End the ‘I Don’t Have Time for That!’ Problem
In the Broadway musical “Rent,” there is this great lyric: “In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes — how do you measure a year in the life?” It has always stuck with me. Why? Every...
View ArticleFive Steps to Winning the Hiring Wars
Winning the talent war is one of the most important ways that an organization can make more than incremental change in a relatively short period of time. In his book, “Good to Great: Why Some Companies...
View ArticleA Baker’s Dozen ‘Seller’s Market’ Myths
Many refer to the 2008 economic meltdown as the “Great Reset.” For law firm business development, it’s healthy to embrace that as a literal expression. The law business was reset from a seller’s...
View ArticleCreative Thinking About Your Practice Can Reduce Ethics Risk
Lately, thinking creatively about the practice of law has been a theme running through my professional life. While we are a relatively stodgy profession, many avenues for legal innovation exist. From...
View ArticleTo Comma, Or Not to Comma: You May Be Getting It Wrong
Comma placement can cause a big effect in legal documents. (See “What Broadway’s Hamilton Teaches About Legal Interpretation.”) In particular, whether or not to place a comma before the word “and”...
View ArticleThree Microsoft Word Ninja Features
Microsoft Word is a complex application, so much so that most of us use only a fraction of its capabilities. But you don’t have to spend all your waking hours becoming a bona fide Word ninja to extract...
View ArticleFive Easy Ways to Create a Healthy, Less-Stressed Workplace
Stress is a natural part of any good lawyer’s life. Recently, however, it’s been a bit much, no? Little wonder that soothing GIF that helps sync your breathing has gone viral again. And it actually...
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Have You Got What Clients Want?
You can read all the books and listen to all the podcasts about legal marketing … apply expert advice to your social media and blogging routine … study up on how to build your personal network,...
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Do You Own Your Brand?
Let me start by saying that I’m not an intellectual property lawyer. But I am a lawyer and part owner of a marketing agency. And, while I no longer practice law, I can still spot an issue when I see...
View ArticleHow to Sound Like a Winning Lawyer
Last night while making dinner, I was listening to a political documentary playing in the background. One expert after another chimed in with comments, offered deep thoughts, gave opinions — all...
View ArticleCoping With Stress: Trudging Through the Drudgery
“How do you cope with stress?” That was this month’s question from my Attorney at Work editors. At first, I laughed at the question, but the gentlest response I can give is, “Not gracefully.” I’ve been...
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Five Ways to Automate Workflows in Your Law Firm
There’s ample evidence to suggest that lawyers — members of a profession that almost exclusively bills by the hour — are not doing everything they can to maximize their earnings. Clio’s recently...
View ArticleSeven Steps to Productive Meetings
Meetings are the most expensive periods of time we spend together. Try, for example, adding up the loaded employee cost of a simple weekly status meeting. Your answer will make it immediately clear why...
View ArticleMatch Game: Six Tips for Attracting the Right Clients
Finding the right clients is a lot like online dating. The way people find a date has changed dramatically, with eHarmony, OkCupid, Match.com and Tinder, but the rules of attracting and making someone...
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What Tops Your Techie Wish List This Holiday Season?
Each November, we ask legal tech experts to share their personal holiday technology wish list with our readers. Can’t decide what to gift the techie in your life? Here are things the practice...
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Visual Storytelling: Don’t Leave Your Content on the Cutting-Room Floor
Most lawyers deal with the printed word all day long. They’ve been trained to take in and share knowledge as text. As a writer, it’s a stretch for me to even conceive of presenting information in a...
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Five Holiday Gifts That Celebrate 2016
As we usher in the holiday season, there is no doubt that 2016 has been an audacious year, from hurricanes to the Rio Olympics to the U.S. presidential election. So, as you shop for your favorite...
View ArticleAttorneys, Don’t Bury the Lede
Attorneys frequently ignore this basic journalism rule: Start with your strongest point. Your lead or “lede” should entice the reader to continue reading. The phrase “bury the lede” appears to be the...
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Loneliness: Taking Care to Stay Connected
Mountain climbers are fastidious about the lines they trust their lives to, and scuba divers are constantly checking the tanks and regulators on which they depend. In the hectic world of practicing law...
View ArticleClio’s First Trends Report Paints Alarming Picture of Solo and Small Law...
Law practice management software provider Clio released its first annual Legal Trends Report on October 17. The survey is a compilation of data aggregated from 40,000 Clio subscribers in the...
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