by Molly McGrath | Oct 15, 2021 | Increasing Business, Law Firm Business Development, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Most small law firms and solo practitioners have year-end goals they’d like to achieve before the fourth quarter comes to a close. While 2021—much like 2020—has forced business owners to continue to adapt to ever-changing social dynamics and, of course, a seemingly...
by Molly McGrath | Mar 25, 2021 | Increasing Business, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Personal Growth
The paralegal profession is evolving at breakneck speed. Only influencers, SEO writers, and a short list of other hyper-modern occupations outpace paralegals in the way the scope of their required skills has grown. To anyone who’s been paying attention, this is no...
by Molly McGrath | Mar 11, 2021 | Increasing Business, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Personal Growth
Law firm marketing and business development are trendy topics but not all advice offered carries equal weight. All too often, media outlets drop terms to earn your clicks without investing any real research into their recommendations. The following list is different....
by Molly McGrath | Sep 23, 2020 | Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Training
We live in an accelerated world. If you’ve read Juliet B. Schor’s pathbreaking book, The Overworked American, you know that US workers log more hours and less vacation than the average medieval peasant. This was true in 1991 when Schor’s book was published and, if...
by Molly McGrath | Sep 17, 2020 | Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Training
Law school is not your average pursuit and there’s nothing elitist about saying so. The average median GPA required to gain admission to a Top 10 School is 3.865. Schools ranked outside the Top 10 still require a 3.4. Not a lot of people cruise through school picking...
by Molly McGrath | Sep 2, 2020 | Increasing Business, Law Firm Marketing
If you’re like so many folks out there, your first thought upon learning that non-lawyers can now own law firms was probably, Is that even legal? But you’re not like most folks out there. You’re a lawyer, and so of course you know that it’s legal. What might surprise...
