Is it time to wake up to what Twitter has become?
Environment. Social. Governance. Three simple words that are easy to define. But put together they mean something different and powerful. ESG for short is about our standards of operation. It can...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2021/09/07/law-firms-get-thy-esg-in-order/
I’ve been meaning to write on this event for years but wanted to give enough time between the conversation and now for anonymity. I share about this conversation often because it is something m...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2021/05/19/i-am-the-wife-i-said/
Whew. I am putting fingers to keyboard for the first time in what feels like forever. It was at least a pandemic, a new liver (for the Sports Dude), and an insurrection ago. I don’t even rememb...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2021/04/19/are-you-there-blog-its-me-heather/
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Gina Rubel for her new podcast On Record. My topic: How to Differentiate Yourself and Your Law Firm. The program was recorded at the end of March 2020 w...
It’s Wednesday, which looks a lot like Tuesday and Friday and Sunday around here. I’ll head to work in a few minutes (down the hall from the couch in the living room where I current sit) and ...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2020/04/08/theres-no-right-way-to-do-a-pandemic/
Dear General Counsel, You are not imagining it. Every single law firm you have ever given a dollar to is sending you a Coronavirus client alert, most likely daily. Every single law firm has also ...
Wow. How the hell did we wake up to this reality? Coronavirus? COVID-19? You can call it what you want, but I’m sitting here vacillating between “I should have taken the blue pill” and putt...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2020/03/28/how-are-you-is-there-anything-i-can-do-to-help/
I often post articles on LinkedIn with a lead in: “If you only have time to read one thing today, this is it.” I started to post this article, “How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral: ...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2020/02/06/can-you-pass-a-purity-test/
I know, I know, I know. It’s January 2020 and I blogged exactly seven (that’s 7) times last year. WTH?? It boils down to two things: 1. I’ve been really busy. I started a new job which re...
https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/2020/01/04/seriously-2020-already/