Previously, we touched on the idea that lawyers work in a notoriously risk-averse professional culture. For many, it starts with the “safe choice” of law. Unlike, say, medical students, very few go to law school for the greater benefit of mankind. This predilection for risk-aversion continues with one’s legal studies. Law school conditions the nascent [...]
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Perceptual Shifts: The Small Firm As Startup
So you’re a fifth-year associate, burned out on the struggle to make partner. Or you just passed the bar, and the prospect of a months-long fruitless job search sounds unappetizing and exhausting. Either situation can lead to the same, game-changing move: starting your own firm. From the very first day you “hang out your shingle,” [...]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Paper
Written in ink. Signed on the dotted line. Leaving a paper trail. We use these phrases to talk about business conducted on paper— and man, they make us feel good, don’t they? They’re stolid, dependable, even tactile. On twenty or two hundred sheets of paper, you can buy a house, get married, or file your [...]