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How NLP Coaching Will Improve Your Life
By Jim Dwyer • February 07, 2022 •Law School, Internships and Clerkships
Coaching is a concept that has been around for many years. If you go back to the original definition of coaching, you will find that it is a method of helping people to improve their skills or knowledge. However, this definition has evolved in the last few decades, and now coaching covers a wide range of activities. It covers all aspects of life from health to business and everything in between. NLP coaching is a relatively new form of coaching which focuses on using the power of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) to help people get what they want. NLP is based…
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Violence Against Women During COVID-19 Times: What to do?
By Anonymous • April 05, 2021 •Issues, Mentoring and Networking, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Other Forms of Discrimination
Your partner apologizes and claims that the hurtful behavior will not happen again; however, you fear it'll. Sometimes you wonder whether you imagine the abuse, yet the emotional or physical pain you feel is real. If it sounds familiar, you might be experiencing domestic violence. The UN has described the worldwide upsurge in domestic abuse as a"shadow pandemic" along with the Covid-19 pandemic. It has thought cases have increased by 20% during the lockdown, as many individuals are trapped at home with their abuser. Violence against women often results in injuries and acute physical, mental, reproductive, and sexual health conditions,…-100x100.png)
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Thanksgiving, with a side of gratitude.
By Millennial Women (Lindsay, Melanie & Elise) • November 22, 2019 •Writers in Residence
Editor's Note: With Thanksgiving tomorrow, I invite our readers to consider this post from 2019. With everything going on, I intend to spend more of a focus on one thing I can control: gratitude. We don’t care how cliché this might sound, but this November, we’re focusing on gratitude. Yes, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and while the holiday is often an occasion for thinking of things we are grateful for in our personal lives, we’re trying to incorporate this opportunity into our professional lives as well. Why do this, you may ask? Well, our day to day lives…
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5 Things Busy Lawyers Can Do to Find the Time to Exercise
By Claire E. Parsons • August 22, 2018 •Writers in Residence, Careers, Firms and the Private Sector, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
Late last year, I started exercising regularly again after a long period of doing hardly anything at all. It wasn’t until this happened that I realized how much I missed physical activity. Law practice, after all, is not something that lends itself well to movement or even sensory stimulation. Instead, lawyers often spend long hours cooped up in an office and huddled over a computer or stacks of documents. We also tend to keep long hours, have little control over our schedules, and may feel at the end of the day like we have little else to give.…
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From Paralegal to Associate: How to Maintain your Enthusiasm
By Nadia Ennaji • July 02, 2018 •Writers in Residence, Careers, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life, Other Issues
The first few months into the legal profession are a whirlwind of emotions. You are thrilled to have passed the BAR. You are finally an attorney. The pressure of doing a great job are mixed with the enthusiasm you feel for finally doing what took a few years to accomplish. Then the months pass, and slowly be surely, the rush you get in those first few months dissipate. The long hours are getting to you. The mundanity of some of the tasks are getting you bored out of your mind. How does one stay motivated and enthusiast? How do you…
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Proofreading in Legal Writing: Make It Clean (As Much As Humanly Possible)
By Anna Swift • November 06, 2017 •Writers in Residence
If you’ve ever wondered how the brain creates the reality that each of us experiences or if you enjoy testing your brain with fun mental exercises, then Brain Games is the show for you. Brain Games is a show on the National Geographic Channel that demonstrates the brain’s abilities (and, at times, shortcomings) through games and experiments as the viewer plays along. In doing so, it also shows how easily the brain can be duped (check out episode 8 in the second season to see what I mean). After all, how many times have you sent out an e-mail thinking…
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It is NOT OK For Women Lawyers to Cry at the Office
By Susan Smith Blakely • October 05, 2017 •Careers, Other Career Issues
If you have followed my writing for the last ten years, it will not surprise you that I do not advise crying at work --- unless it is behind closed doors and the telltale hints of crying are erased before you re-enter the office common space. Or unless you are facing some devastating personal loss. So, when I saw the article "It's Okay To Cry At Work" on Above the Law recently, I had a visceral reaction. Visceral because I am trying to help you become the most competitive and highly competent and regarded professionals possible --- and crying…
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Pragmatic Ideas for Ways to Spend the Rest of the 3L Year
By Brangaene W • March 26, 2017 •Law School
Law school graduation is less than two months away for third-year students. Here are some ideas – maybe needlessly pragmatic ones – on how to spend the rest of the last semester at law school, in addition to school work, graduation, and bar trip planning. 1. Hone your legal research skills What we learned in law school in three years is undoubtedly only a tip of an iceberg, especially when it comes to real life legal practice, and therefore conducting legal research would perhaps consume a big chunk of our time when we have to acquire and update legal knowledge.…
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#MsJDChats: Leveraging Mindfulness to Survive a Sometimes Stressful Season
By Katie Day • November 21, 2016 •Ms. JD, Careers, Law School, Issues
Couldn't tune in to our most recent #MsJDChat? Or just want to review the meditation exercises? We've included the recording below! Another big thank you to Judi Cohen and Jaya Saxena for joining us to talk about the benefits of mindfulness meditation and for sharing their tips on how lawyers and law students can start cultivating their mindfulness practice!
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Beyond the Pencil Skirt: Finding the Perspective to Thrive
By Whitney Rutherford • November 13, 2016 •Writers in Residence
I spent the last week rocketing from a moot court tournament to a final trial in the space of five days. In preparation for both the competition and the assignment, I clocked a lot of courtroom hours. This month’s Beyond the Pencil Skirt was drafted out of that prep time (and, if you’ll please forgive me, running a few days late because of it!). As we reach the midway point of 3L year, I believe as strongly as ever that a robust skills program and challenging co-curriculars have taught me just as much, if not more, about becoming an good lawyer…Connect with us
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