I have been working on imparting practical training to young lawyers who want to secure the best law firm jobs, in-house counsel jobs or establish their own practice for the past 8 years. Test prep was a vast expanse of unknown territory. We made a super-successful training program for the All India Bar Exam, but …
If you understand talent arbitrage and purchasing power parity, you would know that a lot of money can be made by doing remote paralegal work. See this video on how you can make money as a paralegal and on which platforms you can use to find work. You could be a specialized IP paralegal, and …
This week I have decided to delve into Algorithmic Collusion. It’s something which you have probably read about in the passing but has not paid much attention to, mainly because: a. the topic is relatively complex to understand (just like the terminology). b. The legal regime around it is not very clear. Instead of throwing …
2020 has 1 more month left. The last month of the last year of the decade. What will you do with this 1 month? Can this be the launchpad for an amazing decade for you? 1 month is enough to turn your life around, if you put in the 10x efforts needed. Let me tell …
One of the biggest problems that any young lawyer faces while starting up is getting their first client or initial clientele. For instance, you may get a breakthrough when a client for whom you have done simple trademark registration work, comes back to you for a litigation case and you can successfully defend their claim …
We will continue with our discussions around how to succeed as a freelance paralegal doing work for US clients while being in India. We already talked about global trends in IP law and new opportunities arising for lawyers, Part 1 and Part 2. Here we talked about 3 kinds of clients with the most amount …
What are the most common objections that a new client has while working with an independent lawyer? How can you deal with such objections effectively, maintain your pricing and secure the client’s mandate? Here are the most common objections of clients received from potential clients, with the implications for your practice, as you hear the …
Unless one has slept through the past two decades, it is unlikely to not have come across the term ‘blockchain’. Primarily known for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Etherium, the World Economic Forum promises that this new contraption is “pulling us into a new era of openness, decentralisation and global inclusion”. It features among the …
Over the past few days, I have been writing about how the legal services market has changed in the last 20 years, and 5 unconventional skill-sets that independent practitioners must develop to survive. Today, I will discuss 5 most common beliefs that are self-sabotaging and prevent us from generating or retaining new clients. #1 – …
Most common queries, answered What is the right time to shift to independent practice if I am working in a law firm or as an in-house counsel, or as a junior to a senior litigator? What are the advantages of having worked earlier in a law firm or a company that I can leverage for …
