Attorney at Work

APRIL 29, 2021

The road to attorney burnout is the same as the road to success — the difference is attitude and perspective. I burned out after 27 years of being a trial attorney. I thought I was doing everything right. Not so. I was working longer and longer hours and enjoying my practice less and less. I couldn’t sleep and, as a result, I was irritable. I suffered from stress, anxiety and depression, and I felt exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically.

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LawSites

APRIL 29, 2021

Eight students in the LawX legal design lab at BYU Law have developed an online resource, called Goodbye Record , that is designed to address flaws in the process for expunging criminal records in Utah and potentially other states as well. I’ve written a number of times about LawX, a lab program launched in 2017 in which law students use design thinking to analyze and address critical issues in access to justice.

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Legal Talk Network

APRIL 29, 2021

Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Even those who binge-watched the high-profile trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin are unlikely to have absorbed its nuances and unusual legal issues. Legal Talk Today took a reflective approach to its coverage as the trial progressed and to the guilty-on-all-counts verdict rendered April 23, 11 months after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd during an arrest attempt.

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LLRX

APRIL 24, 2021

In his review Jerry Lawson recommends Internet Legal Research on a Budget: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Lawyers, 2nd Edition as the single best resource he knows for lawyers interested in exploring how to cut legal research expenses by trying and using free or inexpensive legal information.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 27, 2021

Lately, I’ve had to accept the truth that I’m a workaholic lawyer. Catch up on Ruth Carter’s posts here. Even when my to-do list feels overwhelming, I don’t hesitate to take on another matter. Even when I try to set boundaries with my work, I fail horribly. So, earlier this year, I gave myself permission to take more time away from the office to work on personal projects.

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LawSites

APRIL 29, 2021

Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper , known for early investments in companies such as Twitter, Skype and DocuSign, has invested $1 million in seed capital in Jur , a blockchain-based dispute resolution platform founded in Switzerland. Draper described Jur’s dispute resolution platform as “the future of decentralized justice” and its recently issued cryptocurrency, the Jur token , as “the token of justice in the new blockchain era.” In an article yesterday in

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Legal Talk Network

APRIL 30, 2021

One of the benefits of listening to podcasts is getting the opportunity to hear directly from people intimately involved with the stories they’re sharing. Independent filmmaker Ginny Mohler came across the story of “dial painters” while researching the Manhattan Project. The result: “ Radium Girls ,” a tragic story of teenage watch dial painters of the Roaring Twenties.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 26, 2021

Instead of regretting the connections you’ve failed to tend, try these tips for rekindling your relationship with a cold contact. Recently, I was talking with a lawyer about his contacts and potential targets for new business. He told me one of his law school friends had recently become the general counsel of a Fortune 10 company … but that they hadn’t talked in more than 20 years.

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LawSites

APRIL 27, 2021

The legal technology company Clio this morning announced a Series E investment of $110 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion, making it the first law practice management company to achieve so-called unicorn status and one of only a small number of legal tech companies overall to achieve that status. In special episode of my LawNext podcast recorded ahead of today’s announcement, Clio cofounder and CEO Jack Newton joined me to provide details on the investment, discuss the implications for

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ELTA

APRIL 28, 2021

Since April 2021, the position of national representative for Spain has been filled again: Laura Fauqueur returns to the position of Ambassador for Spain in the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA). Laura has been an ELTA member since the beginning and has already held the role for Spain in the founding years. “We are very excited to work with Laura to further deepen our relationship with the Spanish legal tech community and to develop new ideas.

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LLRX

APRIL 29, 2021

Jerry Lawson highly recommends Conrad Saam’s intriguing new book, Own the Map , which encourages lawyers to think about marketing in new and better ways. The author’s primary thesis is that most lawyers should concentrate appealing to potential clients near the lawyer’s location. Saam develops this thesis convincingly, but many will find his sometimes stunningly useful ideas about other aspects of lawyer marketing, like evaluating marketing efforts, even more valuable.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 25, 2021

On Monday, May 3, 2021, Anna Gressel and Avi Gesser from our Data Strategy and Security Group, had an interesting discussion with Stephen McDougall , Chief Counsel for Data and Privacy Law at Prudential Financial, on the Future of AI Regulation. During the webcast, we discussed several recent regulatory developments, including the European Commission’s Draft AI Regulation, the U.S. banking regulators’ Joint Request for Information on AI, and the FTC’s document on “truth, fairne

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LawSites

APRIL 29, 2021

Do you feel like your law firm is hemorrhaging money? Maybe it is and you don’t even realize it. Take the time to evaluate how your firm operates and identify how you can help stop the bleed. Top three ways to save: 1) Don’t duplicate effort or function. Many law firms pay top dollar for accounting software that is meant to have all the functionality necessary to reconcile their IOLTA, operating, or other business accounts.

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ELTA

APRIL 26, 2021

The conference “´ For a people-centred e-Justice ”, organized by the governing area of Justice, under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, is an opportunity to reflect on the process of transition to digital justice, the opportunities that emerge and the different challenges that arise, and to guarantee the access of all citizens to justice, effective systems and a more modern justice in the XXI century.

