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Last Entry: November 19, 2010 at 10:53:29

For Your Clients - "Download Your State's Advance Directives"

Posted on August 19, 2009
From the site: "Caring Connections provides free advance directives and instructions for each state that can be opened as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. These materials are copyrighted by Caring Connections. Permission is granted to download a single copy...

"Applying Reptile Concepts in Trial"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by Paul Luvera: "David Ball and Don Keenan have done an excellent job of outlining the importance of Reptile motivation and the practical applications in their book Reptile. They recommend the plaintiff show the defendant's actions constitute an immediate...

"Online v. Print Cost Savings Examined"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by Bonnie Shucha: "Mark Gediman at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog has an interesting post about law firm cost recovery for online database charges. I find myself constantly explaining/defending/justifying our cost recovery policy. Maybe I've been sampling the...

"Litigation: If You Bill by the Hour, Why Not Bill Twice a Month?"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by JD Hull: "Billing twice a month keeps the client more attuned in real-time to the actual economic demands of the project--and helps the client plan. When things get fast and intense, invoice the client twice a month--just...

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"Four Tips for Reluctant Networkers"

Posted on August 18, 2009
In the news: "Consultant Debra L. Bruce says that when she is contacted by laid-off lawyers who are looking for help in augmenting their job search efforts, or attorneys whose business has dropped off, one of her first questions is...

"Are Generation Y Lawyers a Bunch of Slackers?"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by Carolyn Elefant: "Over at Idealawg, Stephanie West Allen plays host to a robust debate over whether Generation Y lawyers -- or "millennials," lawyers under 30 -- who seek work/life balance to the exclusion of focusing on client needs....

"Make It Flow"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by Raymond Ward: "What's the secret to making your writing flow? Actually it's no secret at all. Taylor explains at Men With Pens. (Hat tip to the [non]billable hour.) The active links are available at the source site listed...

"Survey: Companies Fear Social Media Liability"

Posted on August 18, 2009
Posted by Henry Fawell: "A well-timed survey from Russell Herder underscores that many businesses have failed to adopt social media policies in the workplace. According to the survey, more than 1 in 3 executives have no policy for employee use...

"The Robing Room"

Posted on August 18, 2009
From the e-newsletter: "While we're on the subject of courts, let's visit The Robing Room. It's a site designed by lawyers, for lawyers, to evaluate Federal district court and magistrate judges. You can rate judges and magistrates, and review the...

"Do You Sponsor? (And WRA, Resurrected)"

Posted on August 17, 2009
By Julie A. Fleming: "Do you know how to get the most from your sponsorships? I was interested to see this article from The National Journal, with the headline, "No More 'Chalets': Legal Marketing Focuses on Building Business. Good idea,....

"Coffee Shop Etiquette for the Home Office Shingler"

Posted on August 17, 2009
Posted by Carolyn Elefant: "The Wall Street Journal reports that several coffee shops in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco are restricting laptop use. With unemployment on the rise, patrons are spending more time and less money in coffee shops,...

Law Practice Today August Issue Online

Posted on August 17, 2009
Their Balance and Wellness issue includes the following feature articles that look good: Achieving Life/Work Balance Through Effective Time Management By Kathleen Brady Managing your time effectively doesn't necessarily mean doing more throughout your day...

"Lawyers Prefer Coke"

Posted on August 17, 2009
Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi : "Lawyers, it seems, prefer coke. And we refer not to soft drinks, but to drugs. As between cocaine and marijuana, occupations show a clear divide in their drug of choice. For lawyers, the choice...

"Older but Wiser: Resume Strategies"

Posted on August 17, 2009
In the news: "It may have been a while since you have drafted a resume, and you might be surprised to learn that the rules are slightly different for a more seasoned candidate than for a junior attorney. For instance,...

"Videotaped Depositions Become More Common: A Developing Trend?"

Posted on August 17, 2009
Posted by Evan Schaeffer: "Are the lawyers who you work with expressing any of the following ideas-- A feeling that it's important to videotape all depositions of any witness an opponent might use at trial? Surprise that the lawyers' opponents...

