Law Practice Management
practicePRO Resource: Creating strong passwords
The following is an excerpt from practicePRO’s Managing the Security and Privacy of Electronic Data in a Law Office booket. Creating “strong” passwords Create passwords that are harder to guess or figure out. These are called strong passwords and they are more difficult for password-cracking tools to determine. Password-cracking software uses one of three approaches:… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Prevention, Legal TechnologypracticePRO Resource: Google Maps – Can Your Clients Find You There?
Every day millions of Canadians go to Google to look things up. In many cases people don’t even bother with the yellow pages any more – they go straight to Google. Some of those people are looking for legal information or a lawyer. For this reason, it is important to increase your visibility in the… Read More »
Categories: TechnologypracticePRO Resource: Managing the Practice of Investing in Clients booklet
The practice of lawyers investing in clients’ businesses is current and growing. Historically, this type of business transaction found some application in the real estate and mining industries. Inevitably, tha practice resulted from time to time in claims against lawyers. Today, we see the practice being undertaken in the high tech sector whose fast pace… Read More »
Categories: Conflicts of Interest, Law Practice ManagementNew practicePRO resource: Annual Legal Health Check-up
Clients don’t always appreciate how lawyers can help on other legal issues they may encounter as they go through life. Just as booking an appointment with a doctor or financial advisor offers an opportunity to identify issues and gauge your health (physical and financial), checking in with their lawyer can ensure your client’s legal health is… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementThe importance of being early
Punctuality is a virtue much pooh-poohed by a certain kind of lawyer – the kind who views her time as so exquisitely valuable that she must operate in a perpetual state of adrenaline-fueled urgency. Meeting starts at 9:00? If it’s only 8:56, there’s ample time to make an important phone call to get instructions from… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementLAWPRO Magazine archives: Strategic resourcing – Thinking differently about delivery of legal services
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 long term have put one such option – outsourcing – in the spotlight, say two outsourcing providers. Both Gavin Birer, president… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice Management, Legal TechnologypracticePRO Resource: List of habits that annoy clients most
Like you, clients will get upset if they are treated badly or are faced with surprises. Do you appreciate the things that you do that upset or annoy your clients? From the Managing a Better Professional Services Firm booklet, here are the things you should avoid doing that annoy clients most. Not returning phone calls:… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementCareful docketing offers powerful claims defence support
As regular readers of this blog already know, documentation of the progress of a legal matter can be very helpful in the event of a claim. It’s easy to forget, however, that the recommendation with respect to documentation extends to dockets. There was once a time when “to docket” meant the same thing to lawyers… Read More »
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