EHMunnell

(Perpetual) Indian summer.

My latest post on the anger double standard.

Women Lawyers 2021: Does Expressing Anger Hold You Back? Today I Zoomed with a young BigLaw litigator about managing her anger --- managing all strong emotions in fact---in the workplace. Not in the courtroom, by the way--she has that figured out fine.

I have not shared to this page in a very long time, but I can't let Susan Smith Blakely's outrageously biased article --and the ABA Journal's profoundly irresponsible decision to publish it-go without giving you an opportunity to vent. It's still 2021 right? Yet Blakely draws such grossly inaccurate conclusions. Blaming women lawyers for the errors of the legal profession (especially those of large law firms) is so very retro.

Can you spare a minute to help Elizabeth Munnell? Call to the ABA to denounce recent article

Mom’s Lilacs @ Cambridge, Massachusetts

Excellent, timely advice from Lindsay Griffiths. Welcome to the new normal--time to upload Zoom and finally learn how to use LinkedIn effectively.....!

Lawyers: Networking During the Coronavirus Outbreak | JD Supra Coronavirus. The hot topic on everyone’s mind at the moment (unless you’re in the US and then it’s pretty evenly split between politics...

Any lawyer-- and legal professional--,who tells you to wait until your third or fourth year to learn the basics of relationship building and business generation or to develop a networking and career development strategy is WRONG. Follow their lead and you will fall behind your contemporaries in short order.

Associate Survival Skills 101: Hitting Your Billable Hours Won't Cut It You may have noticed that year-end is bearing down again. Budgeting and comp discussions will soon get underway.

My thoughts on something that really ticks me off.

Women Lawyers: Does Expressing Anger Hold You Back? Last week I spent an hour on the phone talking with a young corporate associate at a large law firm about managing her anger --- managing all strong emotions in fact---in the workplace. It was a disheartening conversation--as much for her as for me.

Excellent advice for associates looking to becoming partners at their law firms, from Adrienne Ellman at Foley Hoag LLP.

How I Made Partner: Foley Hoag's Adrienne Ellman | Law.com Since becoming partner, I spend much less time being reactive and a lot more time being proactive.

A great day in Boston on Monday with the Board of the American Bar Association's Career Center, and our terrific Director, Emily Roschek. Thanks to all for your energy, commitment and creativity. Here’s to another great year bringing advice and learning to lawyers and law students alike.
(Susanne Aronowitz, JD ACC, Avery Blank, JD, Karen Reagan Britton, Lewis Check, Robert L. Harris, Cheryl Heisler, Fiona Trevelyan Hornblower, Skip Horne, Tomea M. Mersmann, Abraham Pollack,
(not pictured, Samorn Selim), with Tracey Moore and Joshua Wolff) ABA Career Center