I see a lot of lawyer newsletters come into my inbox each month. Most of them, suck. Here’s some of what they have in common that you really want to make sure your newsletter doesn’t: The subject line is something like: “Kelly Jones’ Weekly Newsletter” The content includes 3-4 wordy, dry articles There’s no pictures or faces that are interesting to look at Truth be told, you might as well not waste your time sending a newsletter like this to your law practice clients, prospects and referral sources. If you are going to send a newsletter (and you REALLY should … Continue reading »

Technically, this is Part III in my series on the rising rates of suicide among lawyers and what we need to do to stop it now… Today though, we are moving beyond the depression, struggle and anxiety and getting into the good parts of the story. If you read Part 1 and Part 2 of the series, you heard all about how disillusioned I was by the reality of the practice of law and the traditional, broken business model. You heard about the transformation I made into serving clients in a way that felt great to them and to me. … Continue reading »

From Depressed & Struggling to Transformation & Success I hope you got a chance to read last week’s blog post, inspired by a desire to provide hope for the lawyers who are seriously depressed about the reality of the practice of law.  I, too, found myself hopeless for a time in the early days of my practice. But, I got help and turned things around. You can too. This post is about the first 6 months to a year of my law practice, what was so depressing and how I turned it around. First and foremost, if you are truly … Continue reading »

Very recently, CNN reported that more lawyers are killing themselves than ever before. And this is not the figurative kind of killing themselves from working too many hours… it’s the literal kind — suicide. (news report here) Sadly, I am not surprised. On top of that, 40% of law school students are graduating depressed and disillusioned. My heart hurts hearing that so many lawyers are struggling so significantly. I get it. I remember coming out of law school, top of my class, starting a job at one of the best law firms in the country, married, with a baby, and … Continue reading »