The traditional business development approaches for lawyers – expensive dinners, conferences, and rigid networking events – are not the only ways to build your book. In today’s rapidly evolving legal ...

The persecution of lawyers in Belarus is the focus of attention during the 15th international Day of the Endangered Lawyer on 24 January 2025. This international day has been observed by lawyers ...

The 2025 Edition of the “Report on the State of the US Legal Market,” from the Thomson Reuters Institute and the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, is a pleasantly ...

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries ...

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their ...

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Paula Black is an author, keynote speaker, and one of the world’s leading business development coaches for lawyers. She teaches them how to attract more clients and grow their practices while also ...

Michael Litchfield is a management consultant, lawyer and educator and is the Managing Director of Emerald Engine Research Inc., an AI consultancy and research firm based in Victoria, BC. In addition ...

Regular readers of this column (thank you) will recognize copyright reform is a common interest of mine, especially as such reform might lead to greater public access to research. Still, I only took ...

Several of my posts this year have focused on the importance of plain language for our profession. Good, clear communication is a vital component of client management as it helps us better understand ...