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Motion days have changed in previous years, with most motions taking place over the phone or via video conference. 

If you feel like your salary increase this year did not outpace inflation, you’re not alone. Many inside counsel feel as though they are underpaid in 2023.  Whether they actually are underpaid depends on their role.

Daniel Pierson of Pond Lehocky Giordano remembers his first deposition as a new attorney, the first time a lawyer presents a witness in court. In the post-pandemic world, depositions have increasingly been remote depositions, but key principles still apply to a successful deposition.

Gary Stine, mentor and career coach, discusses how the mind is designed to work – how we’re at odds with our understanding of it – and how we can move beyond perceived personal limitations.

The last three years changed how law firm leaders view associate development and mentorship. With the pandemic shifting many positions previously in the office to remote work, associate development and interpersonal relationships were affected at law firms. Whether the effect on mentorship has affected the level of expertise within law firms remains to be seen.

Keanna Seabrooks, an associate at Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, shares that she quickly became the go-to person in her network for career advice. Her main tips to aspiring attorneys include:

After three years since the onset of coronavirus, law firms have performed well using a hybrid work model for employees.

Law professor Jeff Robbins writes about his experience as an ambassador, senate counsel, assistant U.S. attorney, and partner at Mintz Levin and Saul Ewing.

Isaac Marcushamer, co-founder of DGIM Law, shares lessons that helped him and his partner’s success in running their South Florida law firm, dispelling myths that money and traditional rules are the only way to run a successful firm.  

After the widespread availability of the COVID vaccine, law firms have worked to find the balance of a new hybrid work model. The hybrid work model has seen increased flexibility and productivity by allowing employees to work from home at least part of the week.