So, how many of you maintain a law library in your practice? You know, the digests and volumes of caselaw and annotated statutory codes with the annual pocket parts that always slip out and of course, those loose-leaf reporters where you need to unscrew the metal binder clasp with a coin, then fumble around to
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The Bars, Reviewed: What Has Your Bar Association Done for You Lately?
Summary
Update (7 pm, 2/19/09) More comments below, with links to additional NC Bar resources and Canada resources too. In response to Eric’s question, the review took place strictly based on websites alone – I personally visited about 30 of them, and delegated the remaining review, then did additional link checks. Talking to bar personnel…
Solomarketing List, Blawging for Lawyers and the Question of Blogging for Love v. Money
I don’t generally post endorsements or recommendations about products or services at my site. But every so often, as now, I’ll make an exception where I believe that the service is worth passing on to others.
First up is my friend and colleague Jon Stein’s lawyer marketing email list. Jon put the list together a…
Peter Garcia – Using Technology to Build a Law Practice
I have found that the technology I use is indispensible in serving my clients and building my fledgling practice. Most importantly, these tools have helped keep my overhead extremely low and pass those savings on to my clients. This has allowed me to help others who might not have otherwise been able to afford a…
How Newdorf Legal Uses Technology To Reduce Client Costs And Improve Service In Business Litigation
It’s nice — especially for the lawyer — when the client has a six-figure litigation budget for a case. But not every client can afford that, and even if you can, not every dispute is worth it. Fortunately, advances in technology have leveled the playing field so that small firms with low overhead can provide…
Adrianos M. Facchetti – California Defamation Law – 3 Key Ways Technology Helps Me Serve Clients
3 Key Ways Technology Helps Me Serve Clients
I wish I could tell you a story that perfectly illustrates how technology helps me serve my clients. It’d be dramatic and poignant, perhaps involving Perry Mason. Carmina Burana would be playing in the background and it’d undoubtedly involve a victory at trial. I’d be carried off…
Complete v. Cobble v. Cutting Edge: Law Practice Management in the 21st Century
[Note – post has been updated as of 12/8/08] Via Twitter, I discovered this extensive list of law office practice management and technology tools at Practicing Law in the 21st Century, the joint production of the ubiquitous Niki Black, as well as Greg Bell and Matthew Lerner. Perusing the list, I wondered: with…
VSS – Very Simple SEO for Lawyers
It’s been in the works for a while, but I can finally announce that I’ll be contributing to Nolo.com‘s new Legal Marketing Blawg and I’ll also be hosting one of their ads at my site which should be up and running in a couple of days. I’ve always been a huge fan of Nolo…
Should Lawyers Accept Ads on Their Blogs? Why Not?
[Above is the video that inspired this post (HT www.twitter.com/chrisbrogan)]
Even as many bloggers have looked to advertising as a way to generate an income stream from their blogs, up until relatively recently, I didn’t think that lawyers should include ads on a law firm blog. (I realize that you’ve seen ads at MyShingle but…
Imagining Your Blog Audience
One of the best parts of blogging is the conversations it allows you to have with readers. And if you don’t know who your readers are, well, then, imagine them, as I posted in this guest-post on Grant Griffiths’ Blog for Profit site. Here’s a quick excerpt, but you should go over to Grant’s site…