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Virtual Assistants & Delegation Frustrations

May 17, 2010

When it comes to outsourcing work in your law practice to a virtual assistant, proper delegation is all in how you ask and the tools that you use. Recognizing and dealing with issues that may arise on your side or the side of your virtual assistant, as well as utilizing delegation tools with some know-how, [...]

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Take Care of Your Referral Sources

May 13, 2010

I recently had an experience with a professional service provider that reminded me that there are certain things that lawyers should never forget when receiving referral business. We all love to receive referrals; after all, you have a brand new client that took no time and effort to obtain. What can be better? In most [...]

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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 [...]

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Stop Bashing BigLaw

October 26, 2009

As I surf around the blawgosphere, I have noticed that it seems to be in vogue for solo and small firm attorneys to take potshots at large law firms. If one read only the solo blawgs, it would seem all large law firms are lumbering, inefficient, selfish behemoths, so knocked off balance by this recession [...]

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Lawyers Must Evolve or Face Extinction

October 15, 2009

The ABA’s Legal Rebels project is designed to highlight some dynamic players in what sometimes looks like a stagnant, stubborn profession. Here is an excerpt from my own essay for the 24 Hours of Rebels event: There is little imagination in the practice of law. From BigLaw to SmallLaw, most practices look just like the [...]

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24 Hours of (Legal) Rebels

October 14, 2009

The ABA Journal kicks off its “24 Hours of Legal Rebels” this morning with an essay by Legal OnRamp’s Paul Lippe, a predictive survey of the 2011 legal landscape. Every hour, a new essay, interview, video, radio show, or something will go up, until your brain is full of ideas, predictions, problems, and more. My [...]

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