We talk a lot about professionalism and civility in the legal profession. We complain that lawyers from various geographical areas are the problem. Sometimes we blame all the lawyers in

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This is an atypical blog post from the FL Bar YLD. It’s meant to be cool, calm, and…calculated. That’s because despite the relaxed writing style, which should be a relief

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The Florida Young Lawyer Division, in collaboration with the Florida Bar Foundation and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association, is launching a program to help fill the access to justice

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The practice of law is one of the very few professions in the world where those in the profession govern themselves.  As young lawyers, we have the privilege to be

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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

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I love a fresh start. Letting go of the past. Buying a new spiral notebook for a new school year. Trying a new recipe. Writing a list of new year’s

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Well, I almost got hacked.  I, like many other attorneys in Florida, opened my email one night and had an email entitled, “Florida Bar Complaint – Attorney Consumer Assistance Program.” 

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On March 13, 2014, President Obama directed the Department of Labor to update its overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and the DOL issued its draft regulations

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In celebration of YLD’s Health & Wellness Month check out the profile of Ethan Wall, founder of The Social Media Law Firm, and purveyor of #livewell.

Aired Friday, May 27, 2016  Watch Professor Scott Rogers, founder and director of the Mindfulness and Law Program at the University of Miami School of Law, give advice for stressed out young lawyers. #AskScott

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