From codes of ethics to dress codes, law firms are experiencing generational clashes that will have long range impacts on their future viability and profitability.
By Lynne Lancaster, Bridgeworks

"In 1937 our entire crop was confiscated for a $65 debt. I was 10. While I didn't know what lawyers did, I felt that a lawyer could have prevented that from happening. My vision of becoming a lawyer was born."

"Law school graduates today seem to care more about the amount of money they can make as a lawyer without giving any thought at all to the substance of what they might do as a lawyer."

"When I interview law students that have gone straight from undergraduate to law school, I'm always amazed that they know, or think they know, what they want without ever sampling the real world."

"When someone asks a genuine question, it galls me when a person responds with a totally unsubstantiated answer rather than saying, 'I don't know that much about it.' That really doesn't help the questioner."

Whether they voice it or not, associates want exposure to the world of business development.
By Alf Nucifora, Nucifora Consulting Group

"Clients pay for our ideas and counsel, but an unsettlingly large amount of the time our clients own answers are the pivotal thing."
By Nancy Kline, Time to Think, Inc.

As a leader, you will engage in two different forms of communication, each of which is crucial to bolstering your effectiveness.
By Debby Stone and Laura Biering, Corner Office Coaching

When I had my epiphany that day on the train, I knew then that there were things I wanted to do with my life other than live in London and commute to work 480 hours a year.
By Simon Tupman, Lawyers With A Life

A lawyer acting from her strengths optimizes performance to a much greater degree than one who has not made the effort to measure and fully employ natural assets.
By Stephanie West Allen, Allen & Nichols Productions

Making a career change is much more than simply learning to sell yourself to those who buy services like yours. The job market is not understood simply in terms of buyers and sellers.
By Dennis Coyne, Coyne Coaching & Consulting

The Atlanta Bar is excited to present a series of seminars dedicated to the personal and professional development of lawyers. The series includes programs on making partner, personal effectiveness, becoming a true professional, leadership and rainmaking. This Whole Lawyer Series, combined with substantive practice area programs, demonstrates our ongoing commitment to you as a lawyer and as a person.

It was Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. and the associate who was to second chair him at the trial on Monday was gone for the day.
By Lynn M. Roberson, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

"This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future." So read the poster that promoted director Mike Nichol's 1967 film, The Graduate, which captured the spirit of the times and gave us a peek into how truly wide the chasm between generations can become. Summed up by one lifeless word.
By Don Hutcheson, Editor & Publisher

The best integration programs are effective in retaining talented associates, sustaining and transmitting the firm's culture and values and supporting associate growth and development. Take this quiz to find out how your program measures up.
The NALP Foundation

Research reveals that having a single individual accountable for firm-wide client service boosts profits per attorney by up to 41.2%.
By Marcie Borgal, BTI Consulting Group

In a business world so attuned to racial, gender and other types of diversity, scant attention has been paid to the implications of having four different generations sharing the same office space. The authors argue that these differences and their potential to spark what they refer to as "clashpoints" are overlooked at every employer's peril.