Before you agree to speak or to write an article, you must ensure that your time will be well invested.  Ask yourself the following questions: Am I writing for the right audience?  Writing for the wrong audience (meaning, an audience composed of people whom you do not serve) will not...

High Altitude Leadership, published late last year, seems to have hit the market at precisely the right moment.  Drawing on observations made during mountaineering expeditions (including Mount Everest ascents), the authors identify eight dangers that climbers and business leaders face.  Although the observations are phrased in business terms, they're certainly...

Lawyers who are or aspire to be leaders must learn to self-manage.  Especially when stressed or under pressure (and who isn't, at least part of the time?) it's easy to let self-management slide in the face of provocation.  Some attorneys I know offer a blanket apology to staff and colleagues...

A two-day training in practical Appreciative Inquiry facilitation and coaching skills. If you are involved in change management or organisational development and you want to implement Appreciative Inquiry within your organisation, this engaging, hands-on two day workshop gives you everything you need to hit the ground running. Facilitated by our...

The Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform (Ireland), Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D., today announced the development of the State’s first White Paper on Crime. The move is part of the Government’s plan to provide tough and effective anti-crime policies, not just to deal with the immediate problems facing the...

It isn’t news to anyone that we’re in a tough and uncertain economy. Nor is it news that business is slow. The real question is, what can lawyers do today to weather this economy? According to a Special Client Advisory released by Hildebrandt and summarized in yesterday’s AmLaw Daily, the...

Anyone who hasn’t been living underneath a rock for the last few months is aware that the legal market is down for new hires and that law firms are cutting lawyers. Proof? Check the Layoff List published by the American Lawyer, which details layoffs at AmLaw 200 law firms. The...

There’s an interesting story in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, excerpting a new book that describes Michelle Obama’s dissatisfaction with the work she was doing as a second-year associate at Sidley Austin. A sample: Too monotonous for Michelle, who, White [the partner in charge of the firm’s advertising group, of which Obama...

Restorative Justice in Ireland; Present and Future Direction Martin Haverty, B.A, LLB, LLM (Public Law) National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Introduction In recent years restorative justice has come to exert a growing influence in many countries, both peripherally and within various criminal justice systems . It has grown from...

I was hard at work on my newly-released multimedia learning product 5 Foundations of Time Mastery for Attorneys and getting swamped with questions about a previous preview call on delegation skills and how to manage email. So, I thought I’d share the five top mistakes lawyers make when delegating. If...

Abstract: Cyber Crimes & Cyber Law - the Indian perspective By:Jagruti Dekavadiya Second year student of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Ahmedabad. Since the beginning of civilization, man has always been motivated by the need to better the existing technologies. This has led to tremendous development and progress. Information Technology solutions have paved...