Tips for Lawyers Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
The Tips for Lawyers show is here to provide lawyers with the tools they need to thrive in legal practice. It's to fill a gap in the training of law students, lawyers and attorneys: practical legal skills and training. Lawyers and attorneys for a long time now have begun to ignore or avoid the skills and knowledge that are being utilised by businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world. For some reason, we seem to think that we are special in legal practice, and avoid taking on board skills that could help us develop better relationships with clients, more valuable endeavours for our law firms, and better outcomes in terms of profit. The Tips For Lawyers show will deal with topics that allow us to improve our communication skills, our marketing and business development (or rainmaking), our productivity as lawyers, time billing and recording, persuasion and advocacy, legal writing skills and drafting, and an abundance of other ways in which lawyers can be more personally productive, useful and beneficial to their firm and their client. The show also deals with the struggles and issues that young lawyers face in getting through day to day practice. Subscribe today - and see how you can genuinely love a legal career.
Location:
United States
Description:
The Tips for Lawyers show is here to provide lawyers with the tools they need to thrive in legal practice. It's to fill a gap in the training of law students, lawyers and attorneys: practical legal skills and training. Lawyers and attorneys for a long time now have begun to ignore or avoid the skills and knowledge that are being utilised by businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world. For some reason, we seem to think that we are special in legal practice, and avoid taking on board skills that could help us develop better relationships with clients, more valuable endeavours for our law firms, and better outcomes in terms of profit. The Tips For Lawyers show will deal with topics that allow us to improve our communication skills, our marketing and business development (or rainmaking), our productivity as lawyers, time billing and recording, persuasion and advocacy, legal writing skills and drafting, and an abundance of other ways in which lawyers can be more personally productive, useful and beneficial to their firm and their client. The show also deals with the struggles and issues that young lawyers face in getting through day to day practice. Subscribe today - and see how you can genuinely love a legal career.
Language:
English
Website:
https://tipsforlawyers.com/
Episodes
How much Initiative is Too Much?
10/12/2023
We all want to do the job properly and comprehensively, but at what point should you draw the line when it comes to chasing down the answer to every thought you have in a given task?
Duration:00:18:40
How can Young Lawyers Work more Efficiently?
9/28/2023
It's a common issue for young lawyers - it just seems like everything takes much longer than it "should". So how can we be working towards more efficiency in our practice?
Duration:00:20:17
Should Lawyers Write with Contractions?
9/14/2023
In "legal writing" (whatever that means) should we be using contractions? Some seem to be firmly against, and others much more casual about it all.
Duration:00:06:51
How to Write a better Advice
5/6/2023
Many young lawyers come out of law school with a lot of knowledge and
the ability to put together a sound legal opinion on a given topic.
But when it comes to communicating that to the client... it all goes to
hell in a handbasket.
Duration:00:09:57
You Need to Ditch these Law School Habits
1/27/2022
During law school you developed some tactics, habits and strategies designed to work within the system and maximise your results.
Some of them aren't going to translate well into legal practice.
Listen to find out more!
Duration:00:09:47
Careful Who you Take Wellness Advice From
8/20/2020
Should you take advice from people who haven't themselves thrived in the legal profession?
Duration:00:08:21
Law is Hard – Deal with It
10/23/2019
I get it – bad things do happen in a legal career, and there are certainly some aspects that need “fixing”. But the truth is, even if we fix everything we can, a legal career is still going to be challenging at intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels. So if you’re not up for that, or […]
Duration:00:10:26
How to Write Shorter Letters
10/17/2019
Your letters are too long. Time to fix it. Your letters are too long. Time to fix it.
Duration:00:13:20
Are Young Lawyers Incompetent at Business?
10/9/2019
And, more importantly, does it have to be that way? By applying a simple change in the way you perceive your decisions, you can start to ensure that you are working towards being a more valuable contributor to your firm every day. And, more importantly, does it have to be that way? By applying a […]
Duration:00:16:49
Does your Drafting Achieve its Purpose?
7/17/2019
Audience, Purpose, Tone and Brevity – you’ve heard me say it before, and you probably will again. These are the key elements of excellent legal drafting. So how can we ensure that the purpose of our legal drafting is well defined, and that what we produce achieves that purpose? Let’s chat about that in this […]
Duration:00:08:51
Getting your Tone Right
7/1/2019
Legal drafting isn’t just a way of throwing clever words on a page in a particular order. It’s about the right words, for the right situation, to achieve the desired purpose for the recipient. And a big part of that involves getting the right tone in your communication – if every piece of correspondence you […]
Duration:00:04:44
What to Do When You’re Not Busy
6/22/2019
As lawyers we’re busy a lot, and some lawyers declare their busy-ness even when they’re not. But for young lawyers the first time they experience a period of relatively low workload can actually be a bit daunting. What should you be doing with that time if nobody has any work to give you? Do you […]
Duration:00:08:34
Are you Dissatisfied with your Legal Career?
5/17/2019
It’s 100% guaranteed to happen – you hit “that point” where you start wondering whether this is all that a legal career has to offer. The question is: what are you going to do with that feeling? It’s 100% guaranteed to happen – you hit “that point” where you start wondering whether this is all […]
Duration:00:09:53
Are you Ready to Start your Own Firm?
5/1/2019
Many young lawyers aspire to start their own firm. But beyond finances, business, marketing and legal knowledge there is one big question you need to tackle before you make the decision. Let’s talk about that. Many young lawyers aspire to start their own firm. But beyond finances, business, marketing and legal knowledge there is one […]
Duration:00:08:01
Careful Who you Copy
2/13/2019
With all the advice, information and help available for young lawyers, it would be easy to try and suck up everything like an enormous sponge. I’m not totally convinced that’s a good idea. With all the advice, information and help available for young lawyers, it would be easy to try and suck up everything like […]
Duration:00:09:03
Delusions of Justice
12/15/2018
We need to be clear about something – we don’t work in a justice system, we work in a legal system. There are a few reasons I want to make that distinction… which you’ll find out in this episode.We need to be clear about something – we don’t work in a justice system, we work […]
Duration:00:11:35
What’s the Rut and How can You Avoid It?
8/30/2018
Falling into a rut isn’t always a bad thing, unless you don’t know you’re in it. In this episode I talk about how you can decide if the rut is right for you, and some tips to help avoid a path leading to frustration and despair in your legal career.Falling into a rut isn’t always […]
Duration:00:11:07
Don’t Get Overwhelmed By Learning Skills… Do This Instead
7/30/2018
With 30 days of legal skills in a row it would be easy to get overwhelmed by a massive “to do” list of things that you need to achieve instantly. But think back to where we started – that’s not how it works. In this last lesson for the series we talk about how to […]
Duration:00:03:29
Can you Really Design a Legal Career That You’ll Love
7/29/2018
Yes. Yes you can. But you probably want more details than that, right?Yes. Yes you can. But you probably want more details than that, right?
Duration:00:04:46
Do you Know What Clients Hate?
7/28/2018
In this episode we’re going to have a chat about one of the things that clients hate the most – and yet, it’s one of the most common practises among lawyers. Mostly because we’re afraid of dealing with it.In this episode we’re going to have a chat about one of the things that clients hate […]
Duration:00:05:00