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professional development
768 published works
Chicago IP Litigation
CLE: Navigating Personal Development in the Workplace
On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT the IPLAC’s Women in IP Committee and the Chicago Women in IP are hosting a joint webinar on…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Young Lawyers Summit: Leila Rafi on networking and developing sustainable meaningful connections.
Networking is never effective if approached as transactional
Prodonovich Advisory Insights
7 Reasons Your Professionals Don't Want to Do Client Feedback
Client feedback is one of the most wonderful business development (BD) tools any professional services firm has at its disposal. Done properly, it can inform your growth strategy, help you…
Bill 4 Time Blog
6 Tips to Set SMART Goals for Lawyers
Goal-setting is a key professional skill that all lawyers need to master in order to achieve client satisfaction, career growth, and meaningful life accomplishments. Every lawyer should take the time…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Coaching Lawyers To Blog, a Gift Revived
Jayne Reardon, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commision on Professionalism, interviewed me a couple weeks ago on the topic of legal blogging. The interview was inspiring (more than…
SLRC blog
Measure Your Self Worth in Terms of Effort, Not Results
Adam Grant is one of my favorites! If you don’t know him, he is an organizational psychologist at The Wharton School. He writes about how to make work not “suck”.…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Forging a New Path: ATI Training Expands to Support Public Adjusters
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Scott and Amy Newcomer, the founders and power-couple behind ATI Training. For over 30 years, the Newcomers have been helping home inspectors…
Attorney with a Life
Three Ways to Jumpstart Your Confidence
Editor’s note: I am delighted to have AMP (Associate Mentoring Plus) coach Lora McInturf joining the writing team here at Attorney With A Life with this insightful first article about how…
Clio Blog
A Guide to Paralegal Networking
By Publisher
Paralegal networking is challenging regardless of where you’re at in your career. Unsurprisingly, many professionals across all industries feel unenthusiastic about networking. The old-school exchanging of business cards just isn’t…
Chicago IP Litigation
IPLAC Mentorship Program 2021-2022
The IPLAC’s Mentorship Committee is excited to announce its second annual mentorship session. The mentoring program pairs experienced attorneys, patent agents, and paralegals with new attorneys, patent agents, paralegals and…