No one likes meetings. Especially not long, dragged out meetings that are obviously disorganized. We're willing to bet that, as a legal professional, you spend a lot of your time in meetings! Whether they be internal, with clients, or with opposing counsel, meetings are a vital part of keeping involved parties on the same page, but they also have the potential to waste valuable time.

You probably know all about IQ, but have you ever heard about EQ (also referred to as EI)?

EQ/EI is short for emotional intelligence which, in a nutshell, refers to the ability to express and control one's own emotions as well as effectively understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. For lawyers, emotional intelligence manifests itself as open and constructive expression, reliability, demonstrated resilience, as well as the ability to both inspire growth and manage firm-wide risk.

Now that millennials are entering the workforce in droves, law firms are feeling the full effects of working alongside their '80s and '90s-born counterparts. The generation, despite it's negative reputation, is an interesting and often-debated group. Truth be told, if you're over the age of 30, you've probably witnessed (or participated in) your fair share of complaint-filled conversations with coworkers.

More often than not, the millennial name surfaces alongside feelings of entitlement and the need for hand-holding, but the reality is that the millennials, in tandem with new media and technology, are changing the game for countless industries. After much research and debate, the MerusCase team has come up with the 4 biggest ways that millennials are changing the legal industry (for the better, we think):