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Time to register for the NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlantic City. After the great time I had last year, I cannot wait to go again! Funny, but I don’t remember this excitement after attending the Convention for the first time ten years ago. What caused this different reaction now? What changed since my attendance years ago? Back then I was working at my first legal job in New Jersey after relocating from New York. I knew few people, and even fewer attorneys. I felt like I was practicing law in a foreign country. Slowly, I began branching out into New Jersey’s legal world: I started a new job as a Staff Attorney at Ocean-Monmouth ...

Do we ever stop seeking more? More information in this age of technology, more clients, more contacts. Who do we have to see? Where do we have to be? And then add on top of that, the realization that we want to take our practice to the next level, consider a new approach, go in a different direction altogether, or even just get that first job, or retire and slow-down from the last one. These ideas and changes bring about their own stress and challenges in any professional career. And the uneasiness never disappears, but the approach to obstacles and opportunities can make a real difference in a career. There are positive steps to take that will make ...

There are a lot of things no one tells you in law school. Everyone who has put their JD or ESQ to use for at least 35 seconds knows that the practice of law is nothing like law school. But, on the job you have no choice but to quickly get up to speed and race around the track. For many this is thrilling. They will love the track they are on and will continue to love the race for many years. What they don’t tell you in law school is what to do if instantly or eventually you decide that you might like to race on a different team or on a different track. What do you do then? After you have secured that coveted first job, how do you find your second, third, fourth, ...