycle…
I am the founder of AWAL and a lawyer coach with over a decade of experience helping clients overcome challenges and achieve success however they define it. In practice this can be many things from helping a law firm partner…
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Law is one hard working profession.
It is also highly meaningful and vital to our civil society.
The updated Welcome to AWAL section on the home page and the About page explore this idea further. Here’s an excerpt for you:…
John is an in-house counsel for a technology company. He’s been asked to advise on a highly risky investment agreement but when he starts to raise the myriad of problems with the deal he gets shut down.
Terry is the junior…
The pace of life is speeding up. The months rush by in a blur of deadlines, emails, and stress. So much these days feels out of our control and this is precisely why it is so important to grasp what…
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.” Walt Disney
Walt Disney, a true visionary, passed away before Disney World was finished. At the opening ceremony, someone turned to Mrs.…
