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Email Etiquette Guide for Lawyers

February 8, 2010

Given attorney’s busy schedules, communicating over email is many times preferable. The ease of email, however, sometimes overshadow a number of problems with email communications. A New York Housing Court judge has developed a helpful “email etiquette guide” to alleviate the most common problems.

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Keep Your Inbox Empty

January 8, 2010

Most people agree that having a full email inbox is stressful. Everyone processes information in different ways, but organizing your inbox can help you stay on task throughout the day and make your more productive.

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Use Your Fax Machine to Send Emails

January 3, 2010

If you are technologically challenged, or know someone who is, you probably do not communicate with them via email. But if you have a phone line and a fax connection, Celery may solve your problem.

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Voicemail Transcription

December 25, 2009

Voicemail is a waste of time. As Michael Arrington said (a while ago), “[v]oicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it.” I have no illusions that voicemail will truly die any time soon, so I have tried a number of ways to make voicemail more efficient in my office.
My main solution is [...]

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Make Your Emails More Productive

December 17, 2009

Sending emails probably takes up a decent portion of your day—get the most out of your efforts.
Be concise. There is nothing worse than receiving a four-paragraph email that contains two thoughts and one question that needs a reply. Sending concise emails will generate faster responses (along with guaranteeing the other person will actually respond).

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Mastering the Work-Life Balance

December 14, 2009

Achieve a better work-life balance by asserting yourself.
Asserting yourself may not necessarily mean leaving after working eight hours everyday, but taking more moderate steps. Try asking if you can work remotely once a week. Working from home can be nice at times and can at least make you feel like you are spending more time [...]

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iPhone Multitasking

December 4, 2009

While you may not be able to run multiple applications simultaneously on your iPhone, you can talk on the phone and use an application at the same time.
A lot has made of the iPhone’s limitations in the multitasking department—it cannot have multiple applications running at the same time. For example, you cannot check your email [...]

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Feed Fixed

November 30, 2009

If you have not been receiving Lawyerist posts via RSS or e-mail lately, that is because we were attacked by a Google spammer who screwed up the feed by taking advantage of a hosting vulnerability. We have cleared out the compromised files, and everything should be back to normal.
Find out all the ways to keep up [...]

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