Ongoing Education
Just like your car, to run smoothly, your career will need check-ups and maintenance over its entire lifetime. FindLaw’s Ongoing Education section offers insight on topics important to managing your law career, such as creating longevity in the law, ways to retain high performers, managing a multi-generational workforce, LL.Ms and marketability, and making the most of your law firm experience. Career advice is not just for the new attorney; experienced practitioners can also take advantage of these important resources. Attorneys need to keep abreast of evolving issues in their career, and FindLaw has helpful information to keep you "in the know" as your career progresses.
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Ongoing Education Articles
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Lawyers and Narcissistic Entitlement Syndrome
One of the greatest problems facing young associates inside law firms is what I call Narcissistic Entitlement Syndrome ("NES").
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Partnership Dilemmas
We see it all the time: A graduate of a top law school (or wherever) joins a large highly regarded law firm in a major city. The panic, if it can be called that, sets in quickly.
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Top 10 Ways To Retain High Performers
Despite the economic slowdown, voluntary employee turnover — coupled with retention of valued workers — remain critical issues. This is a marked contrast to previous downturns.
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Mastering the Maze of Business Filings: Corporate Research Tools for Paralegals
In a complex and ever-changing corporate world, it is essential for paralegals to master corporate research tasks and tools.
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Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce: Tips for Leveraging the Labor Pool’s Demographic Strengths
While human resource professionals have amassed quite a body of knowledge on how to assemble and sustain a competent, loyal workforce, they face a daunting challenge over the next 10 years. The talent pool is getting significantly older.
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