Computer security can’t be stressed enough in law firms. It's tempting to think you personally don't really have to pay attention to "security stuff," or that your firm is "too little" for bad guys to be interested in. But you’d be wrong. As ...
Vivian Manning - November 12, 2013Every law firm needs to know who else is representing their clients and hottest prospects. The following five tools make it easier than ever for us to find out. None of the tools is 100 percent comprehensive or 100 percent accurate, not even the ...
Ann Lee Gibson and Amy Quintard - November 8, 2013A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about the importance of showing up — how regular contact with people and building relationships keeps you top of mind so potential clients will call you when they need legal services. In that post, I ...
Ruth Carter - November 6, 2013We always look forward to tips from Legal Marketing Technology Conference/West, the hot-ticket event presented by the Legal Marketing Association's Bay ...
Kerstin Firmin - November 1, 2013Who are these “enterprising lawyers”? Actually, they are easy to spot. Look for the happier, more engaged lawyers. Deeply invested in the power of the work they do for their clients, they have ample interests beyond the practice of law as well. ...
The Editors - October 29, 2013You are a member of an organization that holds quarterly dinner meetings with a speaker. You look at your calendar and realize the next meeting is Wednesday night — drat! But, dutifully, you show up just in time to sit down for the meal, ...
Sally J. Schmidt - October 22, 2013If you like this sort of thing (and I really do), the P3 Conference was an energizing, cutting-edge event that, for the first time, brought together three traditionally discrete disciplines — pricing, practice improvement and project management ...
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - October 18, 2013Krebbs came to me for advice. It seems one of his associates had called in sick the day they were to prepare massive final documents for a filing, leaving Johnson high and dry to finish it by himself. That very same night, however, Krebbs saw ...
Otto Sorts - October 17, 2013Once you know that no one is looking at your law firm website, it’s time to get serious about turning that around. How?
Gyi Tsakalakis - October 16, 2013Some of the legal profession’s foremost thought leaders gathered last week at the College of Law Practice Management’s 2013 Futures Conference, October 4-5, in Chicago. This year, a new format combined brief TED-style talks with longer breakout ...
Steve Nelson - October 11, 2013