Last June, the Work Matters column (in observance of Memorial Day) discussed five ideas that lawyers can learn from the military. This month, (in observance of Veterans Day), we pick up another five.

No. 1: “There is always one more thing that you can do to increase your odds of success!” That’s Lt. Col. (later Lt. Gen.) Hal Moore, a real-life hero depicted in the movie “We Were Soldiers Once.” He repeats this phrase like a mantra to his soldiers. It’s 1967. They are shipping out to fight in the Vietnam War. It is a mindset we as lawyers should likewise embrace: Read that case that came out last week and spend extra effort in running your opening by a colleague; shoot out a late night email to your jury consultant about a new angle to a trial. Keep fighting until the fight is over just as Moore and his soldiers did at the Battle of la Drang Valley.