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A guest blog post by Jared Correia: Busy lawyers often only have the time, within their work lives, to practice law, and, by that: “the practice of law”, I mean “the substantive practice of law”. And, while it would be a wonderful dreamscape to sit at your desk and just hack away at the substantive practice [...]
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A blog post on The Nutmeg Lawyer told an entertaining story about an attorney who was approached by a client while using a drive-through ATM machine. The post said, “Just because technology makes it possible to communicate 24/7, doesn’t mean you should be available 24/7.” I always say that it is important to respond to client [...]
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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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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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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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Lee Rosen recently wrote an article, “10 Best Ways to Anger a Client”, for his blog, Divorce Discourse. He outlines “the top ways to alienate a client, cause them to complain and encourage them to trash your reputation. It’s not always easy to make a client really, really angry. But with thought, effort, and this [...]
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In a recent post on Lawyerist.com, Allison Shields cited a 2009 Stanford University study that showed multi-taskers have more difficulty filtering out useless information. Though it’s enticing to try to talk on the phone, answer an email, and monitor Twitter all at once, something is bound to fall through the cracks. An example is when I [...]
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As humans we all make mistakes. As lawyers, mistakes can be detrimental. Calendaring errors are the leading cause of malpractice suits against attorneys. The ABA estimates that nearly 20% of all malpractice suits are due to calendaring errors and missed deadlines. The repercussions of a missed court appearance or deadline can be severe. Judges can [...]
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Life can be stressful, especially as an attorney. Burnout, the state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by prolonged stress, basically defines periods of my life as an attorney. As much as I enjoy practicing law, there are days I just am too burnout out to do much work. Over the years I [...] |
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Great blog post.Really looking forward to read more.
Great to see your post Jared! Lawyers should confirm whether confidentiality applies. Some state bars ensure that accessing PMA is ...