Law Practice Management
When taking instructions isn’t taking instructions
How does a diverse population and profession affect our ability as lawyers to settle files, facilitate the purchase of homes, and help businesses grow? It turns out that a number of claims have arisen in recent years where either lawyers have made bad assumptions about their racialized clients, or where racialized lawyers have been taken… Read More »
Categories: Civil Litigation, Diversity, Risk Management StrategiesWhat lawyers need to know about data stored on mobile devices
Rob Lekowski, writing in the ABA’s Law Technology Today blog, explains to lawyers what kind of data can be obtained from their mobile devices. LAWPRO has written on the security of mobile devices from the point of view of cybersecurity, but Mr. Lekowski points out that devices are also being collected for litigation more and… Read More »
Categories: TechnologyThe Importance of Keeping Complete Client Files
Beverly Michaelis, writing in the Oregon Law Practice Management blog, challenges lawyers to think about whether they are keeping a complete copy of client files. Often the answer is no, and there are three arguments against doing so: “I don’t want to store the paper” “Scanning is too time consuming” “The court has all my… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementTurn off email autocomplete to avoid a potential privacy disaster
Catherine Sanders-Reach of the Chicago Bar Association has some good email advice for lawyers: turn off autocomplete in the address field of your emails. With headlines such as “Former bar prez copies top court on email about its ‘ill-conceived and uninformed questions” and “Did Lawyer’s E-Mail Goof Land $1B Settlement on NYT’s Front Page?“, it’s… Read More »
Categories: Technology20 Tips to Improve the Finances of Your Practice
The demands of individual files can make it a challenge to give your practice’s finances the time and attention they need. From the new issue of LAWPRO Magazine, here are 20 ways you can make or save more money in your day-to-day work. Most are relatively simple and can be implemented at little or no… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementLAWPRO Magazine archive: Strategic Outsourcing – Thinking Differently About the Delivery of Legal Services
This article appeared in the July 2009 “Changing Direction” issue of LAWPRO Magazine. All Magazine articles can be found at www.lawpro.ca/magazinearchives Strategically sourcing legal services may not be a new phenomenon, but the current economic downturn, coupled with the growing realization that the legal profession needs to rethink its business model to survive in the… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementSurvey on how lawyers use social media
Lawyers have a reputation of being slow to adopt new technologies, but a new survey done by Attorney at Work shows that when it comes to social media programs that’s not necessarily the case. 340 lawyers replied to their survey, and among the interesting findings are that 91% of them use social media at least… Read More »
Categories: TechnologyGiving Up Solo Practice for Firm Life
When lawyers decide to change the way they practice, it seems to be a more common story that they leave a big firm to strike out on their own, rather than the other way around. LAWPRO even has a questionnaire designed to help those considering sole practice. However, some lawyers do make the opposite change…. Read More »
Categories: Career Management