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I just read WSJ.
This really depends upon your practice area. If you want to grow business and excel in the future (and I get that all do not desire this) than you really have to be up to speed in your practice area so you can be conversant with clients and potential clients. Keeping up with changes in your area of law allows you to add value that you likely could not add if you just hit the files on your desk every day.
Do you have an easily digestible resource you’d recommend for keeping apprised of developments in m&a and securities?
Not sure your practice area. But in tax it’s super easy to get updates/newsletters emailed daily. What I (and most colleagues) do is skim the headlines and read through anything interesting/on point while having coffee (10-15 minutes a day). Obviously if there are new law/reg/cases then that just takes longer.
I literally just read things that interest me bc they pertain to what I do in the wsj or ft, or that my firm circulates. If there’s something important enough that it will impact my day to day work I will be told about it, probably 15 different times
💯 . I work in a niche area, trust and probate lit. Its always nice to be able to have a client meeting and remember a case update you read that is on point or similar. Also, it is statute intensive area of law so the court’s interpretation of it is vital to our area. I read them in bed in morning while I hit snooze or during lunch at my desk or while I am winding down for bed. I also keep a folder of cles or articles for a quick reference.
Yes. Honestly it takes no longer than the river minute walk to the subway. I use it as a way to get work. See something I think a partner would be interested in? Send it out to them with a summary of the thing. So far, this year, that resulted in about 150 hours of work for large an hour of effort.
Yes— sign up for automatic alerts and newsletters. Your firm librarians should be able to help you subscribe to relevant publications Take 15 minutes to have coffee and read them. This is how I started most mornings since being a first year.
Because I actually love what I do, yes. I am super invested in my practice area.
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I have some updates emailed to me but hardly ever (read: never) read them