Still Stepping Six Feet Back
Mentally stepping six feet back can help us remain accountable while letting go of the judgment we may hold about ourselves and others as we make our way through stressful work situations.
Mentally stepping six feet back can help us remain accountable while letting go of the judgment we may hold about ourselves and others as we make our way through stressful work situations.
The beginning of a new year signals a clean slate and the equally reviled yet cherished New Year’s Resolutions. It’s natural to want to put our best foot forward at the onset of 2021. Goal-setting for your law office is crucial to its continued success.
The start of a new year offers an opportunity to take stock of where we’ve been over the past twelve months and where we’d like to be at the end of the new year. With 2020 behind us, we hope for a better year in 2021. To be sure, one place we don’t want to be in 2021 is on the wrong side of a disciplinary action!
To overstate the obvious, COVID has upended everything. As it rages even worse in California, lawyers are deemed “non-essential” and ordered to stay home except in the most limited of circumstances. Likely, that will remain the case for months to come.
Judge Elias advises new trial lawyers to not be afraid to ask questions of the judge or another lawyer, and to not be afraid of losing an issue or a case.
Alright! You got the new job or scored the internship you really worked for! Sweet! Everything you did to get the spot was amazing, but now you need to consider what it means to be a new employee.
From firefighter to attorney, Stygar feels honored to be able to give back to his community. “As an attorney I have this privilege to stand up for the people,” he says.
It is my honor and privilege to serve as Chair for the New Lawyer Division in 2021.