Useful, Practical Advice that Law Schools Never Teach

   
Staying afloat in rough economic times
   
Ways to keep your sanity and have a life
   
Why you should not try to drum up business
   
Top ten goofs you should avoid
   
Ways to make yourself indispensable
   
Setting boundaries without losing favor
   
Why you sometimes have to “work for free”
   
Reasons partners think you are overpaid
   
How and why you should “buy time”
   
Ways to learn the unwritten rules of the office
   
When and why you should say “no” and how to do it with finesse
   
How to recognize promises your firm may not keep
   
What to do when you screw up
   
How to supervise an assistant who has been at the office forever
   
Things partners care about more than your billable hours
   
The most important rule at any law firm

Life Savers

Just a few of the many people who have helped me with this project are listed below.

From my star editor Michelle Adkerson, to my agent, Penny Nelson, friends who nudged and nudged me to keep writing, to Greg in Costa Rica who came up with the title, and to Jason Stone who was miraculous with web design, the help and encouragement I have received have been profoundly humbling.

Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks is your book. It will be a huge success if it helps new lawyers a fraction as much as you helped me. Thank you. (Now please buy a copy.)

Alex Wagner

Alice Ostdiek

Allen D. Israel

Allison Schwartzman

Andrew Kamins

Andrew Sachs

Barbara Lynn Pedersen

Ben Danis

Bob Burns

Cathy Johnson

Chris Erker

Chris Pepin

Christopher Zachar

D. Michelle Adkerson

Dave Buchholz

Dave Horn

David Goodenough

Don Anderson

Don Botts

Emily Stubbs

Foster Pepper PLLC

Greg in Costa Rica

Gregg Rodgers

Isaac Ruiz

J.D. Fugate

James Puckett

Jamie Pedersen

Jason Stone

John Stanley

Joanne Fleming

Jon Schneider

Karen Reed

Ken Leppert Jr.

Kim Turner

Kristen Gestaut

Kimberly Harris

Kyle Branum

Lori Nomura

Lori Salzurulo

Marcia Cleveland

Mark Alstead

Mark Nielsen

Mary Carolyn Boothby

Matt Cohen

Michael Gotham

Michael J. Epstein, Esq.

Mike Schechter

Nicholas L. Smith

Pam Bissonnette

Patrick McNierney

Penny Nelson

Richard Wood

Rita Alli

Rob Castro

Rob Lehman

Rod Dembowski

Roxanne Birkel

Sam Castic

Sarah Cleveland

Seann Hallisky

Spencer Cotton II

Susan Bannier

Staci Herr

Stephen Teply

Stefan Mallen

Steve DiJulio

Struan Robertson

Sydney Sigman

Wade Harman

Wendy L. Werner

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