The Complete Lawyer

According to Justice Cardozo, “No judicial system could do society’s work if each issue had to be decided afresh in every case which raised it.”1 And so it is that lawyers are preoccupied with history—with the facts and holdings of prior cases that will control the outcome of a current legal controversy. The notion that like cases should be decided in like manner has greatly influenced the intellectual approach to legal writing. Disregarding precedent may leave a lawyer as doomed ...

Most law students and lawyers know quite a bit about finding a job—how to write a compelling cover letter and an attention-grabbing resume, how to navigate tricky interview questions and how to make contacts who can help with the job search. With all the time we expend finding a job, it’s not surprising that we never focus on the flip side: leaving a job. Yet, how you leave your place of employment—whether it’s a firm, government or corporation—can have more ...

Every day most attorneys get to help people who need a little guidance, a few reminders, or a nudge in the right direction. While the underpinnings of business insurance are not as intricate as those of the law, practice managers would do well to keep a few insurance guidelines in mind. Insurance is one solution set contained in the broader field of risk management. The first step in the risk management process is to identify (and then to quantify) possible exposures ...