Happiness, Success, and Professionalism: 5 Things Every Attorney Should Know

Harlan York - attorney, Lawline faculty, and author of the brand new critically acclaimed book "Three Degrees of Law," - explores the various considerations attorneys face in the practice of law.

This program provides attorneys with the tools needed to find success and happiness in the law and ultimately become a better practitioner. Whether you are a new lawyer, mid-career, or a veteran practitioner, the long hours and grueling work can wear down any person. Harlan will reveal how having a legal mind comes with certain talents that can be applied to positively assist in raising happiness, success and professionalism.

Happiness, Success and Professionalism in the Law: 5 Things Every Practitioner Should Know presents five main ideas that can be gained from a legal education and how those concepts can and should be applied to every facet of a licensed attorney’s life. It explores the important rules of professional conduct associated with those concepts, and discusses daily ways to practice better.

Harlan examines the ways that enthusiasm and devotion to one area can help attorneys continue to practice ethically, resulting in not only a more professional approach, but a more satisfying one. Finally, Mr. York explains the ways that gender bias in the workplace have affected the legal profession and the means with which each practitioner can ensure employee fairness, regardless of gender.

Learning Objectives

I.     Examine the application of a legal education outside of the context of the traditional role of a "lawyer"

II.    Discuss the benefits of concentrating in one practice area, as well as the ethical ramifications of general practice

III.   Understand the value of enthusiasm and attitude in practicing ethically

IV.   Evaluate how attorneys can move past daily successes and failures by thinking of the holistic goals of a firm to ensure that all cases are handled ethically while preventing attorneys from becoming overwhelmed or feeling defeated

V.    Consider  the importance of overcoming gender bias in the legal profession and how to defeat such bias to foster a positive work environment in your practice