Happy 1st Birthday Legal Ninja…now ABA approved!
Today marks the one year anniversary of Legal Ninja first gracing the interwebs. In one year, Legal Ninja has been viewed in over 100 hundred countries, has over 50 followers on twitter, facebook,...
View ArticleSummer ends just as soon as it begins
Now that the summer is wrapping up, associates everywhere are asking – “didn’t the summers just start…like yesterday?”
View ArticleWhere to go from here?
Something happens at some point in your second, third or fourth year of practice in big law. There is a shift. Your first year, you are just happy to be there. You do whatever you are told and you...
View ArticleReader Submission: Path of the Female Legal Ninja
Today, in a brilliant submission, a female legal ninja reminds us that there is more than one path for a legal ninja. Unfortunately, that path also involves an obnoxious amount of work. Thanks for...
View ArticleHow do you reward yourself?
A recent post highlighted just how interesting lawyers can be. Many attorneys I’ve spoken to do not like their job. But – they work the long hours and put in the face-time because of the reward that...
View ArticleOccupational hazards
People around you will not know if you are working yourself sick – especially in a law firm. Everyone is used to seeing people work late hours so they won’t know that you just worked 100 hours...
View ArticleA client calls with an urgent request – for tomorrow!
Sweatin on the outside, keepin it G on the inside.
View ArticleApparent, not actual, transparency
Managing a law firm is just like managing any other business. At least, it should be. But too often law firm managers like to keep everyone in a cloud of secrecy – all Batman style. All firms do...
View ArticleThe economy is still bad
There is a brilliant article in the New York Times making its rounds in the legal world. It’s about how the law school model needs to radically change because the legal world has radically changed....
View ArticleEep!
It’s looking bleak in the legal market – but legal ninjas don’t despair – there is work out there.
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