"Alternative Fees (Part 21 & 22): Recommendations"

Posted on August 17, 2009
Posted by Jim Hassett: "The new third edition of our free LegalBizDev Guide to Alternative Fees ends with a series of recommendations. Here are the first five: 1. Don't over analyze; just do it... 2. Ask clients what they want......

"Web Resources: Free Legal Resources (Recap, OpenRegs and Open Jurist)"

Posted on August 17, 2009
From the blog: "Today, ars technica alerts us to a new service, free, from Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. From the Article: Federal court documents are currently made available to the public through a crufty system called PACER...

"Online Reputation Management: First Rule is to Avoid Self-Inflicted Wounds

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted by Jim Calloway: "A lot of people are concerned about online reputation management. They are worried about things posted online about them or their families. Lawyers in particular worry that unhappy former clients will post untrue things about the...

"Two Visions of the Future Law Firm"

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi : "What will we see in the law firm of the future? It is a question Richard Susskind considered more than a decade ago in his book, "The Future of Law," and again in last...

"Some Reflections On Client Service"

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted By Patrick J. Lamb: "Over the weekend, I was cleaning out some old files on my computer and I ran across a slide show I had put together for a presentation on client service. I thought I would post...

"Get Indirect Referrals By Educating Your Target Audience"

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted By Tom Kane : "In March I wrote a post about a client of mine who admitted being timid when it came to asking clients for work or friends as I recall). There are also many lawyers who are...

"August 2009 Issue of Originate! is Online"

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted by Larry Bodine: "Prepare for better business development with the talking points from this month's featured articles in Originate!, the business development newsletter. Lead Article: Making His Mark - 8 Things an IP Lawyer Wished He Had Known Sooner...

Three Good articles from Law.com

Posted on August 14, 2009
Heavy Advertising by Lawyers Is a Tricky Proposition In the news: "Carter Mario is one of the most visible lawyers in Connecticut. His name and face are splashed across television ads, billboards and buses. But recent firm efforts, including the...

"An Inside Look at the Peer-to-Patent System"

Posted on August 14, 2009
From the site: "It can be said that patents are the key to sustaining innovative products and patent law is certainly an active area of legal practice in the U.S. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has been overwhelmed...

"Is There an E-Discovery Bubble?"

Posted on August 14, 2009
Posted by Joe Hodnicki: "On 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Greg Lambert says yes, and the bubble is going to burst. "I'm not saying that E-Discovery is going away," writes Lambert in I'm Calling It! - There's an 'E=Discovery...

"How Much Should You Specialize?"

Posted on August 13, 2009
Posted by Carolyn Elefant: "There's an interesting opinion piece at Legal Week on the growing importance of specialization, by former law firm trainee Dominic Webb. Although the piece discusses lawyers in U.K. firms, it is equally relevant to American firms...

"Protecting Employers from New Media"

Posted on August 13, 2009
In the news: "E-mails, IMs, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks enable employees to inflict greater damage to businesses due to the speed of publication to vast audiences and the difficulty of retracting information from cyberspace...

"Revising Federal "Cookie" Policy"

Posted on August 13, 2009
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: "The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) is in the process of "considering options for revising the federal government's prohibition on web-tracking technology such as 'cookies,'" with a goal of protecting the privacy of persons visiting...

"Socha-Gelbmann 2009 EDD Survey - Highlights and Observations"

Posted on August 13, 2009
Posted by Ron Friedmann: "The litigation support and e-discovery market has felt chaotic for years now: rapid growth, technological shifts, emerging judicial reviews, and changing roles of the main players (law departments, vendors, and law firms). EDD SHOWCASE: Strange Times...

"The 2009 Socha Gelbmann E-Discovery Survey"

Posted on August 13, 2009
From the site: "In the 2009 Socha Gelbmann E-Discovery Survey, consultant/attorney George Socha, president of Socha Consulting and Tom Gelbmann, managing director of Gelbmann & Associates, have jettisoned their traditional vendor rankings and instead offer analysis of a turbulent e-discovery...

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