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Gyi Tsakalakis, Lawyerist Contributor

Gyi Tsakalakis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:00:15 +0000

I am flattered by the invitation to join the Lawyerist community as a contributor. I am excited to share what I know about technology and the internet as they relate to practicing law, as well as marketing and managing a law firm. I am a University of Michigan (go blue!) and Wayne State University Law School [...]

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Tap the Hidden Talent in Your Law Firm

Aaron Street — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:06:02 +0000

A variety of recent studies show that employees’ skills are regularly underutilized. By tapping some of these currently-unknown skills, law firms can find new opportunities for business development, cost savings, and added profitability. For instance, you might—unknowingly—have an associate who could help with online marketing during slow times, or a secretary with a great idea [...]

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Rethink Motivation in Your Law Firm

Aaron Street — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:36:21 +0000

Dan Pink, a non-practicing attorney and former speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, just spent the past couple of years studying the science of employee motivation. He is about to publish a new book on the topic, which you can pre-order on Amazon: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Pink demonstrates that traditional [...]

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Stop tracking your time

Sam Glover — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:40:47 +0000

Blasphemy! I know it sounds crazy, but law firms and lawyers should realize that hourly billing is not always beneficial to the firm or to the client. And in order to shift away from thinking in terms of hours to thinking in terms of value, law firms must stop tracking time whenever possible. Instead, you [...]

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MCLE webcast: The Paperless Office

Sam Glover — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:56:05 +0000

Description from MCLE: The Paperless Office Presented by Sam Glover; moderated by Peter Berge Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CDT 1.0 law office management credit Tuition: $75 The “paperless office” concept has created a trendy buzz in law office management circles. With new, reasonably priced hardware and software, it can also be [...]

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Book review: The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael E. Gerber

Sam Glover — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:07:44 +0000

My good friend and financial advisor, David Benning, recently loaned me The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to do About It, by Michael E. Gerber. David is a small business owner, like me, and he said The E-Myth Revisited had changed the way he approached developing his business. Let me [...]

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Top 5 free, open source applications for lawyers

Sam Glover — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:57:58 +0000

Free is better, and open source is superior. There are fantastic free and open source alternatives to the software lawyers use every day. Here are my top 5 most valuable free applications for lawyers: 1. OpenOffice.org Office 2007 is pretty, but from a user perspective, it is an upgrade hardly worth the pricetag. Plus, Microsoft’s [...]

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