Lawyers are good at many things, most of them associated with legal knowledge and analysis. We’re less good at many other things, most of them having to do with business and management. One of the things we’re least good at, I believe, is identifying and interviewing talent. The existence, let alone the widespread use, of the US News & World Report law school rankings in the recruitment process tells me that ours is not a profession burdened with a sophisticated approach to talent evaluation. You know who is good at evaluating talent? Our clients.

Eddie Izzard, the famous British comedian who dresses in drag, said that success in life is premised 60 percent upon how you look, 30 percent on how you sound, and only 10 percent on what you actually say. Therefore, if you look good and sound good, people will believe in you. This may shock you, but […]

Do you have that nagging feeling you’re just not enjoying your work as much as you used to? Are Sunday evenings beginning to weigh on you because you know you’re going back to work Monday morning? You might be ready for a change. Change can come in all shapes and sizes—from expanding your practice interests to changing where you work to completely changing careers. Take time out to consider what will be the best change for you.

Here it comes. That most wonderful, awful time of year. The pressure is on to serve the perfect turkey. Someone down the hall just mentioned she’s finished her Christmas shopping. And then there’s the office party. Well, starting this week, we're taking a vow to keep things cheerfully mellow this year. Are you with us?

I have had the pleasure of being part of Ignite Phoenix for the past two years. I spoke at Ignite Phoenix 5 and have volunteered at almost every Ignite event since. Each event features 18 speakers, and each speaker gets five minutes and 20 PowerPoint slides to share one of their passions. We’ve had people talk about everything from paragliding to how to spend 24 hours in a Walmart. But all the speakers share one thing in common: They know how to use PowerPoint effectively.

Many lawyers successfully use Google AdWords to promote both their practices, connecting with potential clients who are searching online for what they do. Unfortunately, keyword auctions and paid click prices have become much more expensive. Still, paid search campaigns can provide one of the most predictable and manageable returns on your marketing investment. But is Google's newest AdWords option for you?

One way us old guys comfort ourselves about aging is by proving our continuing usefulness to the firm through mentoring new lawyers. While we may think that pearls of wisdom just drip from our lips, I wonder: Do we really have anything useful to contribute? Today’s young lawyers are looking for an edge in a legal world that is […]

For better or worse, we’ve become ‘always-on’ professionals. We want access to all our data, all the time and we want it now. In the past, data housed on an office network or personal computer could be very difficult to access remotely. With the advent of Cloud storage, however, accessing that data has become much easier. The question becomes which cloud provider are you going to use and what data are you going to store there?

Each year, some of the greatest minds in the world of law practice management convene at the Annual Meeting of the College of Law Practice Management. Fellows of the College are accomplished professionals from all walks of “legal” life: small firms, big firms, in-house departments, bar associations, service providers and academia. The past three years […]

“The best thing about owning our own firm is to have the control and autonomy to decide how you want to do it and when you want to do it,” says Roberta D. Liebenberg, a senior partner at Fine Kaplan in Philadelphia. Whether you prefer to work late at night or in the morning, it’s your […]