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Outsourcing Series, Part 1: When Does Outsourcing Make Sense?

July 27, 2010

Outsourcing legal work has become a good option for many attorneys. It provides a way to get the help you need so you don’t have to work harder, just smarter. Outsourcing can be the right answer for you if your billable hours have increased enough that you are feeling the stress, you are turning away [...]

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Hiring a Law Clerk? Ask Yourself These Questions First

July 12, 2010

If you are busy enough to consider hiring a law clerk, you need to see beyond the project that you would like to hand off and to understand that supervision takes time and costs money.  If you believe that “if you want something done right, do it yourself,” then hiring a law clerk may not [...]

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Too Much Organization Can Be a Bad Thing

May 31, 2010

The firm I work for has been experimenting with a variety of client management software, collaborative software, and all sorts of other collaborative technology. Today we were debating the merits of another new program, and we both agreed that while organization is key, some programs merely duplicate the organization of another program. Effectively, this can [...]

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The Keys to Successfully Practicing Law

May 20, 2010

Some kids were born litigators, according to their parents. Other people always knew they wanted to be a prosecutor. Somewhere, a teenager knows he wants to be the world’s most awesome tax attorney. Many people want to be lawyers, and many of them will go to law school. But what is the key to successfully [...]

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Rocket Matter Practice Management Software for Sam’s Law Firm?

May 7, 2010

First of all, let me point out that it’s an honor to be considered by Sam to use Rocket Matter. It wasn’t long ago that Sam, a very tech-savvy lawyer, intended to handle his IT needs himself. Managing IT is one thing when you’re a one man band. But as firms scale, those that embrace [...]

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Innovative Attorneys Push Forward with Virtual Law Practice

May 3, 2010

There has been much debate about the recent New Jersey opinion related to that state bar’s “bona fide office” rule.  Around the same time, an inquiry was brought before the NC State Ethics Committee relating to the use of cloud computing in law practice management.  Both events have caused some attorneys to once again question [...]

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