Inspiration & Encouragement
Lat Lessons for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers
When you think about influencers in the solo, small firm and law firm startup space, David Lat — who yesterday announced his departure from Above the Law, a biglaw-focused publication to take on a director’s position at Lateral Link, a biglaw focused recruiting firm — is hardly the first or even last name to come…
Read MoreAre Our Stories Sacred – Or Just A Sales Pitch?
Back when my next-in-age sister and I were very little, we’d hop off the school bus and careen into the house where we’d plop down at the kitchen table to inhale the after school snack that our mom set out. As we munched our Ritz crackers or ShopRite brand oreos, we’d joke around, trying to…
Read MoreWho Cares About Opening Doors When You Can Own the Building?
Like many of my lawyer colleagues with college-aged students, I’ve been tracking the college admissions scandal with interest, particularly the involvement of Gordon Caplan , co-chair at Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher who paid $75,000 to bribe the proctor of an ACT exam to boost his daughter’s chances of admission to a top school. Quite honestly, the…
Read MoreA Book About Death for the Living
What stories would you share with the world if your time on earth was limited? Tragically, that wasn’t a hypothetical question for former biglaw attorney, wife and mom Julie Yip-Williams who was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer back in the summer of 2013 and passed away in March 2018. Upon learning of her diagnosis,…
Read MoreIf You Made 2019 the Year You Started A Firm, Here’s A Video Series for You
So last year, you read MyShingle and grew excited or less terrified about starting a law practice. Maybe you read one of our top ten posts for the year and decided to stop playing it safe and to start your law firm. Or maybe you decided that it was your time to change the world. Or…
Read MoreWord
There’s a great scene in the movie Southside With You (at 1:46) about Barack and Michelle Obama’s courtship where Barack Obama addresses a group of community members at a local meeting. They’ve been told “no” about something or other, and Obama suggests that rather than take the word at face value, they flip it around…
Read MorePush Ahead or Be Pushed Behind
Last spring, I tagged along on a trip to China with two of my sisters who were traveling on a research grant. One of my sister’s colleagues accompanied us to the subway station where we politely waited as throngs of people pushed past us to board the escalator. After a minute or two, my sister’s…
Read MoreHappy New Year & A Fresh Start
Today marks the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and a time for starting fresh. We don’t make resolutions as we do for the secular new year, but instead, do something more important as we free ourselves of the weight of our mistakes and imperfections from the past year so that we…
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