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  1. Receiving Feedback

    Explains how to take feedback in a way that supports growth, builds resilience, and strengthens working relationships. Covers how to listen with an open mind, ask clarifying questions, and identify practical takeaways—even when the feedback is vague, unfair, or hard to hear.

    Professionalism & Communication

  2. Introduction to Law Firms

    Provides a practical foundation for understanding how large law firms operate. Covers the hierarchy of positions, practice group structures, key non-legal departments, and how firms are organized to serve clients.

    Business of Law

  3. Law Firm Economics: The Basics of Profitability

    Explains how large law firms make money and measure success as businesses. Covers the leverage pyramid and why firms hire associates, key profitability metrics like RPL and PPEP, and the overhead costs that drive firm economics. Helps associates understand the business model behind their workplace.

    Business of Law

  4. Law Firm Economics: Timekeeping, Billing, and Collections

    An examination of the complete revenue cycle at law firms, covering billable hours, alternative fee arrangements, the billing process, collections, write-offs, write-downs, and realization rates.

    Business of Law

  5. Timekeeping Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

    A practical, scenario-based guide to the most common timekeeping mistakes associates make—from shaving hours and late entries to vague descriptions and billing guideline violations—and the real economic and reputational consequences of getting them wrong.

    Business of Law

  6. Economics of Litigation vs. Transactional Work

    A comparison of how litigation and transactional practices generate revenue, staff matters, manage costs, and fit into a law firm's business model.

    Business of Law

  7. Agentic AI

    An introduction to how agentic AI systems work, their applications in legal practice, and the key benefits, risks, and supervisory responsibilities lawyers need to understand when working with these tools.

    Artificial Intelligence

  8. Business Development at Law Firms

    Covers how law firms generate and win new business, including through referrals, thought leadership, RFPs, and pitches. Also explains panel arrangements, how origination credit works, and ways associates can contribute to business development.

    Business of Law

  9. Technology and Innovation in Law Firms

    An examination of the major categories of legal innovation, the real tensions technology creates with traditional law firm economics, the practical challenges firms face in adopting new tools, and the risks that come with operating in a technology-driven legal environment.

    Business of Law

  10. Overview of Technology Licensing

    An introduction to technology licensing, including major agreement types, core license concepts, and how risk is allocated between the parties.

    Technology Licensing

  11. SaaS Agreements

    An introduction to Software-as-a-Service agreements, covering how SaaS agreements are structured, the customer access and subscription terms that set them apart from software licenses, and the vendor's warranty and liability provisions.

    Technology Licensing

  12. Software Development Agreements

    Covers the agreements used when a client hires a developer to build custom software, including how the work is defined, who owns what gets built, and how the use of third-party code, open source, and AI tools is handled.

    Technology Licensing

  13. Licensing Open Source, Source Code, and Object Code

    An advanced look at open source license families, open source issues in deals, and key terms in source code and object code licenses.

    Technology Licensing

  14. API License Agreements

    An overview of API License Agreements, covering license scope, data and monitoring terms, risk allocation, and standard versus negotiated deals.

    Technology Licensing

  15. NDAs

    An examination of Non-Disclosure Agreements, including a detailed walkthrough of a sample NDA and explanation of each provision.

    M&A Basics

  16. SaaS Agreements: Drafting and Negotiating

    An advanced discussion on drafting and negotiating SaaS agreements from both sides of the table. It covers how to identify leverage, anticipate counterparty positions, advise clients on key contested provisions, and navigate key AI-related issues.

    Technology Licensing

  17. End User License Agreements and Terms of Service

    An overview of how EULAs and Terms of Service work, including acceptance, license grants, restrictions, and risk allocation.

    Technology Licensing

  18. Exhibits: SLAs and SOWs

    An overview of how SOWs and SLAs work as exhibits to a technology master agreement, including key terms and negotiating positions.

    Technology Licensing