Holiday Gift for Lawyers

I keep seeing recommendations for the Reflective Counselor. I admit that I have not read the book yet, but it sounds like a great idea:

Life Balance Making Gains in Some Law Firms

Even high powered litigators are getting time off to be a family. Is this a trend?

http://www.lexisone.com/newattorneys/articles/b090008i.html

Shaun

Jamison Appointed to the Life and the Law Committee

I have been appointed to the Life and the Law Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Shaun Jamison
www.guideonyourside.com

Creatively Finding Career Satisfaction for Attorneys

Our Minnesota Lawyer advertisement comes out today for

FINDING CAREER SATISFACTION IN THE LAW:
Using Creative Problem Solving and Planning
6.0 Professional Development CLE hours

What does that mean for you? It's time to sign up before all of the seats are gone. Go to the web to sign up right now:

www.beardavenue.com/cle

Shaun

Creatively Finding Career Satisfaction for Attorneys

Leonard Lang, Ph.D. and I are offering a CLE entitled:
Finding Career Satisfaction in the Law: Using Creative Problem Solving and Planning

It will held at the Southdale Library in Edina, MN on November 30, 2007. It runs from 8:30-4:10. 6.0 Professional Development hours applied for.

Here is the synopsis:

Attorneys may face many different challenges to a satisfying career, such as: balancing work and life, advancing in the law firm, business development, billing clients, making billable hours goals, getting paid what you are worth, finding fulfillment from their work, and the list goes on. This highly interactive seminar will teach participants a creative problem solving process for career challenges. It will also use discussion, role playing and exercises to help them apply what they are learning to their actual challenges. Participants will leave both with a creative process to career development and progress toward addressing their own challenges.

To sign up call: (952) 933-1088. It is $245 which is a great deal for this useful and interactive seminar. Tell your friends!

Shaun Jamison, J.D., Ph.D.

Hot Legal Jobs!

Two legal industry jobs made the top ten of hot new jobs according to careerbuilder.com:

Nurse Paralegals - Medical training combined with a knowledge of law and litigation makes for one handy paralegal!

Legal Nurse Consultants - This requires similar training as a nurse, but the focus is on analysis of medical records, rather than actively supporting litigation as a nurse paralegal would.

Shaun Jamison
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A Little Goes a Long Way

Have you been procrastinating something relatively simple lately? Odds are fairly high the answer is yes. Even if you are well-organized at the office, often there is something in your personal life that you are putting off.

Think for a moment about whatever it is that you are putting off. Is it important to you or important to someone important to you? If no, think of something else. Now that you have an important action in mind, ask "What is the first step to getting it done?"

We procrastinate for all kinds of reasons and while it is interesting to dig into why, today, let us simply take action unless there is a very good reason to not accomplish the task. Take that first step, identify the first action and do it.

If someone is waiting for you do "get-r-done," you will build their confidence in you by taking the first step. If it is something you want to do, you will relieve the stress of not having a solution in motion.

Shaun Jamison

Coaching for Lawyers

Click on the title above to read about Lawyer Coaching in the Texas Bar Journal. The article is entitled "Suit up Johnson, you're going in." It is great news to demonstrate the continued growth of the acceptance of coaching for lawyers.

Shaun

Attorneys, Law Librarians & Paralegals: How Does Your Salary Match Up?

Robert Half's salary guide is out! Some highlights:
1. Law Office Librarians are expected to see a jump of 16% in their starting salaries over 2005.
2. The average beginning salary for paralegals will increase 5.6% over 2005 with the greatest growth being for paralegals with 2-3 years of experience at small to midsized firms. Their income is expected to increase 7% on average.
3. The average starting salary for attorneys will increase 5% this year. The largest gain for attorneys is for licensed attorneys with 4-9 years of experience in 10-35 attorney firms. Their salary is expected to increase 8.5% on average over last year.
For the full report, go to http://www.roberthalflegal.com. A summary is available on Westlaw at Institute of Management and Administration Inc. (2006) Increasing Margins, Partner's Report.

Shaun Jamison