Lawyerist:
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Law.com - Newswire:
Should on-campus recruiting at law schools be delayed until the spring? That question was a major topic of discussion during a recent roundtable on the future of legal hiring that brought together law firm leaders, law school officials and general counsel in Washington, D.C. Many of the participants agreed that it would mak (Read More)
Law.com - Newswire:
For all the talk about change, corporate counsel are finding it hard to believe that outside firms are serious about rethinking their approach to client service and billing. In a survey by Altman Weil, 75 percent of the responding chief legal officers rated their law firms between zero to four on a 10-point scale, indicatin (Read More)
Law.com - Newswire:
Former clients of a Cleveland-based law firm have convinced an Ohio appeals court to revive their claim that the firm duped them into a low-ball settlement in a legal malpractice case. Reversing a lower court, the three-judge panel threw out summary judgment in favor of Javitch Block, finding that the lower court needed to (Read More)
The Mac Lawyer:
I'm pleased to repost the following "MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 Review for Lawyers" by my friend, Finis Price, from his superb TechnoEsq blog:As most of you know, TechnoEsq posted a review by Victor Medina of the early version of MacSpeech back in March 2008. That review has now become the most read post on TechnoEsq, probably d (Read More)
Practicing Law in the 21st Century:
This week’s Daily Record column is entitled “Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media.”A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.*****“[S]ocial media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content. It’s a fusion of sociology and t (Read More)
Law21:
Recently, Carolyn Elefant at Legal Blog Watch summarized an interesting debate over a question that many lawyers will soon be asking themselves. Let’s say your law practice succumbs to the logical and inevitable, stops routinely billing by the hour, and institutes other system(s) of pricing and selling your work. Query: do (Read More)
The Mac Lawyer:
If you are a Mac-using attorney (or if you want to become one), then you should attend MILO Fest 2009, the Mac-focused conference for attorneys. After weeks of anticipation and speculation, details have just been announced this week about this exciting seminar.I am excited to be one of the speakers, and I think that this s (Read More)
The Mac Lawyer:
Web-based software is continuing to gain in popularity and usage among attorneys. My firm uses several of these in our daily practice, including Rocket Matter (case management / time & billing), gMail (firm email), and Evernote (electronic filing / storage system). If you hear the terms "the cloud" and "SaaS" but aren't q (Read More)
Lawyerist:
We would like to thank our current Lawyerist advertisers:Apex Process Servers: Getting your legal documents into the right hands in MinnesotaTime59: Online time and billing software for solo professionals(Use referral code “Lawyerist” to get 4 extra months free!)Conroy Consults: Law firm website design and creative marketin (Read More)
Practicing Law in the 21st Century:
This week’s Daily Record column is entitled “The Court of Appeals “gets it” when it comes to technology.”A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.*****It is indisputable that technology is changing the world and the practice of law. Technological advances have increased o (Read More)
Practicing Law in the 21st Century:
My recent article about lawyers and Twitter, published in the ABA’s Law Practice Management magazine, can be found here and is set forth in full below:Are You Considering Twittering? Ways to Cut Through the NoiseEdited by Steve Matthews If you haven’t tried Twitter, here’s why you should, with a look at new resources that a (Read More)
The Mac Lawyer:
This month's The Legal Mac column from Law Practice Today, the ABALaw Practice Management Section's webzine, discusses the issues involved in working remotely with your Mac. I am pleased to present, "Working Remotely on the Mac" by Jason Wietholter, Director of Technology, Opveon Litigation Services:Get advice for using yo (Read More)
Lawyerist:
We have been writing about using Twitter for legal marketing for over a year now.If you still have not checked Twitter out, or if you feel like you need to learn more about how to use it for your practice, you might want to check out some books on Twitter best practices. There are lots of books on how to optimize Twitter fo (Read More)
Lawyerist:
Want to join hundreds of savvy attorneys from around the country to share advice and ideas and shape the future of Lawyerist?The June 2009 issue of the Lawyerist Insider newsletter will be going out on Monday morning. This month’s issue features some great information on law office technology as well as a challenge we have (Read More)