September 17, 2025 – Daily Report recently featured Counsel Todd Heffner’s article on the challenges of associate training and the importance of embracing “hard problems” in legal practice.

“Just because it’s a hard problem with no obvious answer doesn’t mean that you have to go at it completely alone. It just means that you have to own the problem. As you tackle this hard problem, it’s best to think of your journey in three phases: gaining competency, becoming indispensable, and operating as if you are already a partner,” Heffner explained.

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