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Clients Don’t Have My Cell Number: 5 Rules for Preventing Lawyer Burnout

"If you want to reach the next plateau of your career and enjoy your life while doing it, you have to stop pretending that being available 24/7 is a badge of honor." Jason Wright has five pragmatic rules for preventing burnout in his family law practice, starting with better boundaries.

May 29, 2026 0 0
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Your Law Firm’s Knowledge Is Trapped: A Chatbot Can Let It Out

Ernie Svenson: A curated chatbot finally makes all the knowledge trapped in your law firm useful — without a big-firm budget and without a KM department. Here's how.

May 28, 2026 0 0
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Building a Law Firm PPC Strategy That Actually Signs Cases

Cheap clicks? Bo Royal pulled data from PI, criminal defense and bankruptcy ad campaigns to find out which ads actually work. Here's his advice on building a law firm PPC strategy that drives more signed cases, not more clicks.

May 27, 2026 0 0
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Why Your Brain Needs Creative Rest (and What That Actually Looks Like)

For a profession that runs on cognitive performance, creative rest isn’t optional. It’s strategy. Karen Skinner explains what that looks like for busy lawyers.

May 26, 2026 0 0
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Does Doodling Make You a Better Listener? 4 Good Reasons to Unleash Your Inner Doodler

Analog Attorney: Doodling may be the very last activity you'd look to for improving your productivity, uncorking your creative genius and deepening your listening skills. But stay with me. There’s science. There’s history. There are famous people. And cats.

Originally published May 24, 2026
Last updated May 25, 2026
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Microsoft Word Tips for Lawyers: Three Ways to Make Word Work Better

Tech Tips: Ben Schorr has three quick tips to help make Microsoft Word work better for you, especially on long documents.

May 22, 2026 5 0
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Harshita Ganesh on Fighting AI Slop and Reclaiming Content Control for Women

Harshita Ganesh and Jared Correia tackle the disturbing rise of non-consensual AI deepfakes and the legislative frameworks needed to protect women online.

Originally published May 21, 2026
Last updated May 24, 2026
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Seize the Scaffolding: Why Law Firm Growth Still Depends on Getting the Basics Right

Zena Applebaum | There's a growing gap between what law firms expect their tech, including AI, to deliver and what their MarTech infrastructure can support.

May 20, 2026 0 0
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Your Law Firm’s Partner Compensation Plan Is Sabotaging Your Succession

Brenda Barnes | Put your compensation plan and succession plan side by side. Does the comp plan reward or punish the behaviors succession requires?

May 20, 2026 0 0
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Trust Account Reconciliation: Can You Find the Errors Hiding In a Positive Bank Balance?

Amy Coats | A negative trust balance is easy to spot. But a positive balance can hide serious problems as well. Here's how a three-way trust account reconciliation reveals the errors hidden in a positive balance.

May 18, 2026 0 0
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