• law dawg
• August 14, 2025
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Unless you’re a government worker or in-house, chances are high that your compensation is better when you have a book of business. So, how do you get one? How did you get yours? What advice do you have for someone just starting out? Should they be attending bar section meetings, should they be oversharing on LinkedIn, or should they be …

• law dawg
• June 24, 2025
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One of our readers suggested we discuss coping mechanisms What tips or tricks do you have for staying sane in your line of work? What do you to manage the stress of clients and bills? Do you turn to booze or to psychotherapy or both or something entirely different? For those of you who turn to fitness, how do you …

• law dawg
• May 22, 2025
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What do you do about lunch in the legal profession? Do you pack one and eat at your desk? Do you go out every day? Do you make a point of taking staff to lunch? Do you spend lunch alone in your car or are you always trying to get someone to go with you? What are the expectations for …

• law dawg
• March 12, 2025
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In the latest edition of the Nevada Lawyer magazine there is an article about Jacqueline Bretell that mentions how she dealt with mid-frequency hearing loss. It got us wondering how the rest of you deal with it. The loss of hearing and vision acuity is a normal part of the aging process and something that affects all of us in …

• law dawg
• February 12, 2025
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Go check out this story at Original Jurisdiction titled, “A Major Law Firm’s ChatGPT Fail.” Where do you fall on the use of AI in the legal profession? We know some of you are using it (shout out to whoever used it to summarize the bench bar meeting yesterday) and we suspect some of you aren’t even sure what it …