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10 Strategies for Bringing More Love into Your Law Practice

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In “ Making the Case for Love in Your Law Firm ,” Christy Cassisa explained the concept of “ companionate love ” in the workplace — it’s a type of emotional culture in which relationships are based on warmth, caring and connection. Research shows it is good for employers, employees and clients.

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Top Lawyers: Randy Zelin of Cornell University Law School On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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Before we dig in, our readers would love to get to know you a bit more. It’s love. I love what I do. Love conquers all. I love being in Court; I love arguing; I love persuading; I love it when the “light bulb goes off.” Wouldn’t you want to feel cared for and secure? Randy Zelin.

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Boredom Is a Gift: Unlock a Powerhouse of Creativity and Problem-Solving

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And, even though you love your diet of watching trash TV like “90-Day Fiancé “and playing deeply strategic games like “Match 3D,” that’s like living on Cheetos and Diet Coke. This is from the heart. People outside of law don’t think of it as a creative field. ” That is not too far off the mark.

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Former Justice Breyer Speaks At Harvard Panel On Legal Interpretation

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(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Moderated by Andrew T. Newsom, a HLS alumni and circuit judge for the U.S.

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Proposed Biglaw Merger Will Create New Top 20 Am Law Firm, New Top New York Firm

Above The Law

Am Law has the details: The combined firm would create one of the largest law offices in Manhattan, rivaling many Wall Street firms by head count. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. billion, which would likely land it in the Am Law Top 20.

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Despite Recent Biglaw Efforts, Remote Work Seems Here To Stay

Above The Law

Law firms love matching policies with their peers and a mounting push against hybrid work could offer firms the safety in numbers they need to retreat from popular hybrid models. But it seems the industry as a whole still relishes working from home too much to give up. However, these preferences shift noticeably depending on firm size.

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Ryan Reynolds Quip At SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special Surprises Attorney For Some Reason

Above The Law

It’s easy to get caught up in the fame and glitz, but on some level this was just a live streamed employee who, knowing that the audience heard about their legal troubles, decided to break the 4th wall and say “Lawyers, can’t live with ’em, can definitely live without em!” 4 Cheese Lasagna or nothing !