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Episode 19-Canoeing vs. Whitewater Rafting-A Career Conversation With Jose Sierra
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - July 08, 2019 12:29 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhen I counsel lawyers on their careers, I always encourage them to get out of their office and network with other professionals. Sitting at your desk, you can make lists of the things you like about your current position and the things you would like to change. You can do an inventory of the ...
Episode 18-Starting Business Conversations at Networking Functions and Beyond
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - June 04, 2019 03:15 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGenerating legal business requires a healthy mix of sales and marketing. For many attorneys, marketing is the easy part. If you publish articles, give presentations, send out client alerts, post on social media, and participate in bar association committees, your reputation will grow. Buildi...
Episode 17-Taking Your Law Practice Abroad
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 20, 2019 06:05 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor most of us, once we are in the working world, travel is something to do on vacation. Academics have the opportunity to take a sabbatical and live and work in another country with their families. As the world economy continues to become more integrated, many lawyers and other business prof...
Episode 16-Changing Industries
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 07, 2019 03:40 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode, I speak with Bob Licht, a partner in both the Life Sciences and Business and Technology Companies Groups at the law firm Choate Hall & Stewart in Boston. Bob is an experienced business attorney who focuses on corporate and transactional work for life sciences companies. Prior ...
Episode 15-A Legal Career in Privacy
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 04, 2019 11:27 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode, I interview Corey Dennis, Director of Privacy and Counsel at Pharmaceutical Product Development in North Carolina. Corey talks about his transition from an associate focused on litigation to in-house corporate counsel and how he leveraged his expertise in privacy to make this t...
Episode 14-From Biglaw to Government to In-house
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - September 24, 2018 21:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLaunching your legal career at a large law firm has many advantages. Aside from the obvious compensation benefits, large firms provide young associates with access to sophisticated work, more formalized training and a chance to serve large and complex clients. But the path to partnership at a ...
Episode 13-Intergenerational Communication in the Law Firm
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - July 28, 2018 16:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIntergenerational conflict has been and will always be an issue in the workplace. But as legal careers grow longer (many attorneys are working well into their 60’s and even into their 70’s), these issues become more pronounced. Simply put, law firms are now home to multiple generations of attor...
Episode 12-The Lateral Partner
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - June 24, 2018 22:26 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThirty years ago, lateral partner movement was far less common in the legal profession. But today, it is not unusual to read about partners moving several times during their careers. There are many factors which are fueling this trend. First and foremost, law is a much more competitive busine...
Episode 11-The Social Media Maven
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - June 19, 2018 15:12 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn the last thirty years, the importance of marketing has grown significantly in the practice of law. For most lawyers in private practice, an ability to generate work is now a prerequisite for becoming a partner. At the same time, the tools for building your reputation and cultivating business...
Episode 10-Business Planning for Lawyers
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 29, 2018 12:35 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAt different stages in your legal career, the goals change. As a new lawyer in private practice, you are learning about the practices and procedures in your law firm and the clients you are servicing. Most importantly, you are learning how to represent clients in your practice area. Your focu...
Episode 9-The Environmental Entrepreneur
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 10, 2018 17:45 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode, I speak with Charlie Lord, an attorney who has spent his entire career trying to solve environmental problems. Since graduating law school, Charlie has worked in the non-profit sector and more recently, in the the for profit space. While he is trained as a lawyer, Charlie has sp...
Episode 8-The Outsourced Counsel
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 27, 2018 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMany lawyers are interested in transitioning to an in-house legal role. Right or wrong, the perception is that working in-house means more control over your hours. It also means you are not responsible for generating your own work. At the same time, in-house lawyers get to be part of the “team...
Episode 7-Success Strategies for Women in Law
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 15, 2018 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode, I speak with Lauren Stiller Rikleen. Lauren is a nationally recognized expert on developing a thriving, diverse and multi-generational workforce. For as long as I’ve been a member of the bar, lawyers have been talking about the role of women in the practice of law. Today, we a...
Episode 6-Going Solo With Matt Yospin
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 01, 2018 19:02 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLaunching your own law practice can be both exhilarating and terrifying. For lawyers who are accustomed to the structure of a law firm and a steady paycheck, hanging a shingle means saying goodbye to security. Leaving a large firm means that there is no one between you and the client. You need t...
Episode 5-Nailing the Job Interview
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - March 18, 2018 19:42 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode of Counsel to Counsel, I speak with my colleague Amy Levine about strategies for success in job interviews. In the 30 years since I graduated from law school, the rules about interviewing have remained largely the same; but with the explosion of social media and the web in gene...
Episode 4-Advancing Your Law Firm Career
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - March 05, 2018 02:09 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode of Counsel to Counsel, I am pleased to welcome Carlynn Sweeney, a leading career consultant to the legal profession. Carlynn is Managing Director of Preferred Transition Resources where she and her team provide career management services, executive coaching, diversity & inclusion...
Episode 3-Using Affinity to Build Your Business Network
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - February 19, 2018 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode of Counsel to Counsel, Peter Resnick, Vice President of Charles River Associates, talks about ways that you can build your business network. He discusses using affinity to deepen your relationships with clients, referral sources and other professionals. At the end of these no...
Episode 2-In-House With Walt Pollard
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - February 06, 2018 03:34 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMany lawyers in private practice think about the day when they will leave the billable hour behind and take a position in the law department of a corporation. Corporate law jobs offer attorneys the opportunity to get more deeply involved in a client's business. But what is it really like to go...
Episode 1-Welcome to Counsel to Counsel
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - February 05, 2018 01:57 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsStephen Seckler has been planning the launch of CounseltoCounsel for months. In this inaugural edition, he talks about the possibility of finding career satisfaction at any stage in your career. He previews some of the upcoming episodes.
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