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Five Ways to Retreat This Fall — Even Solos!

From my office window, I can see my neighbor, Mickey Wilson, an international "slackline" champion, practicing spectacular flips and turns on a two-inch wide strip of webbing six feet in the air — pushing himself to master new tricks and invent ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - September 9, 2016
Big Data, Little Data: It’s All Useful Data

In our Friday Five "Tech Tips: Small, Powerful Ways to Use Data in Your Law Firm," practice management experts recently weighed in on how small law firms can use data in a meaningful way. Oklahoma Bar Association practice advisor Jim Calloway ...

Jim Calloway - September 6, 2016
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Five Tactics to Build Trust on Your Website

You've spent money and time trying to drive traffic to your website's landing pages. Wouldn't you like to know you're not losing visitors because you fail to inspire trust? You've likely heard that you have anywhere from 3 to 30 seconds to grab ...

Tom Dunn - September 2, 2016
Sharing Legal Information Online Isn’t ‘Giving Away the Store’

There are so many different ways to push marketing content out into the world. Some are brought to you by the wonders of the internet. Others require your in-person participation. Some are free, requiring nothing beyond the creation of ...

Susan Kostal - August 31, 2016
The Law Firm Innovators Who Win the Game

Last week, the winners were revealed! The College of Law Practice Management's 2016 InnovAction Awards will be presented to Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP on Sept. 16 during the college's annual ...

The Editors - August 30, 2016
Creating Confidence in a Time of Stress

Recently I underwent a diagnostic medical test that I knew was going to cause me a great deal of anxiety. In addition, I had to arrive at the medical facility at 7 a.m., couldn’t have a cup of coffee in advance and had been told that I was ...

Wendy Werner - August 29, 2016
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Tech Tips: Small, Powerful Ways to Use Your Data

Everybody seems to be talking about "big data" and data analytics. But what does it mean to a small law firm or solo practitioner? Or, more specifically, what can you do now to start gathering and analyzing data in a meaningful way? For this ...

Joan Feldman - August 26, 2016
Text Expansion for Fun and Profit

For a practicing attorney, efficiency and accuracy are key components of effective work habits. If you can get your work done more quickly, and avoid mistakes such as typos (or overlooking something you meant to say), you will be more ...

Matthew Yospin - August 25, 2016
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Why Clients Drive Technology Adoption

Recently, I hired a lawyer. Not only did I have to print and sign an engagement letter, I also had to mail a check and manually complete a form that was then transferred to a Word document, which I then had to sign by hand. Compared to my ...

Mary Juetten - August 24, 2016
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Build a Major League Small Law Firm Using Data

Managing a winning major league ball club and operating a highly profitable law firm have more in common than meets the eye. It all comes down to numbers. You wouldn’t be in practice if you didn’t have talent, skill and vast knowledge of the law ...

Tate Davis - August 23, 2016
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