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Three Mistakes You’re Probably Making in Slack (And How to Fix It)

Tom Lambotte | Yes, you can edit messages in Slack, and other simple tips to help your team be more efficient.

Originally published May 24, 2022
Last updated July 10, 2023
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Sensitive Email? Things to Know Before Hitting Send

Email is merely information transmitted via the cloud—and all lawyers routinely send confidential messages and attachments via email. It’s how business has been done since Marty McFly hopped in the DeLorean. But today the FBI is warning lawyers that they are prime hacker targets, so it's an ideal time to revisit your email security precautions.

Originally published May 24, 2022
Last updated December 5, 2024
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Five Ways to Shift Perspective

Shifting your perspective can elevate your mood and bring you to new creative solutions.

Originally published May 24, 2022
Last updated January 5, 2025
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Crafting a Soft Sell With Hard Data: The Art of Legal Analytics in Business Development

Trellis legal analytics | Keeping up on the litigation landscape with AI-powered legal analytics can help cultivate productive and meaningful client relationships.

Originally published May 23, 2022
Last updated February 22, 2024
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10 Things I Hate About the Little Things Lawyers Do

Whenever you spend a bunch of time with a group of people (like your family … ahem), you’re bound to become annoyed with them, at least some of the time. I have worked closely with solo and small firm lawyers for years now and I need an outlet, frankly. I can limit screen time for my kids if they piss me off, but there’s nothing I can do when trying to change the tactics of certain wayward lawyers — save for moral suasion, of which this writing is a part. As always, the idea is not solely to critique and cajole but to find a better way forward.

Originally published May 22, 2022
Last updated November 15, 2023
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Guest Posting: A Powerful SEO Hack for Lawyers

Lawyers looking to make their content more visible should get much more aggressive about guest posting. Here’s how.

Originally published May 22, 2022
Last updated July 2, 2023
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Your Competition Is Lazy: Three Things Small Law Firms Can Do to Find New Business Now

Roy Ginsburg | Small firms may be in a perfect position for new client acquisition in 2021 — as long as they follow these three steps.

Originally published May 21, 2022
Last updated September 22, 2022
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Five Questions to Ask a New Client

It's one of the fundamentals they drummed into you in law school: It is your job to know the answers. That's why clients seek your help, right? How you prove you are smart, and why they pay your bills? Well, yes and no. In many cases, it's less about you knowing the answers and much more about you knowing the right questions to ask.

Originally published May 20, 2022
Last updated June 29, 2023
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body language in the courtroom

Courting Insight: Body Language In The Courtroom

The most brilliant trial attorneys seem to have a natural instinct in reading people, knowing intuitively what every nod from a juror or glance from a judge implies. For the rest of us, there’s this handy cheat sheet that breaks down some of the most common body language exhibited in the courtroom.

Originally published May 20, 2022
Last updated July 5, 2023
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Living and Working With Intentionality

Jamie Spannhake | Set your intentions for your life and commit to living them every day.

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