Useful, Practical Advice that Law Schools Never Teach

   
Staying afloat in rough economic times
   
Ways to keep your sanity and have a life
   
Why you should not try to drum up business
   
Top ten goofs you should avoid
   
Ways to make yourself indispensable
   
Setting boundaries without losing favor
   
Why you sometimes have to “work for free”
   
Reasons partners think you are overpaid
   
How and why you should “buy time”
   
Ways to learn the unwritten rules of the office
   
When and why you should say “no” and how to do it with finesse
   
How to recognize promises your firm may not keep
   
What to do when you screw up
   
How to supervise an assistant who has been at the office forever
   
Things partners care about more than your billable hours
   
The most important rule at any law firm

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