What's an easy, low cost marketing technique for lawyers? Ask your clients for feedback and respond to what they say. Really.

When Sarah Shiels saw an opportunity in 2013 to reach a new audience, she contacted the Dalhousie Student Union at Dalhousie University to speak about the basics of tenant rights for students.

It’s a complaint heard at law firms across the country: “Too many of our female associates are leaving”. They often leave to work in government, corporations, non-profit organizations or educational institutions—or they leave the profession altogether.

With Canada’s economy now clearly on its way into a recession, many young lawyers will find themselves facing a serious economic downturn for the first time in their careers. But lawyers can make smart decisions now to help prevent their careers from cooling along with the economy.

Carolynne Burkholder-James had just finished her second year of law school and moved with her husband from Ottawa to B.C. – after they were both laid off – when she gave birth to their daughter in September 2012. Her husband stayed on the job in Prince George while she did her 3L in Manitoba so her mother-in-law could babysit. When she reports that articling with a baby is tough but doable, she knows whereof she speaks.

Does being nasty help you get ahead in business? Young lawyers can be forgiven for thinking they might have to throw a little dirt to get their superiors’ attention. Janice Tibbetts looks at whether there is such a thing as an acceptable level of incivility.

In today’s age of globalization, cross-cultural communication has become a vital skill for lawyers to master. When we interact with clients and colleagues on a daily basis, we are interacting with issues related to culture. Behavior, communication, relationships, parenting, decision-making, expectations and so on, all have cultural significance.

"How did I do?" can be difficult to ask, but the benefits of client feedback for your practice can be tremendous

Just as firms' public spaces are becoming more dynamic, office personalization is gaining traction. Here are some easy-to-implement design tips.

In today’s increasingly competitive legal world, scores of qualified candidates are pushing up against the doors of partnership. But at most firms, the time it takes to make partner has been stretched from five years, to six to ten years. Some firms have two levels of partnership – non-equity or income partnership for five- to seven-year associates (“partners-in-training”), followed by equity or full partnership after 10 to 12 years with the firm.