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Out of the Darkness:Shedding Light on Mental Illness in the Legal Profession

By Cherie Harris On March 5, 2021 · Add Comment · In President Page
by Whitney Keltch Green March, 2021 The statistics for lawyers are scary. A 2016 study conducted jointly by the ABA Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation found that of the nearly 15,000 lawyers surveyed a whopping 19% reported having severe anxiety symptoms (https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Fulltext/2016/02000/The_Prevalence_of_Substance_Use_and_Other_Mental.8.aspx). Further, American Lawyer Media’s Mental Health and Substance [...]
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Ten Tips for Being a Standout Junior Associate

By Cherie Harris On May 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In President Page
by Jonathan Childers, DAYL President May, 2015 Dicta For attorneys who are in their first four years of practice, here are ten tips for excelling during those beginning years of practicing law: 1. Take Ownership of Your Work. Take ownership of a file, anticipate problems, and offer solutions to your supervising attorneys. Recognize how individual [...]
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Wisdom as Road to Wealth

By Cherie Harris On March 16, 2015 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
by Jonathan Childers, President March 2015 Dicta Have you noticed how the best lawyers possess a mastery of the law and facts, but also argue with a smoothness that makes them appear polished and persuasive? While some of this is talent, no doubt, a good deal comes from wisdom through experience. And, in the law, [...]
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Health, Wealth, and Wisdom Through Diversity

By Cherie Harris On February 10, 2015 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
What’s your favorite thing about DAYL? My favorite: DAYL represents the interests of all young lawyers. DAYL’s diverse membership enables it to be: (1) encompassing, offering a wealth of unique programming, learning, and leadership opportunities; and (2) inclusive, encouraging active participation and involvement from all of its members. Diversity generates health, wealth, and wisdom for [...]
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Be Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise in 2015 – It’s a Lifestyle

By Cherie Harris On January 1, 2015 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
by Jonathan Childers President January, 2015 Dicta Benjamin Franklin said, “[e]arly to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Though we might not always follow the “early to bed and early to rise” part, in 2015, DAYL is implementing programs designed for its members to be Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. [...]
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Passing the Torch

By Cherie Harris On December 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
by Meyling Ly, President December 2014 Dicta “The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” – Kalu Ndukwe Kalu A a marathon runner, I can’t help but compare my life experiences to running – and being president of DAYL is [...]
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The Power of Gratitude

By Cherie Harris On November 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
by Meyling Ly November 2014 Dicta A few months ago, I ran into a young lawyer I hadn’t seen in a while. The last time we talked, he was transitioning from a smaller firm to a larger firm. When I asked him about his transition, his response was not necessarily surprising – some pros and [...]
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Don’t Be Stinky

By Cherie Harris On October 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page
I can vividly remember my first tangle with difficult opposing counsel during my first year of practice. He talked down to me, twisting our conversations and ‘memorializing’ them in accusatory emails. He only had two tones: (1) loud and sarcastic and (2) loudest and profane. The worst was when he called me a liar in [...]
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Let Freedom Run.

By Cherie Harris On September 11, 2014 · Add Comment · In Freedom Run, President Page
I don’t know if I would consider myself as always having been a patriot. Certainly, since meeting my fiancé, who served in Afghanistan, I have more appreciation for our military. Admittedly, he influenced me to start the DAYL’s Attorneys Serving Troops committee. But looking back at my childhood, my parents’ message was not overtly – [...]
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Welcome to Dallas, Y’all!

By Cherie Harris On July 3, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page
by Meyling Ly DAYL President Summer is definitely here – and we all know what that means…longer (hotter) days, vacations, and newbies! Yep — tis’ the season of recent law school graduates, judicial interns, summer associates and in August, new federal clerks, who are either new to life after law school (besides BarBri), new to [...]
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State of the DAYL Address

By Cherie Harris On July 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page
by Meyling Ly, DAYL President July 2014 Dicta The past six months as president has certainly flown by fast! It’s hard to believe that half the year is gone and no less than 55 events (including 19 new ones) have already been completed by our hard-working committee co-chairs, board members, and Executive Director. In addition [...]
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Make it . . . Sprinkle

By Cherie Harris On May 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
April 2014 Dicta by Meyling Ly, DAYL President One of the fun things that the president of the DAYL gets to do is come up with themes or special projects that they want to focus on during their year of presidency. One of my projects for this year is to encourage and enable young lawyers [...]
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Keeping it Real

By Cherie Harris On May 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
March 2014 Dicta by Meyling Ly, DAYL President A few weeks ago, I read an article from CNN.com, entitled, “Why are Lawyers Killing Themselves?” A bold title, perhaps, but chillingly true. The article deeply resonated with me – partly because I know what it’s like to be a depressed lawyer, but mostly because I lost a [...]
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Resolve to be Involved

By Cherie Harris On May 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page, The Dicta
February 2014 Dicta by Jodi McShan, Withers & Withers Many people start off the new year with a number of resolutions: get in shape, get out of debt, get… Some (and I hope many) of you resolved to network more and become more involved in the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Now you have your [...]
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Yolo

By Cherie Harris On February 7, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page
Yolo February 2014 Dicta by DAYL President, Meyling Ly Last St. Patricks’ Day, during the annual parade on lower Greenville, I saw a young lady run down the street with short neon green shorts with the letters “Y-O-L-O” written in neon yellow across her behind. That was my first introduction to the hip new abbreviation [...]
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Be a Winner In 2014

By Cherie Harris On January 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In President Page
by Meyling Ly, DAYL 2014 President Winning – it’s what we as lawyers inherently want to do. Whether it’s for your client or for yourself, whether it’s an entire case or a single motion, whether it’s work or Candy Crush Saga on your iPhone, I think it’s easy for most of you to admit that [...]
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