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Expert Analysis

• Small Steps Can Help Employers Beat Attorney Burnout

  Lawyers are experiencing burnout on a massive, unprecedented scale due to the pandemic, but law firms and institutional players can and should make a difference by focusing on small, practical solutions that protect their attorneys鈥� most precious personal resource and professional commodity 鈥� time, says Chad Sarchio, president of the District of Columbia Bar.

• The Evolving Role Of The Law Firm Legal Secretary

  Technological shifts during the pandemic and beyond should force firms to rethink how legal secretaries can not only better support timekeepers but also participate in elevating client service, bifurcating the role into an administrative support position and a more elevated practice support role, says Lauren Chung at HBR Consulting.

• Series

  Ask A Mentor: How Can I Ace My Upcoming Annual Review?

  Jennifer Rakstad at White & Case highlights how associates can emphasize achievements and seek support before, during and after their annual review, despite the pandemic鈥檚 negative effects on face time with colleagues and business development opportunities.

• How Your Law Firm's Brand Can Convey Prestige

  In order to be perceived as prestigious by clients and potential recruits, law firms should take their branding efforts beyond designing visual identities and address six key imperatives to differentiate themselves 鈥� from identifying intangible core strengths to delivering on promises at every interaction, says Howard Breindel at DeSantis Breindel.

• How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms

  Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.

• What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers

  Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it鈥檚 like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.

• 4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law

  Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.

• Opinion

  We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary

  With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward,聽president of the American Association for Justice.