Career Development

From CLO to Interim CEO: Myers’ Horton made strategic career moves to reach top

Just four years into her legal career after law school, Andrean Horton set a goal to some day advance to a general counsel or related…

Natalie Runyon October 19, 2020

Maximizing mentoring relationships, with Susan Berson, Partner at Mintz

Being a mentor has “taught me a lot about how to communicate with others, how to be empathetic, and how to put myself in their…

Transforming Womens Leadership August 13, 2020

Is it stress or is it burnout?

Work and life have become more complex and fast-paced such that it has become more difficult to distinguish between just having a bad day or…

Paula Davis-Laack July 01, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: Defining “intentional integrity” with Airbnb’s former chief ethics officer

In our ongoing blog series, Using Your Platform for Good, author Irene Liu, General Counsel of Checkr, expands on crucial topics of corporate and workplace…

Irene Liu June 08, 2020

Career advancement tactics for South Asian lawyers

In honor of May being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we offer weekly discussions about issues of importance to APA and South Asian attorneys, such as…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 28, 2020

How the legal profession is fighting anti-Asian-American hate during the pandemic

In honor of May being Asian Pacific Heritage Month, we offer weekly discussions about issues of importance to APA attorneys, such as overcoming the blatant racism…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 21, 2020

Self-leadership: Savvy career advancement for Asian Pacific American lawyers

In honor of May being Asian Pacific Heritage Month, we offer weekly discussions about issues of importance to APA attorneys, such as skills for career advancement.…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 14, 2020

Transforming Women’s Leadership: How listening & asking questions improve influencing skills

Listening is key to honing your influencing and persuasion skills, allowing you to build connections even during quarantine. This was the key take-away from the…

Transforming Womens Leadership May 12, 2020

Curious Minds: Legal needs to overcome its “imagination problem,” says Olga V. Mack, CEO at Parley Pro

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors May 04, 2020

New Webinar: Change-Making Hacks for Strategic Relationship Building

What are the best ways for women lawyers to build strategic relationships for career enhancement? In a new webinar, Sheila Murphy, a career coach to…

Natalie Runyon March 25, 2020

Torys’ Cornell Wright Shares the Secret to His Success: Fully Engage in the Community & Don’t Limit Yourself

Cornell Wright, Partner and Co-Head of the M&A corporate practice at the Canadian law firm Torys, wanted to be a lawyer as far back as…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color December 03, 2019

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color Podcast — Career Transitions from Legal Career to Business

Niki Khoshzamir, CEO of Practice Pro, and David Morrow, start-up adviser for emerging industries, both transitioned from practicing lawyers into business roles within the last…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color November 26, 2019