Bridging new ways of practicing law and providing legal services in the Digital Age
What we do
Konora is a comprehensive learning platform where legal professionals can increase their emotional and relational intelligence (EQ/RQ). It is designed for people working in the legal industry who want to bridge the gap between knowing about EQ/RQ and doing what is needed to develop and increase it.
Our approach
Lawyers, more than any other professional group, face a particularly difficult set of obstacles when working to increase EQ/RQ. Konora provides tangible solutions designed to address and support legal professionals as they encounter these challenges.
Our learning model guides users through segments including daily micro-courses, professional development workshops, and practical exercises that:
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Provide long-term support to members through progressive stages of practicing EQ/RQ
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Address the needs of lawyer personality types or people who work with them
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Account for the ethos of or professional realities within legal culture(s)
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Are easily incorporated into busy schedules
Why Konora Is Different
Konora’s learning platform isn't full of generic EQ content adapted for lawyers. Our curriculum is created by human experts who understand legal culture from the inside.
Our model combines data from legal-specific EQ/RQ studies with the latest neuroscientific research. We don't use AI-generated content or corporate consultants. And we don’t set unrealistic expectations around the time it takes to implement long-term change. Our subject matter experts know that lawyers need help reconnecting with their individual humanity instead of being "optimized for performance.”
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We guarantee that our members-only content is human-crafted, because reconnection requires human understanding. Algorithms will never heal decades of disconnection among parts of yourself. And productivity frameworks can't help you reclaim your authentic self. You need people who've studied this specific type of journey, who understand legal culture, and who are committed to helping you find your way back home to yourself.
Why Community Is Essential
Konora's private, members-only community isn't a networking feature. In fact, networking for professional gain isn’t permitted on our platform.
We offer a professionally safe space where anonymity is protected and you can remove the performative mask. Here, admitting that you are struggling with an aspect of emotional or relational wellness doesn't threaten your reputation or career.
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When you see others reclaiming their authentic selves, it gives you permission to do the same. The isolation ends. The shame dissolves. You realize this crisis wasn't caused by personal inadequacy. No, it's rooted a professional culture that systematically demands disconnection from your own humanity.
Who we are.
Crystal Little
Co-Founder | CEO
A trauma-informed emotional intelligence educator, Crystal brings distinctive expertise to legal professional development by transforming how lawyers approach EQ and RQ. Her unique background combining over a decade of wellness and community building preceding deep legal industry immersion fuels her conviction that legal professionals deserve specialized, evidence-based learning models for their unique pressures and pathologies. As a 2025 vLex Fastcase 50 honoree, Crystal is dedicated to creating innovative wellbeing pathways for legal professionals.
Kendall Lazorchak
Co-Founder | CXO
Kendall brings nearly 20 years of experience architecting brand development, visual storytelling, and digital community engagement platforms in legal technology to her role as Konora’s co-founder. Her expertise in creating digital learning and community engagement platforms for legal professionals, along with award-winning web design/development capabilities, ensures that community members encounter her signature level of excellence throughout their Konora experience.
Konora's Advisory Board
Who we are.
Ronda Muir
Lawyer | Legal EQ Expert
Ronda Muir, Founder and Principal of Law People Management, LLC, and author of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence, is one of the country’s leading authorities on the personal attributes of lawyers and the application of behavioral science to the legal workplace. Muir is a lawyer with both Big Law and inside counsel experience in the US and abroad. Grounded in the behavioral sciences, she provides psychologically sophisticated and business-savvy advice to maximize individual and organizational law practice performance in the 21st century.
Jeff Cox
Lawyer | Legal Tech Veteran
Jeff Cox, Esq. is a lawyer and legal tech veteran whose career spans the profession's major corners. He has worked in-house at Citigroup, led thought leadership strategy at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, and served as board chair at Bay Area Legal Services. Jeff has worked at multiple growth-stage companies, including vLex, where he was part of the team through its $1 billion acquisition by Clio, the largest legal tech acquisition in history. As the author of The Emersonian Lawyer, he brings Konora a full-field view of the challenges legal professionals face and a conviction that their humanity is worth protecting.
Vicki LaBrosse
Managing Director | Global PR Leader
Vicki is a strategic communications leader who helps legal technology and professional services organizations build trusted brands and meaningful industry influence. At Edge Marketing, she advises executive teams on thought leadership, media strategy, and market positioning, drawing on long-standing relationships across legal media, industry associations, and conference communities. She brings to Konora deep knowledge of the legal technology ecosystem and a passion for helping organizations foster authentic connections that strengthen both people and brands.
As you read about Konora, did you start asking internal questions like:
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Why do I need to work on my EQ?
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How will this help me at work or at home?
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Lawyers don’t have time to work on EQ; is it really that important?
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Where’s the evidence supporting Konora’s claims about a low-EQ crisis in the legal sector?
We’re grateful you’re asking those questions. You’re curious and open to learning something new. Konora members are legal professionals who know the answers to the above questions and are ready for the next step in their EQ development.
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Where can you find answers to questions like the above? A simple search for “why lawyers need emotional intelligence” reveals hundreds of entry-level articles, blogs, and courses. Those are a great starting point.
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When you’re ready for the most comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-driven material on the subject, read Ronda Muir’s Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence.
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Then, when you’re ready for the next step, come back to Konora and fill out your membership application. We’re excited to welcome you into the community!
Our core principles
Upholding our purpose-driven mission
We value the impact of Konora’s purpose – to support legal professionals who want to build their EQ/RQ – over sheer profitability.
Prioritizing individuals over firms and corporations
Konora is built for people who work within law firms, legal departments, associations, service providers, as well as judicial systems and law schools. We prioritize individual needs over those of organizational entities.
Evolving through member-focused growth
Konora uses asset-based community development models to guide organizational growth and service development.
Embracing tri-centric epistemology
We operate from a worldview that equally values intellectual, emotional, and embodied forms of knowledge.
Embodying human-centric sustainability
We prioritize the impact our choices have for both members and staff in decision-making strategies.
Are you looking for answers to questions like:
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Why do I need to work on my EQ?
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How will this help me at work or at home?
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Lawyers don’t have time to work on EQ; is it really that important?
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Where’s the evidence supporting Konora’s claims about a low-EQ crisis in the legal sector?
We’re grateful you’re asking those questions. It means that you’re curious and open to learning something new. You find answers to entry-level questions about EQ's relevance to and impact in the legal sector through a simple search for “why lawyers need emotional intelligence.” Start with material from respected sources, such as the American and International Bar Associations.
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If you want to go directly to the most comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-driven material on the subject, read Ronda Muir’s 2nd edition of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence, published in 2025 by the ABA. Then, come back to Konora and fill out your membership application. We’re excited to welcome you into the community!