In her recent blog post, Nancy Byerly Jones talked about the risks legal professionals face when their lives are “out of control.” Malpractice claims don’t stem from the “mean spirited attorney”, but the overworked attorney who is doing too much to do anything well. She stated that when legal professionals recognize the chaos in their [...]
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Legal Crisis Strategies defined a crisis as when something bad happens. “A crisis is an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending, especially one with a distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome.” The legal profession is filled with crisis. Important deadlines and events are missed due to [...]
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In “The Importance of Buffers“, Amber Singleton talked about giving yourself extra time when it comes to meetings, social events, deadlines etc. to ensure that you are always on time and not keeping anyone waiting. Scheduling buffers will help both your personal and professional life as you will feel less stressed, giving the tasks and [...]
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Judge Gerald Lebovits of the New York City Civil Court recently wrote an article on email etiquette for lawyers. Lawyers are extremely busy, so email is an attractive form of communications since it’s fast, easy and delivers immediate response. The risk of using email comes when attorneys hit send too quickly, without taking into consider who [...]
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A guest blog post by Beverly Michaelis: What’s the best way to get your point across? Some would say, “quickly!” So in that spirit, here are a few quick tips to help your law office run more smoothly. Productivity Once you’ve read or responded to e-mail, save it to the client’s electronic folder. Don’t let it [...]
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Running a successful law practice in today’s market requires business, marketing and technology know-how.You can hear the details of how one attorney used law office software to revitalize his high volume, high risk practice, when I interview him in a complimentary, live webinar on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2pm ET/11am PT. He went from [...]
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I came up with some simple strategies that help me stay in control of my email inbox. Create folders: Set up folders for messages based on the level of activity needed. Immediate action, waiting review, pending approval etc.
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When interviewing potential associates for your firm, ask questions that elicit the answers you’re looking for. An ABA Journal article, “Why Law Firm Interviewers Are Asking ‘Tell Me About a Time’ Questions“, talked about a NALP Bulletin that identified the behavioral characteristics of successful law firm associates. These characteristics were found to be the best [...]
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People looking for legal help on the Internet will become someone’s client. It’s important to optimize your firm’s website to grab online visitors before your competitors do. I’ve outlined below the 7 sins of legal websites, as well as how to turn these sins into virtues. 1) Thinking it’s all about you: People come to your [...]
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