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Keep Your Law Practice Ahead of the Curve

While you may not be able to control the economy, the legislature, regulations or trends, you may be able to stay one step ahead of them. That’s where the product life cycle comes in. If you understand the product life cycle, you may be able to ...

Sally J. Schmidt - August 30, 2017
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How to Generate ROI as a Young Lawyer

Your law firm cares about your personal and professional growth. But make no mistake, the law is a business — often a cutthroat one. Your firm has made a big investment in you in terms of salary, benefits, training and overhead. It expects a ...

Jay Harrington - August 29, 2017
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Here Be Robots: How Will AI Change the Future of Law?

Given the nonstop, hyped-up headlines, you may worry about competing with a robot for your next job. Rather than fret, why not start investigating ways artificial intelligence technology can give you an edge — both in the job market (somebody ...

Joan Feldman - August 28, 2017
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Attorney Safety: Interview with Stephen Kelson

Earlier this year, I shared statistics about threats of violence made against attorneys. Stephen Kelson, a shareholder at Christensen & Jensen PC in Salt Lake City, focuses on commercial litigation, personal injury and mediation, but he has also ...

Ruth Carter - August 17, 2017
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Connecting the Dots to Boost Your Online Marketing Strategy

Effective marketing is an ongoing journey, especially because the whole landscape of online marketing is always in flux. Your law practice changes over time, and changes at Google, Facebook and other big sites affect your strategy, too. Even ...

Tom Foster - August 16, 2017
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The ‘Day 1’ Law Firm: Adopt This Jeff Bezos Mantra to Grow Your Practice

Jeff Bezos has many powerful mantras for his business, but this is one of my favorites: It's always "Day 1" at Amazon. What he means is that Amazon will never stop being a startup. It’s a message that he drilled down on in a recent letter to ...

Jay Harrington - August 15, 2017
Regaining Command of Email

Email is the global de facto communication standard. Business use of email continues to grow. Email is also a hybrid form of communication — a written form used conversationally. This hybrid nature, coupled with habits developed early in its ...

Paul H. Burton - August 14, 2017
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Add These Five Super Marketing Steps to Your Plans

The Super Marketing Conference in Boston, a collaboration between MassLOMAP, the ABA Law Practice Division and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, assembled expert speakers from around the country to provide practical, hands-on advice to ...

Heidi Alexander - August 11, 2017
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How to Handle a State Bar Letter Questioning Your Fitness to Practice

In my last column, I discussed how you can relocate to another state without sitting for another bar exam. One question that naturally stems from that discussion is what to do if you make a mistake in your relocation, and you fail to do ...

Megan Zavieh - August 8, 2017
Contronyms: Context Controls Comprehension

Sanctions. That word has always troubled me. It’s a contronym, a word that has opposite meanings. Lawyers know that a motion for sanctions asks the court to penalize an adversary’s bad act. But other English speakers define a sanction as a ...

Theda C. Snyder - August 7, 2017
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