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What Good Are Law Firm Performance Reviews?
By The Editors | Apr.30.13 | No Comments
Question: Our law firm has tried many different formats for performance reviews, but often we find we are doing reviews just to do reviews. In most cases, it's merely a repeat of t[...]
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Is This a Kindergarten or a University?
By Ruth Carter | Apr.10.13 | 1 Comment
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the South by Southwest Interactive Track in Austin, Texas. This conference focuses on business and social media. I came away from the we[...]
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Is Your Staff Putting You at Risk?
By Mark Bassingthwaighte | Apr.08.13 | No Comments
Staff members do a tremendous amount of work for your firm, and they interact directly with clients in numerous ways. And by the way, Model Rule 5.3: Responsibilities Regarding No[...]
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How Can You Keep the Best People?
By The Editors | Mar.26.13 | 1 Comment
Question: Turnover is a constant problem at our firm. Professional staff, paralegals—even associates—leave for neighboring firms, no matter how much money is thrown at them to[...]
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Dress for Excess
By Otto Sorts | Oct.23.12 | 1 Comment
The other day, Oriella, one of the young legal secretaries, wore these sandal-type shoes with long leather straps wrapping up to mid-calf. I thought they looked pretty, and a littl[...]
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Give an Associate a Fish?
By Merrilyn Astin Tarlton | Oct.22.12 | No Comments
Sometimes it just seems like you can’t get a break, doesn’t it? The network’s down, you just received your third nuisance filing this week from opposing counsel … and youâ€[...]
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