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Mental Health and the Law

February 10, 2010

Guest post by Gregory A. Mattacola.
Attorney mental health is an important issue for lawyers to address as part their practice. A lawyer today need only perform a cursory scan of his or her mail and e-mail to be hit with all the various areas one supposedly needs to manage in order to be an effective [...]

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Best Lawyerist Posts of 2009

December 27, 2009

It has been an amazing year for Lawyerist!
In March, we relaunched the site as a part of Lawyerist Media LLC. Over the course of the year we added an amazing team of contributors from all over the country. They have provided all of us with great posts and ideas to consider.
We are grateful to [...]

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3 steps to jump-start your legal marketing

July 20, 2009

When researching a marketing plan for your law firm, Google will provide you with hundreds of options with 15 or 20 involved steps to follow. While that is great in theory, it makes the process of developing a marketing plan overwhelming.
Lets cut it down to three realistic items that are essential to consider and critical [...]

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Land your dream job on Twitter

June 4, 2009

Whether you are already a Twitter guru, or are just beginning to curiously test its waters, here are the best resources for finding your legal dream job on Twitter, with a bit of general Twitter advice as well.
General Twitter Advice
If you’re not yet on Twitter, here are my short and sweet tips:

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Blueprint for a better profession

April 3, 2009

The New York Times supposes that the silver lining to the mass layoffs at law firms across the company may be that “the legal world may be inspired to draw blueprints for the 21st century.” The Times editors’ imagination of what those blueprints may look like, however, is pretty much limited to salaries, fees, and [...]

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Tom Tuft on marketing a well-established family law firm

May 13, 2008

Every Friday for the last few weeks I have posted interviews with solo and small firm attorneys who talked to me about their marketing strategies, online and offline, high tech and old school. Today’s (belatedly posted) interview with Tom Tuft is the last interview.
My last interviewee is Tom Tuft, of Tuft & Arnold Law Office, [...]

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12 important U.S. laws every blogger should know

October 5, 2007

Aviva Directory has a list of 12 important laws bloggers should know about. The article addresses sponsored posting, deep linking, use of images, stolen content, ownership of user-contributed content, and more. If you blog, make sure to read this post.
This is a great post and a must-read for all bloggers. I have to go draft [...]

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Fastcase online case and statute database

January 25, 2007

I just learned about the Fastcase online law library. The Oklahoma Bar Association apparently offers it to all its members, and it looks to me like just the kind of streamlined, simplified case law databse I have been looking for.
I am trying to get more information about how it may differ from Westlaw/Lexis, but I [...]

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