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#128: How BigLaw Associates Build Confidence Without Having All the Answers
In this episode, I discuss one of the biggest misconceptions about confidence inside BigLaw: the belief that confidence comes from having more certainty, more answers, or complete mastery of every…
#127: What Associates Need to Know About Reading Unspoken Signals in BigLaw
In this episode, I discuss one of the most overlooked skills inside BigLaw, the ability to accurately read strategic and emotional signals that are rarely communicated directly. While junior lawyers…
#126: Why Coherence Can Matter More Than Expertise in BigLaw Teams
Many lawyers think about influence inside BigLaw through formal titles, originations, or technical expertise. But in practice, some of the most trusted and influential lawyers inside firms are the…
#125: The AmLaw 2026 Rankings: How to Read Beyond the Headline Numbers
Many lawyers inside BigLaw closely follow the AmLaw annual rankings, profits per equity partner, and headline revenue growth as signals of firm strength. But those numbers rarely tell the full story.…
#124: Almost a BigLaw Partner: Making Intentional Choices to Build Your Case for Partnership
As a senior associate, it is easy to believe that if you continue doing excellent work, stay responsive, and keep busy, the next step will naturally come. But the reality is that in BigLaw, as a…
#123: Almost a BigLaw Partner: Do You Have the Right Mentor?
There is a point in BigLaw where the partners who have helped mentor you may no longer be best positioned to be the ones you look to the most to guide your next steps. In this episode of Big Law…
#122: Almost a BigLaw Partner: The Senior Associate Identity Crisis
There is a stage in BigLaw where you are doing almost everything a partner does, running matters, managing clients, and making judgment calls, but you do not have the title or final authority. In…
#121: How BigLaw Office Design Impacts Culture, with Gensler's Christian Amolsch and Jordan Novak
When you walk into a BigLaw office, how does it feel to you in that space? Corporate? Welcoming? Open? Private? Dated? New? Empty? Busy? In this episode of Big Law Life, I explore why that is, how…
#120: Why Your Performance Review Doesn't Match the Work You're Doing in BigLaw
There is a specific moment many associates experience in BigLaw that feels both confusing and frustrating, which is when your performance review comes in, and it does not seem to reflect the amount…
#119: Why "One Firm" in BigLaw Rarely Works the Way It Sounds
When a law firm describes itself as "one firm," it can suggest integration, shared economics, and aligned incentives across offices and practice groups. In this episode of Big Law Life, I explain why…
#118: Before Saying Yes: Know What Partnership At Your BigLaw Firm Really Means
In this episode of Big Law Life, I walk through what partnership actually looks like inside large law firms and why many lawyers only discover the realities after they have already stepped into the…
#117: Building a Book of Business in BigLaw Without Taking Clients from Other Partners
One of the most challenging transitions in BigLaw is moving from being a strong contributor to becoming a lawyer who can generate business. As a junior or non-equity partner, you are often expected…
#116: How to Plan to Exit BigLaw and Why Most Associates Wait Too Long
The reality inside BigLaw is that the majority of associates stay for some time but eventually leave, and the lawyers who navigate that transition well are usually the ones who began thinking about…
#115: Social Media in BigLaw: What to Post, What to Avoid, and Staying Out of Trouble with Your Firm and Clients
Social media can be one of the best platforms BigLaw legal and business professionals have to build reputation, visibility, and network strength, but it can also create real risk if you post without…
#114: AI Won't Replace BigLaw Associates, But It Will Expose Weak Writing and Poor Judgment
Artificial intelligence is not replacing BigLaw associates, but it is fundamentally changing what partners evaluate, tolerate, and trust. In this episode of Big Law Life, I explain how AI has raised…
#113: The Structural Power Changes Reshaping BigLaw
BigLaw is being rebuilt in ways that are reshaping power, risk, and career trajectories across large law firms. In this episode of Big Law Life, I walk through the structural moves firms are making…
#112: A Few of the Unwritten Rules of BigLaw
In this episode of Big Law Life, I break down three of the most powerful unwritten systems inside large law firms that every lawyer needs to understand to navigate their career strategically. I share…
#111: Weekend Work in BigLaw: What's Normal, What's Dysfunctional, and What It Signals About Your Firm
If you work in BigLaw, you already expect weekends to be part of the job. But you find that not all weekend work is created equal. In this episode, I walk through the difference between healthy,…
#110: How the Cravath Scale Actually Works in BigLaw for Mid- and Senior-Level Associates
By the time you reach mid-level or senior associate status, the Cravath Scale often stops feeling like a promise and more like a moving target. In this episode, I break down what the scale actually…
#109: When You Were Assured of BigLaw Partnership This Year But It Didn't Happen
Being told you ready for partnership creates expectations that are hard to unlearn. In this episode, I walk through what it really means when you are encouraged, guided, and perhaps even implicitly…
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