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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 23, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Lawyers become lawyers to help people. To right wrongs, to champion for justice. While law school prepares you substantively for the legal issues you’ll face in private practice, it doesn’t address the systemically unhealthy cultural expectations...
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Janel Chin: Jul 8, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Janel Chin, owner of Peaks and Valleys Legal Services, reflects on the undue pressures placed on her clients, particularly women, who end up with...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 1, 2020 12:00:00 AM
The best risk management advice I will ever have to offer is simply this: Never minimize the importance of taking care of yourself. I know it sounds...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 6, 2020 12:00:00 AM
On this episode of ALPS In Brief, at the beginning of Lawyer Wellbeing Week and Mental Health Awareness month, Mark sits down with Liesel Brink,...
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Karen Thalacker: Apr 21, 2020 12:00:00 AM
WFH – Work From Home. Are you doing it? Do you love it or hate it? I’m doing it right now. Here are 3 suggestions for staying on track during...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Apr 8, 2020 12:00:00 AM
I know, only a dweeb like me would own — and actually refer to — an Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Blame it on the bossa nova. Or the coronavirus....
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Mar 13, 2020 12:00:00 AM
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We talk a lot about risk management here at ALPS, but what we’re really talking about is prevention...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Mar 11, 2020 12:00:00 AM
It’s not nearly as woo woo as it may sound. The Japanese even have a term for it: Shinrin-yoku (loosely translated as, taking in the forest through...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 27, 2020 12:00:00 AM
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares two real-world stories of attorneys struggling with behaviors that often lead to malpractice claims....
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Jan 8, 2020 12:00:00 AM
This is the third in a series of three blog posts on Law Firms and Data Storytelling. Last time banging this particular drum. And, yes, I’ll say it...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Dec 17, 2019 12:00:00 AM
This is the second in a series of three blog posts on Law Firms and Data Storytelling. Restating the central premise of this, the prior, and the...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Dec 11, 2019 12:00:00 AM
This is the first in a series of three blog posts on Law Firms and Data Storytelling. Data is king these days, and it’s a huge part of the stories...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 4, 2019 12:00:00 AM
For years so many, myself included, have talked about the importance of trying to find a healthy balance between work life and personal life as a...
