Daily Dispatch

Five Must-Know Password Protection Tips

No doubt, at this moment, armies of hackers are dreaming up diabolical new ways to cash in on our identities, crash our sites and disrupt our favorite pastimes. ("Smishing!") But really, the biggest threat to your online security is ... you. ...

Joan Feldman - May 9, 2014
marketing goals
The Relationship Game: 4 Law Firm Business Development Truths

What do Apple, McDonald’s, Nike and P&G have in common? Besides spending more than a billion dollars on advertising annually, these "B2C" (business to consumer) companies are turning to "B2B" firms for marketing inspiration. They do so with good ...

John Simpson - May 8, 2014
data redundancy
Legal Analytics: The Future of Intelligent Design

Solo and small firm lawyers are very much like "baseball men" prior to the Moneyball conversion. Once certain teams started making decisions based on hard numbers, rather than suppositions and unrefined projections, the new-school teams were ...

Jared Correia - May 6, 2014
Enterprising Lawyer
The Enterprising Lawyer: Mark Unger

Who are these “enterprising lawyers”? Actually, they are easy to spot. Look for the more engaged and happier lawyers in the crowd. Deeply invested in the power of the work they do for their clients, they have ample interests beyond the practice ...

The Editors - May 1, 2014
dealing with burnout
Attorney Discipline: Does Time in Practice Count?

When sanctioning lawyers who have violated the rules, ethics regulators typically consider a set of aggravating circumstances that can increase the punishment, as well as a list of mitigating factors that may reduce it. These factors may include ...

Megan Zavieh - April 30, 2014
Online Communications
Build Trust in Online Legal Communications

Trust: It’s a quality that supports ease of communication and smooth case management and secures your colleagues’ and clients’ loyalty. But with so much happening today in the online space, how do you establish it? Here are four building blocks ...

Matt Spiegel - April 29, 2014
law practice management
Strategic Planning: Not Just for Big Law Firms

If you know their names — and there's a good chance you do — you may think of Peter Giuliani and John Remsen as consultants who advise AmLaw 200 firms. But today they are also the experts for the Association of Legal Administrators' edition of ...

The Editors - April 28, 2014
The Local Search Game

Let's say you're an average Joe who needs to find a local lawyer. Finding the right one can certainly be a difficult quest. Where do you start? Many might think a person's automatic first step would be to ask a few friends if they've used a ...

The Editors - April 23, 2014
New Math New Money
The Money-Making Proposition

It’s simple math, actually. You can fiddle around with yearly billables expectations, “pieces of the pie” and annual hourly rate adjustments — and even stop stocking free coffee in the break room. But your ability to build a legal business that ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - April 22, 2014
Cure Bad Speech Habits: “It’s, Like, Y’know, Amazing!”

Your vocabulary is probably better than the average reality-show star, but if, you know, you are addicted to “amazing,” or find yourself, like, OK, wanting to, like, break some of your, uhm, bad speech habits, this post is for you.

Theda C. Snyder - April 21, 2014
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