by friedaL2020 | Apr 8, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Leadership, work-life balance, Working environment
Article 1 of 3 in the Female Leadership series Gender equality in the workplace is not a new topic of discussion. It has been discussed numerous times before. Seemingly falling on deaf ears. Not surprisingly as women leaders in the workplace are still a...
by friedaL2020 | Mar 2, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Life after Law, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance
Who are you? A seemingly innocuous question. “Hi. I’m Alicia. And I’m a lawyer.” I am a lawyer. And that is it. Nothing else to let anyone know who we truly are. Besides our professional title. Where are our other identifiers? Our identity as a lawyer Is our whole...
by friedaL2020 | Jan 23, 2021 | Business Development, Lawyer Life
For the lawyers who hate business development and selling their services – this one is for you. Let’s be honest, when we became lawyers, either we believed in fairness and justice and wanted to change the world for the better or we wanted to earn lots of money (or...
by friedaL2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | Celebrations & Festivities, Lawyer Life, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance
Disappointment: A feeling we hate to cause and struggle to feel. And 2020 has provided many a chance to experience it from both sides. ...
by friedaL2020 | Dec 17, 2020 | Celebrations & Festivities, Lawyer Life, Self-care, work-life balance
Co-written by Frieda Levycky, Founder of Braving Boundaries, and Alicia Koch, Founder of The Legal Belletrist “Holiday who-be what-ee?” Exactly that – who-be, what-ee, is it really Christmas time? At the best of times, Christmas is an emotional time...
by friedaL2020 | Dec 2, 2020 | Lawyer Life, Life after Law, work-life balance
Written by Alicia Koch, Founder of The Legal Belletrist When I studied law I imagined that I would do great things – be a defender of justice. Of sorts. I had planned on building a name for myself, having an Ally McBeal kind of reputation – the “benchmark” when...
