JD Bliss
Provides resources for attorneys looking for greater career satisfaction, work-life balance and personal growth. The blog also is meant for law firms looking for ways to motivate lawyers and improve attorney retention.
Author: Joshua Fruchter is the founder of New York City-based eLawMarketing, which provides online marketing services to law firms and individual attorneys. He also authors LawyerCasting.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Work/Life Balance • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from JD Bliss
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Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers Announce Their 2009 List of the "50 Best Law Firms for Women"
It’s a late summer tradition: Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers team up to publish their annual list of the top 50 law firms for women. Working Mother magazine is a major publication dedicated to…
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Guy Kawasaki Shares 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
Discusses Guy Kawasaki's 10 tips for using LinkedIn to find a job.
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Michelle Obama Puts the Spotlight on Work-life Balance for Lawyer-moms
On January 20, 2009, Michelle Obama will become the First Lady of the United States. Arguably, she is going to be the most prominent example of a woman dealing with the challenges that working lawyer-moms…
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In Challenging Economy, U.S. Lawyers Increase Pro Bono Service
What do lawyers do during an economic downturn, when there is less work available? A lot of them are doing more pro bono work in their spare time. ALB Legal News reports that many attorneys…
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Careers Are Like Marriages: Find the One You Want -- or Fix the One You Have!
Tips on find the right legal career
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Women Lawyers Transition to More Satisfying Careers
Even in the best of times, the law can make for a difficult career. These days, a combination of various economic conditions and lifestyle factors are prompting many women lawyers to make changes in their…
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Matt Homann Shares His Ten Rules About Hourly Billing
Last week, we looked at the billable hour in light of current economic conditions. Economic factors provide a context in which to reevaluate hourly billing, but it is also useful to continue to explore more…
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Susan Cartier Liebel Explains Why Now is a Perfect Time to Go Solo
Gloom. Plunging stock prices. Layoffs. "Negative growth." Does any of that sound familiar? It does, if you've been following mainstream news and blog coverage of the current global economy. In these tumultuous times, law firms…
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Today's Economy Prompts Rethinking the Billable Hour
We've written a lot about the billable hour from various perspectives, and have considered some alternative billing arrangements available to lawyers and clients. Lately, the health of the global economy has been making news headlines…
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"Alternative Lawyer Jobs" Site Helps Attorneys Find Alternative Careers
Earlier this year, we featured several law school graduates who are pursuing career alternatives to the private practice of law. Now, there is a Web site dedicated to the quest for such work. Alternative Lawyer…