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Five Questions for Legal Tech Entrepreneurs

Recently Attorney at Work asked three legal technology entrepreneurs — all speakers at this fall's Clio Cloud Conference — for their thoughts on the biggest challenges facing solo attorneys and smaller law firms, why so many stumble at ...

The Editors - October 28, 2016
Ctrl+Alt+Repeat: ClariLegal Refines Vendor Management

Consider the many things that make normal life easier. Like buttons. There haven’t always been buttons, you know. What if you had to button your shirt without buttons? Literally impossible. (Button up, by the way.) I had a professor in ...

Jared Correia - October 27, 2016
Your Secret Marketing Weapon

I’ve noticed that the best rainmakers usually have really good legal administrative assistants (LAAs), and these lawyers are generally very good at engaging their LAAs in activities to nurture existing client relationships and even develop new ones.

Sally J. Schmidt - October 26, 2016
Five Fitness Trends in 2016: Keep Them or Let Them Go?

Now that we are in the third quarter of 2016, we can look back and assess some of the year's health and fitness trends. Which ones have real staying power? There are always many predictions for what will be the go-to diets, workouts and ...

Jamie Spannhake - October 21, 2016
Nothing But the Ruth
Take It to the Wall: Be Organized

“My life sucks.” That’s what I said during the weekly video call with my mastermind group a few weeks ago. My life is actually awesome, but it’s challenging with the amount of work I’ve heaped on my plate. Between clients, speaking engagements ...

Ruth Carter - October 19, 2016
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Getting the Right Clients

Next month, Merrilyn Astin Tarlton's new book hits the streets, and we couldn't be more excited.  Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - October 18, 2016

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Six Fundamental Gaps in Online Marketing for Law Firms

Earlier this month in San Francisco while speaking at the Legal Marketing Technology Conference West, I made a startling observation. Marketing automation in the vast majority of law firms is either nonexistent or 10 years behind the ...

Adrian Dayton - October 17, 2016
Five Legal Marketing Trends to Watch

The Legal Marketing Technology Conference West in San Francisco, produced by the Legal Marketing Association and its Bay Area Chapter, is a forum for product debuts and first looks at new ways of doing business. This year’s conference (held Oct. ...

Susan Kostal - October 14, 2016
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Email Is a Second-Class Form of Communication

Email may be good for maintaining a relationship, but it is not good for building one. Both email and texting are fast, convenient and essentially allow nonstop 24/7 communication. The downside is they are easily misinterpreted — and emails ...

Michael Baker - October 12, 2016
What Broadway’s Hamilton Teaches about Legal Interpretation

Comma placement matters. Broadway musical Hamilton’s Angelica Schuyler sings in “Take a Break”: In a letter I received from you two weeks ago I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? One ...

Theda C. Snyder - October 11, 2016
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