Readers, I want to give you permission to quit things. Not reading this column (oh how we laugh), but all that obligation detritus that builds up over a lifetime of doing one’s best. If you’re anything like me, you grew up with strong parental and pop culture messaging to the effect that quitting was perhaps … Continue reading
How do I reconcile my motivation for studying law being to help people, with the reputation lawyers have for being greedy and ‘slimy’? – Cait, 22 This is a great question. I take slimy to mean cynical, aggressive, manipulative, scheming, underhanded, and possibly unethical or even corrupt. (I also take it to mean super creepy, … Continue reading
by Barbara Vrettos, The Legal Forecast How we transact, interact and behave is underpinned by how we trust. Blockchain technologies, however, provide an alternative that can industrialise the reliability and predictability that fosters trust. Thus, blockchain technologies can scale trust at lower costs than traditional human avenues. This calls into question established legal assumptions about … Continue reading
Last post I answered Ryan’s question about habits that can support a great career in law, which left me dying to write about habits themselves. In a world of SMART goals, habits can get lost. Yet they are a much better route to a life you want than goals are (and, I would argue, easier … Continue reading
What are some habits I can develop in law school that will help me in my career? – Ryan, 19 Man I love this question. It took me until I was about 29 to learn that a good life was more likely built on the shoulders of habits than goals, and here you are with … Continue reading
Most hard things are off-putting to most people. We experience things as difficult because parts of our brains and bodies say, “No, no, not this; try anything else”. Feelings like unease and anxiety come up, and often self-criticism. But complex things take time and repeated engagement to learn. Continue reading
Readers, I have been on a journey. I invite you to join me for a recap. I recently gave a talk to senior lawyers about being a human and a manager of lawyers. One of the topics I was anxious to cover was how millennials[1] are people and not some weirdo self-obsessed alien “other” that … Continue reading
By Zsenai Logan Moving to a new city can be tough. You have no idea where anything is or what the people are like, and you certainly have no idea where the best deals are or the places to avoid. But LLL is here to help. With just these ten survival tips, you can blend … Continue reading
And so, you feel you should probably just keep going. Just get through it and then see what happens after that. After all, what if you took a break and never came back? What if you fell behind everyone else? What if future lawyers saw a big gap from June 2019 to July 2020 and refused even to let you in their doors? It’s all too much. Better to just keep grinding on as best you can, right? Continue reading