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Posted January 12, 2022

Arthur Ashe is credited with saying that one important key to success is self-confidence, and that another important key to self-confidence is preparation. Whether he[...]

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K. Scott McLean

Posted November 18, 2021

Skills Set # 23: Decorum, Effectiveness and Excellence

Decorum To choose just one of several related definitions, decorum is “behaviour that is controlled, calm, and polite” and should be observed by barristers or[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted September 3, 2021

Skills Set # 22: Good Works for Good Reason

In assisting our new and more junior calls in developing their legal practices, we are always careful to note that they will not reach the[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted August 20, 2021

Skills Set # 21: Professionalism (Part 2)

In Part 1, I referred to Elements of Professionalism (Elements), and broke on the point of describing the importance of the Rules of Professional Conduct in[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted August 16, 2021

Skills Set # 21: Professionalism

One of the best pieces on professionalism, Elements of Professionalism, was released 19 years ago. This excellent paper (hereafter “Elements”) remains untouched in its elucidation[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted July 28, 2021

Skills Set # 20: Capitalizing on the LSO

“A lawyer’s duty to act with civility does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it exists in concert with a series of professional obligations that[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted May 28, 2021

Skill Sets # 19: To Blog or Not to Blog (Honestly, That is Not the Question)

I believe that inside every tool is a hammer. Adam Savage I was called to the Bar in 1977, and although I have presented many[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted April 22, 2021

Skill Sets # 18: Intuition

“Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius” – Lavator, Aphorisms on Man In my last post I identified 5 methods of knowing, the[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted March 25, 2021

Skill Sets # 17: Know What You Must, and Then Some

“scientia est potentia” How do our new and junior colleagues, who do not get everything they need at law school, continue to acquire knowledge, and[...]