Becoming a partner in a law firm is easy enough. You pay your money, you take your chances. But what exactly have you bought into?… Read More »Partnership – Not The Holy Grail, Part Four: The Beginning of the Journey
In Part One of this series, I said that becoming a partner in a law firm is no longer the goal of every young lawyer.… Read More »Partnership – Not The Holy Grail, Part Three: The Disadvantages
I understand that newbies to the legal profession who have student debt and no client base often feel locked into jobs that they hate. I… Read More »An Action Plan for Becoming Less Miserable
[Note from Murray: Many of my readers are younger professionals. They may not be crazy about the content of this article. In my defense, I… Read More »It is Okay to Put Up With Some Injustice
I think that lawyers should know who they are and what type of clients they want (and the answer is not “any client with a… Read More »Knowing What Type of Clients You Want
Back in the old days when law school cost very little and you could rent an apartment in Toronto for a reasonable amount, law firms… Read More »Law Firms Marching Obliviously into Oblivion
One day, quite a few years ago, I was out for lunch with a banker who I will call Neal. Neal was a commercial account… Read More »How Can I Help You?
In my heyday of clients and billings, my largest client asked me to handle an outsourcing transaction. I would hazard a guess that had it… Read More »Yes, You Can! (Maybe)
I did pretty well in law school. I studied all of the time, had no life, and got great marks. By my final year, I… Read More »How I Almost Failed Out of Law School Taking Accounting 101
Aaron Baer sent me an invitation to speak at the Authentic Legal Professionals Summit. He said, and I quote, “I’m going to gamble and say… Read More »Look at Me, I’m Murray N.D.