The Legal Up blog

When I began practicing law in 1999, the job duties of legal secretaries were beginning to change. I was one of 13 law school graduates hired by my firm that year, and one thing was evident about all of us from the start:

Many legal professionals may have the vague sense that likeability is an asset. But what exactly makes a person likable or not? Why should legal professionals care about likeability? And what can they do to become more likable?

None of us likes to think about unpleasantness that may lie ahead in our lives.

As we know from pretty much all of pop culture, the reputation for lawyers is somewhat tarnished. They are commonly perceived as arrogant, heartless, and money-hungry. A lawyer will do anything to win if the price is right.

Like many industries, today’s legal industry relies heavily on gig workers.

So, you’ve finally taken the plunge and started your own firm. Congratulations!

There are a lot of opinion pieces out there positing that law school degrees are utterly useless.

It is no secret: the legal industry has a reputation for being resistant to innovation. Bound by tradition and risk-averse by nature, many attorneys simply avoid change. This is a major stumbling block for the industry in the modern fast-changing world.

In today’s fast-moving legal world, paralegals need to maximize their productivity like never before.

Compliance with ethical duties. This has been one of the main day-to-day concerns of attorneys for centuries. However, a new wrinkle has been thrown in by the modern world – digital technology.