How Your Daily Routine Can Help Keep Your Law Practice Cutting Edge
Introducing guest blogger – Chelsea Wilson
Chelsea Wilson is the Community Relations Manager for Washington University School of Law’s online LL.M. degree program, @WashULaw, which provides foreign trained attorneys with the opportunity to earn a Masters in Law degree from a top-tier American university from anywhere in the world. Join the @WashULaw Community on Twitter.
Are you an attorney that has trouble managing time? If not, do you know someone who does? This post is for attorneys or people you may know who struggle to fit everything—online marketing channels, pursuing bar association activities, reading legal books, and participation in other professional and business development strategies—into their day. […]
Bloomberg Law Makes My Day!
OMG! I am excited and I owe a big “Thank You!” to Bloomberg Law. Finally Siri can understand me!
Maybe I can pay it forward by helping other sufferers from my problem. Let me explain.
I’m an avid fan of technology and I use my iPhone a lot. I’m not a good thumb typist, however. So when I want to send an email or text, do a Google search or jot a note to myself on my iPhone, I prefer to dictate it to Siri. […]
Updating Your Marketing Strategy
Back in 1980 when I started practicing law, lawyers touted this client development strategy: “Just do good work.” Even back then, that sounded naïve and simplistic to me, but perhaps it had validity when there were fewer lawyers competing for clients. The number of attorneys has almost tripled since then, yet I still hear experienced lawyers give newer lawyers that same business development advice.
The legal world has changed, however, and the old ways need a makeover. This article will provide a few ideas for updating some well-worn (and perhaps worn-out) business development strategies. […]
How Legal Management Software Can Make Your Firm More Efficient
Introducing Guest Blogger Paul Simms –
Paul Simms is Sales & Marketing Director for Reflect Digital, a digital marketing agency based in the UK, who specialise in design, development and marketing for legal websites.
In the past, lawyers and solicitors relied heavily on paper-based systems, and whilst many professionals coped dealing with their workloads in this manner just fine, few would argue against the contention that computer based systems such as legal case management software have made life easier for all concerned. When a law professional has so many clients to bill, it can be a tough juggling act working out just how much time has been spent on a case and what to charge. Law firm software is designed to put an end to all that, providing enhanced levels of efficiency and accuracy. […]
Goosebumps at a State Bar Conference
Historic advance by the State Bar of Texas: Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson swears in President Lisa Tatum
A Law Firm Associate’s Primer on Law Firm Economics
Sometimes I speak to law students about law firm economics. The schools want me to tell students the financial aspects of law firms that young lawyers need to know, in order to be successful there. Law firm managing partners want me to help students understand how long it takes for a new lawyer to be profitable for the firm. Here’s some information about law firm economics for law students and young lawyers that serves the needs of everyone. […]