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Online Profiles: Presenting the Best Version of Yourself

Prior to working with a sixth-year associate recently, I reviewed her online profiles. After we had talked for an hour, I noted that her bio was a complete disconnect from her practice. While she originally had been assigned to the firm’s estate ...

Sally J. Schmidt - March 20, 2014
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There’s Always a Mordred in Law Firms

Joe stormed into my office and demanded to borrow my nine iron. It has a nice feel and weight, and I use it to practice swings in the office when I felt tense or meditative. Joe looked tense — but not very meditative. “What's up?” I asked. “That ...

Otto Sorts - March 19, 2014
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Five Things I Loved about Harvard Law’s Disruptive Innovation Conference

You knew it had to happen. After years of blogs, hashtags and conferences referencing "The End of Lawyers," "Legal Rebels" and "New Normal," the movement finally became — you’ll excuse the expression — "old school." In February, while ...

Ann Lee Gibson - March 14, 2014
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Lawyers and CLE Courses: What Are You Really Doing?

As I looked out at the audience while teaching a CLE course recently, I started to wonder how many of them were there because they were interested in the material or because they just needed the credit hours. What were they really doing when ...

Ruth Carter - March 10, 2014
Five Ways to Fortify Your Firm’s Computer Security

In an age where data breach incidents have become a common occurrence, many corporations are beefing up security to protect themselves against data theft and the huge losses that accompany it — financial, IP and customer trust, among others. As ...

Jason Straight - March 7, 2014
Is Super Bowl Advertising Worth It for a Law Firm?

Question: We saw the TV ad the Georgia lawyer created for the Super Bowl and also heard that a national law firm spent a ton of money on Super Bowl advertising a few years ago. Was that a good idea? I think it was awfully ...

The Editors - March 5, 2014
Happy National Grammar Day! Lawyers’ Top Three Grammar Goof-ups

It's a fitting way to celebrate National Grammar Day: Today we are announcing that lawyer and author Teddy Snyder is taking over Attorney at Work's monthly "Get to the Point" column. Teddy will be giving practical tips, picking at nits and — ...

Theda C. Snyder - March 4, 2014
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How Can We Keep Our Law Firm’s Systems Safe in a BYOD World?

Question: "We're all using personal tablets, smartphones and laptops, but there's worry about the threat it poses to our law firm's IT systems and infrastructure. What can we do to keep firm and client data secure from outside ...

The Editors - February 27, 2014
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Evernote Can Remember Every Business Card You Collect

No matter how technologically advanced we are as a society, we still follow a tradition that goes all the way back to the 1600s, when calling cards made their debut. Over the next centuries, calling cards were used to announce the impending ...

Daniel Gold - February 26, 2014
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Law Firm SEO Like It’s 1985

The best law firm SEO results come from doing really good authentic marketing. While most people scour the web for the latest magic trick to drive more search traffic to their sites, the real magic SEO bullet for lawyers was cast long before the ...

Gyi Tsakalakis - February 18, 2014
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