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Being a better lawyer in 2021 starts with being a better you.

  Just a couple of years ago those two words were not just incompatible, but even mutually exclusive of one another . The ability to read, memorize, write and argue were enough for one to make it in the legal world, whatever "making it" meant. The awakening of the legal industry for some reason was delayed the most, despite all of the existing sings and changes happening in the world. One can blame the system, the history, lack of resources and so on. The fact is that it did fall behind and because it refused to embrace the changes willingly, it will now be forced to do so.   Many of us did become familiar with the concept of "spiritual awakening" either...

Would really love to hear everyone's feedback on this because this Question didn't let me sleep at night while being in my final year in Law School and even more when I had to face the market. The truth is that, I've never really been a fan of dogmatic trends. Quiet the opposite, I did act against the trends many many times. Some say this may be because I am an Aquarius, but I just think it is how I was wired. Having to attend countless interviews, after graduating, made me realize that getting a job with Big Law or any traditional law firm would bring me back to the past, and all I was interested in was heading towards...

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Two years ago I started my research on the Law Firm of the Future. Based on how things were going in the legal practice, I knew that a change was needed and that it was coming. One thing I didn't know was how long it would take for that to happen and what drove that change? During my research I came across Bob Murray's work, the co-author of the "The Human Science of Law Firm Strategy and Leadership", and I found the following statement quiet intriguing "innovations at law firms need to reflect the human element of legal businesses." What did that mean in an age where everybody seemed to almost eliminate the human element out the equation and thought...