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Gotcha! Legal Tech Horror Stories from the Experts

What do lawyers fear most about technology? What should they fear? For this All Hallows' Eve edition of Friday 5+ Tech Tips, we asked the practice management experts for their best — or is it worst? — legal tech horror stories. Here are chosen ...

The Editors - October 30, 2015
How to Make a News Release Work

First, let’s get some terms straight. These days, journalism schools are teaching students that a "press release" should be called a "news release." Last time I heard, television, radio, cable and the Web don’t use printing presses. So starting ...

Jon Quick - October 19, 2015
Five Things I Loved at the 2015 Futures Conference

Once a year, the College of Law Practice Management meets at its Futures Conference to induct new Fellows into the College and discuss issues of importance to the delivery of legal services. This year’s meeting took place October 8-9 at ...

Patrick Lamb - October 16, 2015
Is Ohio Gagging Lawyers Speaking at Seminars?

Every few years, state ethics officials issue a questionable decision in the legal marketing ethics area. The ones that make you scratch your head and think, “Really? What planet do they live on?” In Florida, for example, officials thought a ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - October 15, 2015
Brain Fun: Work Smarter, Not Harder

Good ideas come from all sorts of unlikely places. A Walgreens insert in a recent Sunday paper contained a list of ways to make our brains healthier and more productive. A few of the recommendations were particularly interesting to ...

Paul H. Burton - October 14, 2015
Fork in the Road: Do You Take the Job, or Stay Solo?

You’ve got a nice little Saturday going: You didn’t get the job you wanted coming out of law school, but you’ve been running your own solo law practice for a few years now, and it feels like you’re starting to turn the corner. You’ve kept up on ...

Jared Correia - October 13, 2015
Cautionary Tales of Personal Burnout

Stop buying into the Superman complex and consider the ramifications of not taking care of yourself.

Megan Zavieh - October 12, 2015
Five Win-Win Ethics Tips for Start-ups and Solos

It's a win-win. The best strategies for keeping your startup on the straight and narrow, ethics-wise, are often the same strategies that help your practice grow. Mark Bassingthwaighte, risk advisor for malpractice insurance carrier ALPS, ...

Joan Feldman - October 9, 2015
Specificity Avoids Calendar Calamities

“Your Honor, this is a motion to vacate the most recent order and request for rehearing. Unfortunately, our failure to appear was caused by a calendaring error in our office.” How embarrassing. Yet, “calendaring” or “docketing” (depending on ...

Theda C. Snyder - October 6, 2015
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12 Ways to Get Your Head Straight

You know that feeling you get when, brilliant as you almost always are, the words refuse to organize themselves into anything more than just ordinary? When the to-do list on your desk threatens to rise up and take over? When it seems that, in ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - October 5, 2015
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