Managing a Law Firm

Five Tech Tools to Add More Hours to a Lawyer’s Day

Technology continues to raise clients' expectations. They want improved performance, better communication, accurate billing and quicker results. Lawyers will fail to keep up with those expectations if they refuse to incorporate the necessary ...

Niraj Ranjan Rout - October 13, 2016
client relationships
Email Is a Second-Class Form of Communication

Email may be good for maintaining a relationship, but it is not good for building one. Both email and texting are fast, convenient and essentially allow nonstop 24/7 communication. The downside is they are easily misinterpreted — and emails ...

Michael Baker - October 12, 2016
boost your productivity
Pull It Together: Defining Projects and Next Action Items

You spend the whole day in court, or in meetings and conferences with clients. And what do you have to show for it? A legal pad filled with scribbles, a few random thoughts on sticky notes — and more scribbles on the back of an envelope because ...

Daniel Gold - October 10, 2016
Tech Tips Friday Five
Productivity-Boosting Tech Tips for Your Law Practice

Where Does Your Time Go? Lawyers' utilization rates and productivity measures have been hot topics since Clio announced it will release its first “Legal Trends Report” later this month. Among the most stunning revelations will ...

Joan Feldman - October 7, 2016
dealing with burnout
Ethics Case for Attorney Retreats

Our own Merrilyn Aston Tarlton recently wrote here about five ways solos can find time for law firm retreats. And on that score, ...

Megan Zavieh - October 5, 2016
Should Your Career Expire When Your Lease Does?

Clients often ask me, “Roy, what’s the biggest mistake solo practitioners and small firm owners make when considering their retirement/succession strategies?” My answer? Attorneys permit their office situation, specifically a lease obligation, ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - October 4, 2016
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Overheard at the 2016 Futures Conference

At the Futures Conference, there are always so many interesting new ideas pinging around it is impossible to catch them all. So this year, we enlisted a few people to help us keep track. Today we wrap Futures Week — our series on predictions ...

The Editors - September 30, 2016
Family Law Attorney's Guide to Practice Management Software
Your Free Guide to Practice Management Software for Family Law Attorneys

Life as a family law attorney is a pretty full docket. With high caseloads, too many calls to return, and yet another post on your favorite legal blog telling you everything you’re doing wrong in your practice, trying to keep up with everything ...

MyCase - September 29, 2016
attorney at work
Where Will the Legal Jobs Be in 2026?

Well, the short answer is: Read William Henderson's ABA Journal article “What the Jobs Are.” It’s hard to improve on Bill’s excellent work. But I’ll offer some complementary thoughts here. By 2026, we should be coming to the end of an ...

Jordan Furlong - September 28, 2016
Will Alternative Business Structures Fly?

Alternative Business Structures (ABS) is the innocuous label given to one of the most important, yet ignored, issues facing the legal profession today. It is the debate whether or not to change our ethics rules to allow non-lawyer corporate ...

Reid Trautz - September 27, 2016
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