⏳ 12 minsAmy is an employment lawyer (by day) and Founder & CEO of Art by Ames (during all other hours when she’s not lawyering)! As a modern calligrapher and creative entrepreneur at heart, Amy has an active social media presence on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Read this book. It might change your life.
⏳ 7 minsThere are a handful of books that I’ve found positively earth-shattering. One of them is Mindset, by Professor Carol Dweck, a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.
The grey line between truth and illusion
⏳ 6 minsLawyers, like any other human, enjoy weaving narratives that “make sense”. But simple narratives can sometimes ignore the grey line between truth and illusion.
Why do things take – so long?
⏳ 7 minsWe take a look at two aspects of life which lawyers (and almost every other human) struggle with—planning fallacy and optimism bias.
Mindfulness? What lawyers can learn from yoga
⏳ 5 minsI‘ve been going to yoga classes for a couple of years now. In a world of constant distractions, yoga is a welcome relief from the daily clutter of well, life.
Chat with Zara Lim
⏳ 9 minsZara is a commercial litigation lawyer at Aptum, a boutique Melbourne law firm. She also runs an incredible creative business as the founder of Edward Kwan.
“Flavour of the month”
⏳ 3 minsWhat’s hip? What’s happening? It’s ta-da… flavour of the month. And this is why you should ignore it.
No one works for free, or do they?
⏳ 4 minsCan law firms offer unpaid legal internships on the premise that you’re getting “valuable legal experience” in exchange? Here are some tips for law students and graduates to avoid this trap.
Newsflash: It’s white-collar crime week
⏳ 4 minsLet’s digress slightly to look at this week’s scandal in the US of A, codenamed “Operation Varsity Blues”, and other events at home in Australia.