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Enhance Gmail’s Usefulness

August 27, 2010

Gmail is great and I would highly recommend it to any solo or small firm attorney. It integrates with Google Calendar seamlessly, it can be searched along with Google Docs, and Google is constantly adding new features. Here are a couple of great ones.

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Do Your Emails Have the Correct Tone?

July 25, 2010

Maybe you just started using email, or maybe you have just become a little too casual in emails to opposing counsel. You can edit your own emails, but sometimes it can be helpful to get a second opinion to make sure you are projecting the proper tone. If you find yourself in that situation, try [...]

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What I Use to Manage My Practice [Update 2]

July 20, 2010

I first talked about the tools I use to manage my law practice in April 2008. I updated the list of my practice software and tools in February 2009, and it seems like a good time to do so again. Since the last update, my firm has gained one attorney employee and three independent contractors, [...]

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What Your Email Signature Block Should Say About You

July 18, 2010

A large portion of my interaction with opposing counsel and potential clients is through email. Sometimes, however the ease of email makes lawyers forget basic rules of email etiquette. If most of your correspondence is done via email, be sure you have a proper signature block.

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Avoid Emailing while Driving with DriveSafe.ly

July 16, 2010

Many lawyers (and other professionals) have apparently married their smartphones, to the point where they are incessantly emailing from their phones — even while driving. If you find yourself in that situation and want to avoid future collisions, you probably need to work on your self-control. If you still feel the need to constantly be [...]

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Organize Email Attachments with DokDok

July 12, 2010

Email has quickly become many lawyers’ preferred method of communicating and exchanging documents. One problem, however, with sending documents as email attachments is that you can end up acquiring multiple versions of the same document. If you are not extremely well organized, it may become unclear which version is the latest and greatest. If that [...]

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