The Lawyerist has a great list of 10 Lessons You Weren't Taught in Law School. Reading through the list, it's clear they lessons would be useful for practicing attorneys---or perhaps any new business person---but it's also clear there are some things a person has to teach themselves when the timing is right. Here's the list of ten with some resources you might find useful to cultivate these skills:
1. How to Handle Conflict
5. How to Maintain Physical and Emotional Health
7. How to Manage Personal Finances
1. How to Handle Conflict
- The Professional Woman's Guide to Conflict Management
- Conflict Management: A Communication Skills Approach
- You Raised Us - Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams
- Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step-by-step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
- Resolving Personal and Organizational Conflict: Stories of Transformation and Forgiveness
- Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-centered Approach
- How to Tell Anyone Anything: Breakthrough Techniques for Handling Difficult Conversations at Work
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
5. How to Maintain Physical and Emotional Health
- Help for Law Students (Columbus, Ohio, resources)
- Health and Wellness Resources (including sports opportunities on and near campus)
7. How to Manage Personal Finances
- 16 Expert Lessons for Successfully Managing Your Personal Finances
- Managing Your Personal Finances Better
- The Lawyer's Guide to Creating A Business Plan
- Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law: Planning and Operating for Survival and Growth
- Smarter Pricing, Smarter Profit: A Guide for the Law Firm of the Future
- The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice
- The Survival Guide to Implementing Effective Law Firm Management Strategies
- Smart Marketing for the Small Firm Lawyer