Insights

Key Takeaways:

• Remote and hybrid work models are here to stay. Traditional in-person modes of mentorship and professional development aren’t sustainable.
• Instead of relying on serendipitous “teachable moments,” senior partners and firm leaders should make younger lawyers’ on-the-job training more formal, with defined goals and schedules.
• When it comes to training and other important workplace communication, hybrid environments work best when everyone...

With competition for talent showing no sign of letting up, your firm may be struggling to find enough candidates for open positions. It’s time to consider an obvious and significant untapped talent pool: third-act attorneys.

Also known as “returning attorneys,”

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re sharing the often-overlooked story of how many Japanese Americans settled in the Chicago community.

This story begins in a dark and painful chapter in American history. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the federal government established a new department called the War Relocation Authority. This federal agency was created to oversee the internment of

As law firms embraced (or were dragged into) remote-work mode over the past few years, LinkedIn has taken on much greater importance as a replacement for industry-focused conversation and networking that used to happen in person. And LinkedIn has stepped up its game in response, introducing new features that can help users more easily share their content with people who want to see it. 

One of these is the LinkedIn newsletter, a new-ish feature available to lawyers who maintain a...

“I feel like we had a lot of conversations, and moms were very honest about how stressed we are and how burned out we are, and nothing has changed from a policy level, from a public health standpoint.”

This quote comes from a working mother featured in a recent NBC News article about the role of...