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LLRX

APRIL 30, 2021

Full-time remote work may continue to be with us for some time. Nicole L. Black discusses approaches that forward thinking law firm leaders can use to take advantage of this opportunity and fine tune their management skills for both in-office or remote teams.

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NSLT

APRIL 30, 2021

Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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LawSites

APRIL 30, 2021

The Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA) and legal tech startup Theorem LTS have partnered to develop and launch ALITA’s new online membership portal. Theorem’s platform will provide ALITA members with access to a legal tech marketplace with a suite of ready-to-use legal technology tools, shared vendor intelligence, and click-to-launch technology test drives.

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Technically Legal

APRIL 28, 2021

Online Dispute Resolution. That is the topic of discussion with New Era ADR cofounders Collin Williams and Rich Lee. New Era ADR is an online claims dispute resolution platform that provides online mediation and online arbitrations. Collin and Rich came up with the idea for New Era after they both served as General Counsel for a couple of Chicago based tech start ups.

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LLRX

APRIL 24, 2021

This article by Mary Ellen Bates is an excerpt from her recent presentation “The Strategic Value of Copyright Licensing Solutions,” to which she also provides a video link. Bates discusses ways published information is being used throughout organizations that you may not have considered, and the impact on copyright compliance.

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NSLT

APRIL 30, 2021

Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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LawSites

APRIL 28, 2021

In today’s episode of How It Works , we look at Ironclad , the contract lifecycle management platform used by innovative companies such as L’Oréal, Staples and Mastercard to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence.

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LawNext podcast

APRIL 27, 2021

A new $110 million Series E financing round for legal technology company Clio puts its valuation at $1.6 billion, making it the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status and one of just a few legal tech companies to pass that milestone. In an exclusive LawNext interview, Jack Newton, Clio’s cofounder and CEO, joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss this news and what it means for the company and its customers, as well as to share his thoughts on what this means in the broader co

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LLRX

APRIL 30, 2021

Articles and Columns for April 2021 Tips for Managing Remote Employees – Full-time remote work may continue to be with us for some time. Nicole L. Black discusses approaches that forward thinking law firm leaders can use to take advantage of this opportunity and fine tune their management skills for both in-office or remote teams.

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NSLT

APRIL 28, 2021

Convert Word to PDF or PDF to Word free converter There are times when we want to convert PDF File to Word (.doc,docx,Pages etc.), and we starts looking for options on Google. However, there are a lot you can do on your laptop without the need of any third party software.

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LawSites

APRIL 27, 2021

The cloud-based e-discovery and litigation platform Everlaw today kicks off Illuminate 2021 , its first industry conference, and as it does, it is reporting a year of record growth. Over the past year, the company saw 67% compound annual run rate growth (CAGR) over the prior three years, and a 140% increase in U.K. revenue year-over-year. Everlaw’s three-year case count CAGR was 99%, it says. “The legal industry is experiencing a period of rapid transformation, and legal teams are st

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

Get ready to refresh your online business development toolkit. Our experts have recommendations. During the pandemic, lawyers have experienced changes in how they connect with people — including those who might need their services. So what are some of the best online business development options lawyers have been using, and that you could be using too?

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LLRX

APRIL 24, 2021

Privacy and security 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 security, often without our situational awareness.

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NSLT

APRIL 28, 2021

Convert Word to PDF or PDF to Word free converter There are times when we want to convert PDF File to Word (.doc,docx,Pages etc.), and we starts looking for options on Google. However, there are a lot you can do on your laptop without the need of any third party software.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

In our first post in this series on the future of AI regulation, we discussed the recent request for information (“RFI”) from U.S. federal banking regulators on the use of AI. Our second post addressed the European Commission’s draft AI legislation. In this third installment, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent blog post entitled “Aiming for truth, fairness, and equity in your company’s use of AI,” which was released on April 19, 2021.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 25, 2021

Download your copy here. Attorney at Work contributor Ari Kaplan , principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors, has released an eBook based on key takeaways from dozens of thought leaders who have participated in his Virtual Lunch series. Available for download here, the 95-page eBook, “Eating Alone, Dining Together: A Year of Insights and Inspiration From the Virtual Lunch,” shares perspectives on remote work, entrepreneurship, virtual events, leadership, gratitude, wellness, the future of the legal profe

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NSLT

APRIL 26, 2021

Excel: Work with Macros You want to automate a repetitive task in Excel so that you can do the task again with a single click. The best way to do that? Record a macro. And the macro recorder is the easiest way to create a new macro in Excel.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Excel: Work with Macros You want to automate a repetitive task in Excel so that you can do the task again with a single click. The best way to do that? Record a macro. And the macro recorder is the easiest way to create a new macro in Excel.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 28, 2021

Tom Lambotte is back with three great ways to save time and communicate more clearly with your team using CloudApp. As with most of Tom’s “Stupid Simple Mac Tips,” these are not just for Mac users. Most communication is accomplished by more than our words alone. Consider these facts: 7% of a message is derived from the words used. 38% from the intonation. 55% from the facial expression or body language.

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