Escape The Legal Norms
I’m Laura Hartnett. I work with lawyers who are frustrated with their legal practice and know there has to be a better way. They want to free up their time and streamline their work.
Your solutions are right there within reach. I teach you how to find them. I teach design thinking for lawyers. You design how you want to practice law. Yes, you can design it. And it gets better for you and your clients.
Better yet once you shift your perspective, you’ll begin to apply these tools everywhere. Any client, any issue. Simplify and enjoy how you practice law.
I’ve been on both sides as the lawyer and the client. I spent almost 15 years as a management consultant, litigation associate for national and international law firms, and in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 company.
I know first-hand the stressful side of lawyering – scores of long-form memos, endless revisions, and very little insight into the client’s point of view. It wasn’t until I became an in-house attorney working directly with clients each day that my practice shifted.
That’s when I learned about legal design, combined it with my management consulting background, and started using it in practice. I became the attorney that my colleagues would ask for help on how to make lawyering easier and more engaging.
I just wish I had these skills earlier.
My mission is to revolutionize the practice of law.
The parts I want to keep:
- Total client commitment, in our client’s heads and seeing next steps from far away
- Passionate advocacy for our clients whether in the courtroom, boardroom or in front of a legislative or regulatory body
- The natural high from problem solving and mental gymnastics it took to solve the legal puzzle
The parts that need to be chucked overboard:
- Insane hours
- Endless drafts and revisions
- Painful related aspects from billing to file organization
- Dry legal presentations
- Checking our personality at the door
- Disengaged clients
- Chronic burnout from all of the above
When I’m not helping lawyers transform their legal practice, I can be found:
- Sweating in a hot yoga studio
- Having family dance parties
- Going for a hike in the woods, rain or shine
Things you may not know about me:
- My superpower is getting great parking spaces
- I have a knack for thinking strategically and breaking it into manageable parts
- My all-time favorite song on repeat is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Even better, I send out a weekly email with innovative ideas you can put into action.
Watch your legal practice get easier and less stressful.
Sign up for my weekly email newsletter.