Tips For Lawyers Podcast

Ever wanted to know how you as a lawyer can develop a serious, effective, social media strategy to build your network and generate more work? Here’s how. In this episode, Mitch Jackson and I take you through a comprehensive look at the state of Social Media for lawyers, and how you as a lawyer can […]

How often do you plan out your day, only to find that within 5 minutes of arriving at work  your “plan” has gone down the drain? If you’re like everyone else – it’s pretty common. But beyond that, you’ve also got to deal with the normal distractions that occur through the day, like: “could you […]

So many self-help books, articles, ideas and courses focus entirely on you. YOUR focus. YOUR productivity. YOUR outcomes. But that’s not how the real world works. Sure – you need to be productive. But ultimate productivity for lawyers comes from the team – the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. And that […]

If you are on the hunt for a job as a lawyer and are struggling, then I want to encourage you to do something: stop it. Stop looking for a legal job. And start doing something else instead. Find out why in this podcast. Happy Lawyering!If you are on the hunt for a job as […]

Most people understand that they want to get lots of connections and build their network – but they’re not really sure why. Take a look at your business card collection, or your pile of contacts, or your connection list on LinkedIn – do you really know what they are for? In this episode I outline: […]

Welcome to the world of legal practice! The fact is that you’re going to make a mistake. Maybe small, but probably over time it’s going to be big. What’s going to happen? What are you going to do? That’s the subject of this episode. Related Resources this podcast on video the article related to this […]

Letter writing is a critical component of legal practice, and a skill that you’re going to have to exercise every single day. But when the time comes to actually put pen to paper, a lot of lawyers find themselves struggling to produce a quality product in a reasonable time. These 5 strategies will help you […]

It’s a pretty obvious choice – are you spending time, or investing it? For many, the options don’t seem to exist. They think they have no time, no margin, no ability to make the choices that are going to change their lives. But they’re wrong. You just need to do two things. Other Versions of […]

Are you going all in on your legal career, or are you not invested? Here’s the truth – most lawyers don’t want to be in their jobs. That’s depressing and stupid.  If you’re going to be a real lawyer with real passion – then you’ve got to stop playing, and go ALL IN. Other Version […]

If you listened to the last episode then you’ll know that things are changing – in particular, I’m adding in a video element to the podcast – which kind of makes it not a podcast anymore. Therefore – welcome to the Tips for Lawyers show! In this episode we’re going to explore why so many […]

If you’ve been paying attention then you might have noticed that HUGE things are happening in the life of me. That said – you’re probably not that interested in my life, but those changes are going to affect you – hopefully in a good way. In this episode I explore some of the things that […]

Today we explore the unspoken myth – that when firms talk about “work/life” balance in their advertising material, they don’t necessarily mean what you think they mean. In another extract from Moving Beyond Law School Theory, uncle Andrew has a few choice words to say about just what work/life balance really means, and what that […]

There’s an ongoing debate between universities, firms, training groups, lawyers and students. It’s connected with the virtues, or otherwise, of practical legal training. Are graduates as prepared as they should be for legal practice? Are law firms pulling their weight in the training department? Should articles of clerkship come back? This podcast episode will take […]

It can be a nerve wracking process, settling in to a new law firm as a brand new employee lawyer. However, there are a number of things you can do to help you settle in, get to know people, and ultimately solidify your position in the firm. In this episode we explore what you can […]

It’s one of the most common discussion points that comes up – are there simply too many law students, and not enough jobs? But in reality, that’s not the main issue.  Most people don’t care how saturated the profession is as some fascinating intellectual discussion.  Rather, they care about one question: how can they get […]

Real lawyers communicate.  There’s no getting around it, you just have to be great. But it’s more than just speaking, writing, and getting your own opinions out there. Communication isn’t one way – it’s two-way. In reality you are a translator – you take information, consume it, and then put it out there for others […]

Some of the most obnoxious kinds of lawyers I know are those who simply refuse to acknowledge certain truths about themselves. But, far beyond just being annoying to others, a lack of self-awareness can be genuinely damaging to your legal career, your personal growth, and your ability to command a team of people. It impacts […]

It would be easy to suggest that lawyers have to be perfect in everything they do.  After all, being perfect normally avoids you getting sued for negligence. But life is rarely as simplistic as that, and for many lawyers they are hamstrung in their endeavours by a pathological need to tinker with everything until it’s […]

In this first podcast of my new series “Real Lawyers” I take a look at integrity. It is number 1 on the list for a variety of reasons, but at its core it is because everything else flows from a sense of integrity. But what does integrity look like? Does it look like Hilary Clinton […]

It comes up quite a lot.  Should young lawyers go beyond their Bachelor of Laws and expand into the heady world of a masters degree? Of course, there are (as always) a lot of factors to weigh up. So let’s take a look at this important question, before you go spending a bunch of time […]