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Why I’m Leaving Legal Practice (sort of)
Chris Hargreaves
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August 13, 2016
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Recently I completed my last day as a full time employee of a law firm. I've got to say - it's a strange feeling, because...
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Legal Career
3 Lessons I was reminded of while I was sick
Chris Hargreaves
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September 26, 2014
6
I've been unwell for the past few days. It's been a decidedly unpleasant experience, but I wanted to try and make something useful out...
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Legal Practice
My Love/Hate Relationship with Email
Chris Hargreaves
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July 24, 2014
2
I love email. And I hate email. I like to think that I'm not alone in this. Email has offered legal practice huge benefits in legal...
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Legal Career
Practical Training for Law Students (AKA – where have articles of clerkship gone)
Chris Hargreaves
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May 7, 2014
6
I had a very interesting conversation recently with somebody who has an important role in the training that is given to law students and...
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Legal Career
Lawyers should be more Intolerant
Chris Hargreaves
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May 5, 2014
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Intolerance is wonderful. In fact I would almost go so far as to say that being intolerant is one of the more useful characteristics...
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Legal Career
Take the Training Wheels Off your Legal Career
Chris Hargreaves
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April 30, 2014
7
It has occurred to me over the last little while that I've never really written a "manifesto" for this site. Many writers (or bloggers...
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Communication
How to be Persuasive P2 – Know your Enemy
Chris Hargreaves
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March 21, 2014
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Sun Tzu in The Art of War said: “It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled...
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Communication
How to be Persuasive
Chris Hargreaves
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March 19, 2014
2
Let's Start with a Wedding... Maybe Michael and Jane have been dating for about 3 years, and they are madly in love. Michael wants to...
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Legal Career
Does Your Career Plan Work for You?
Chris Hargreaves
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March 17, 2014
5
"Career Plan" sounds like one of those pieces of paper (much like a "marketing plan") which is produced with a mammoth amount of effort,...
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Legal Practice
Passionate Professional or Pitiful Plodder?
Chris Hargreaves
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March 10, 2014
3
The news is not good: when asked, most lawyers find most parts of their job, and most of their clients, "tolerable", "acceptable" or "terrible"...
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Legal Practice
Lawyer – Still a Noble Profession?
Chris Hargreaves
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December 5, 2013
8
Lawyers, by and large, cop a fair battering from media. After all, media about lawyers ripping people off, betraying trust of their clients, acting...
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Legal Career
Is University failing us?
Chris Hargreaves
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November 23, 2013
7
University degrees are failing up and coming professionals by not teaching the skills they need to flourish in the workplace. To some, this opinion will...
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Legal Practice
How to Catch an Egg without Breaking It
Chris Hargreaves
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November 18, 2013
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Knowing how to go about approaching your first legal file (or files) with a minimum of risk, especially if your first file is inherited, can be...
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Instead of Career Goals…
Chris Hargreaves
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January 4, 2021
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Here we are again - the start of a new year. More likely than not, a bunch of people are about to set a bunch...
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Communication
Should you Just Phone Your Opponent?
Chris Hargreaves
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August 15, 2020
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Ah yes, the great joy of the litigator: writing unbelievably long-winded letters back and forth for months to set out why your client is...
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Legal Career
Or… We Could Just Fire You Instead
Chris Hargreaves
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July 26, 2020
1
Recently I took a bit of a shot at law firms trying to pretend that their COVID-related pay cuts came with associated reduced working...
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Legal Practice
40% Pay Cut, 140% Full Time Load
Chris Hargreaves
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June 8, 2020
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It's been fascinating watching law firms react (in advance) to what they believed was going to be the horror story of COVID-19.
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Continuing Legal Education
How to Make the Most of Your CLE
Chris Hargreaves
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May 8, 2020
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Attending any kind of continuing legal education can feel like it was largely a waste of time - even if it came with a...
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