One of the most interesting statistics to come out of Clio’s 2018 Legal Trends Report concerns the amount of time that lawyers spend managing their trust accounts. According to Clio’s report, lawyers spend around an hour day on the byzantine task to trust account management. And although the Clio number seems high on its face,
The Problem With Networking Advice
When you started your firm, chances are that you were told to network using a system like this one:
Step 1: Attend bar association events or CLEs and introduce yourself to colleagues and collect a business card or contact information.
Step 2: Follow up with your new contacts by giving
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation — which applies to US law firms that represent EU citizens or companies or hold data about EU citizens — allows EU citizens the right to have their data erased in certain circumstances. But the GDPR’s “right to be forgotten” could potentially butt heads with legal ethics requirements, which
Back in the day, better, faster and cheaper was unattainable for most lawyers. If clients wanted the job done quickly, they could expect to pay a premium while sacrificing quality. Meanwhile, clients paying bargain basement prices would get what they paid for: substandard quality delivered in an untimely manner.
Today, not only has tech
If you’ve ever presented at a CLE or conference, you know the drill. Spend hours working on a slide deck and presentation, then a half-day attending the event – or maybe even more if you need to travel out of town. Meanwhile, many of the CLE presentations aren’t recorded or made publicly available so but
Over the weekend, I did a little shopping for a couple of inexpensive sweaters to wear on casual workdays at my office now that the cooler weather is likely to stick around. Casing the mall, I found a couple of possibilities under $25, but even then I couldn’t make up my mind. In each store,
If you watched my 7-Figure Ebook Video, you may have wondered how you could create a similar book for your law practice. Now you can – in just seven hours at the 7 Figure Ebook LIVE event in Washington D.C. scheduled for November 16 (location to be announced). A
Today, MyShingle is excited to introduce our latest offering for the legal community: 143 FREE Tools & Resources to Start, Run and Grow Your Law Firm, available at our site HERE. Although the web is bursting with lists of free tools to start a business, somewhat shockingly, no comparable, comprehensive guide exists for
Last spring, I tagged along on a trip to China with two of my sisters who were traveling on a research grant. One of my sister’s colleagues accompanied us to the subway station where we politely waited as throngs of people pushed past us to board the escalator. After a minute or two, my sister’s
Mom and pop pizza shops in Washington D.C. are having a tough time keeping their slice of the pie against larger, techno-powered chains in the age of conveyor-belt pizzas and delivery apps which cater to customers’ cravings for convenience, reports Washington City Paper. So why don’t smaller pizza owners fight back with tech of