Ward Blawg
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The legal sector has been moving towards digitisation for decades – some firms faster than others – but the global pandemic and several national lockdowns have resulted in many accelerating their plans to accommodate a blend of home and office working: the hybrid-working model.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
To reach your target potential clients, focus on building relationships with referral sources who are “gatekeepers.” . Recently, I was talking with a gentleman about his shoulder replacement surgery. He said he knows an anesthesiologist who had recommended the surgeon. The anesthesiologist told him, “I’m in the operating room and see all the surgeons at work.
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LawSites
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
A product launched this week claims to be the fastest search and review platform in legal for matters involving large document collections — discovery, investigations and compliance — and the first to seamlessly combine keyword and algorithmic search. The chief data scientist who helped develop it said it is “an order of magnitude faster than anything on the market.” The product is Merlin Integrated Search (IS), from the company Merlin Search Technologies, which describes it as the f
LLRX
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
The Law Product Makers blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The Justice Technology Association is a new non-profit trade association composed of legal tech entrepreneurs, consumers, policymakers, and investors created to advocate for using legal technology to close the justice gap. It is estimated that approximately 75% of the U.S. population cannot afford lawyer fees and do not have adequate access to the legal system.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Good lawyer-client relations are less about you knowing the answers and much more about knowing the right questions to ask. It’s one of the fundamentals they drummed into you in law school: It is your job to know the answers. That’s why clients seek your help, right? How you prove you are smart, and why they pay your bills? Well, yes and no.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Two of the companies whose products are among the most widely used in the legal profession, iManage and Microsoft , are today announcing a global strategic development partnership aimed at innovation, development of new solutions, and delivery of better business outcomes for customers. The agreement announced today expands on the “better together” partnership that the companies announced last year , and is designed to enable law firm and corporate legal customers to be in a better po
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NSLT
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts Underutilized tools within Time Matters include the use of HotKeys or those keyboard shortcuts that help users move quickly throughout the program. Firms familiar with the program may recognize a few off this master list of key combinations to make your Time Matters office even more efficient.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Try these tips for crafting effective emails from renowned marketing expert Nancy Harhut. Lawyers are professional communicators, constantly exchanging emails with clients, opposing counsel and other contacts. We battle for attention in others’ overflowing inboxes, hoping that our messages get opened and prompt the desired response. At Content Marketing World 2021, I learned valuable tips for upping my email game from HBT Marketing Chief Creative Officer and renowned marketing expert Nancy Harhu
LawSites
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
In this new normal of working remotely, many lawyers have opted to relocate their home offices to more desirable climes, moving out of state to vacation homes in places where the sun shines and the beach is nearby. One such destination for many lawyers has been Florida, and now a decision from the Florida Supreme Court provides guidance on the ethics of an out-of-state lawyer practicing remotely from within the Sunshine State.
Debevoise Data Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Effective May 7, 2022, most New York employers must notify their employees of any electronic monitoring by posting a notice in the workplace. Additionally, employers must give express written notice to all new employees of any electronic monitoring the employer performs and obtain written or electronic acknowledgment of such monitoring. The law applies broadly to any employer that is an individual, corporation, partnership, firm or association with a place of business in the state of New York, r
NSLT
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts Underutilized tools within Time Matters include the use of HotKeys or those keyboard shortcuts that help users move quickly throughout the program. Firms familiar with the program may recognize a few off this master list of key combinations to make your Time Matters office even more efficient.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The best productivity planner is simple. It fits a broad range of individual work styles in a specific industry. Good planners focus on vital work that advances their vertical. For instance, a writer’s daily planner would focus on word count, research and revision. A bartender’s journal might focus on inventory, drink recipes and event planning. A marketing journal would focus on getting the word out.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? Laura Frederick thinks so. This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of How to Contract , a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. She is also managing attorney of her own firm, Laura Frederick Law , in Austin, Texas, where she focuses on drafting and negotiating vendor supply, services, and technology agreements.
LawNext podcast
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? Laura Frederick thinks so. This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of How to Contract , a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. She is also managing attorney of her own firm, Laura Frederick Law , in Austin, Texas, where she focuses on drafting and negotiating vendor supply, services, and technology agreements.
NSLT
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Five Simple & Effective Business Development Tasks You Need To Do Lawyers spent most of 2020 adjusting to remote working and new ways of doing business. In many cases, this includes a shift in the way firms and lawyers do their business development. These five straightforward business development tasks will help you maximize your efforts and support long-term firm growth.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche or practice area? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. In this column, we zero in on their top tips. This week, we feature Glenn Hendrix, chairman of Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta. Glenn Hendrix.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
I am looking to hire a versatile editorial assistant on a part-time basis to help with a variety of projects here at LawSites and LawNext. The ideal person would be a self-starter who is comfortable handling various editorial and production tasks. These may include some combination of: Writing and editing for the LawSites blog. Writing and editing for the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.
Computational Legal Studies
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Forward and inverse problems in decision-making and change management – motivated by a trip down memory lane with @computational [link] #decisions #change — Michael Bommarito (@mjbommar) February 18, 2022
NSLT
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Five Simple & Effective Business Development Tasks You Need To Do Lawyers spent most of 2020 adjusting to remote working and new ways of doing business. In many cases, this includes a shift in the way firms and lawyers do their business development. These five straightforward business development tasks will help you maximize your efforts and support long-term firm growth.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Last week, I announced the launch of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory , which we hope will become the most trusted source of legal tech products in the market. . If you are curious to learn more about it, I will be joining Ari Kaplan’s Virtual Lunch today, Feb. 23, at noon Eastern time, for an informal demo of the directory. In addition to the demo, we’ll talk about the vision for the directory and plans for further development in the months ahead.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
It is not my practice to endorse a book without having read it. But I am doing so today because I know the book, I know the author, and you can save money if you buy it today. The book is the just-released third edition of Solo by Choice , by Carolyn Elefant, creator of MyShingle.com. Although I have not yet read this third edition, I did read the first and second editions, and I know this to be one of the best guides available to starting your own firm.
NSLT
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. The web and mobile apps are beautiful and a pleasure to use, while Clio’s long list of integrations means you can use it with a lot of the other software you may already be using in your law practice (like Dropbox, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Google Apps, to name just a few).
NSLT
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. The web and mobile apps are beautiful and a pleasure to use, while Clio’s long list of integrations means you can use it with a lot of the other software you may already be using in your law practice (like Dropbox, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Google Apps, to name just a few).
LawSites
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Multifaceted is barely word enough to describe Jason Tashea. Lawyer, startup founder, legal affairs writer, law professor, consultant and podcaster, he is now taking on another role: creator of speculative fiction about the criminal justice system. Over the past decade, Tashea says, the topics he has covered in his non-fiction writing about criminal justice — including as former law and technology writer for the ABA Journal — have seemed to him to be increasingly detached from the reality and in
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