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Should Young Lawyers ask for Performance Feedback or just Wait to Receive It?

Chris Hargreaves - 0
As a rule, we all want to know if we're doing OK.  Sometimes it's obvious, but sometimes less so. So what do you do if...
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Legal Career

Should Young Lawyers Do Volunteer Work?

Chris Hargreaves - 5
In a legal market where jobs are harder and harder to come by, many law students and young lawyers are looking to volunteer to...
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Marketing and Business Development

6 Ways for Young Lawyers to Build their Networks

Chris Hargreaves - 5
There are many things I wish I'd done earlier, and one of them is starting to build my network of contacts. Now, let's make sure...
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Legal Career

Take the Training Wheels Off your Legal Career

Chris Hargreaves - 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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Legal Career

You Need a Mentor – RIGHT NOW

Chris Hargreaves - 6
If you are a lawyer or soon-to-be lawyer, you need to find a mentor. This should be a pretty obvious statement, but I think the...
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Legal Practice

Time Recording – A Primer on Billing “by the unit”

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When I went to Uni, I had (at least in theory) an infinite amount of time in which to accomplish any task.  In business terms...
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Communication

Assignment to Advice – 5 Tricks to help Transition from Student to Lawyer

Chris Hargreaves - 4
One of the things that many recently employed graduates and newly admitted lawyers struggle with is their legal writing style. In my view there are...
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Personal Professional Growth

Be Amazing – 5 Tips to Get you Started

Chris Hargreaves - 3
Is "amazing" a goal you have set for yourself?  If not - why? People who describe themselves as "amazing" have a tendency to be people...
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Legal Career

Is University failing us?

Chris Hargreaves - 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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Communication

Write an Article that isn’t terrible

Chris Hargreaves - 0
Very quickly in your legal career you will likely be asked to help write an article for distribution to clients or contacts of the...
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Legal Practice

How to Catch an Egg without Breaking It

Chris Hargreaves - 0
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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Communication

Legal Drafting – The Ultimate Guide to Writing like a Lawyer

Chris Hargreaves - 13
Why is legal writing so hard?  For anybody who is not a lawyer and doesn't have to do legal drafting, you'll just have to trust...
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Marketing and Business Development

Marketing for Lawyers – Beginnings

Chris Hargreaves - 0
Let's face it - marketing for lawyers is a nightmare.  Most lawyers hate marketing, but all of them acknowledge its necessity.  Whether you call...
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Should you Just Phone Your Opponent?

Chris Hargreaves - 0
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 - 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 - 0
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

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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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Legal Career

Legal Careers Are Awesome

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Recently I mentioned what I thought was a fairly self-evident concept: being a lawyer is actually pretty challenging. If...
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Should you Just Phone Your Opponent?

Chris Hargreaves - 0
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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Or… We Could Just Fire You Instead

Chris Hargreaves - 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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