Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Some of these mentor relationships lasted only for a single 30-minute “pick-your-brain” session, while others have been as needed over the trajectory of the lawyers’ careers. If you’re a young lawyer and want to have a meaningful relationship with your mentor, here are a few tips on how to be a great mentee. Related Resources.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

There are so many things not taught in law school as a first-year Associate, that are only learned by young lawyers through the hard-knocks school. Learn how to use a calendar. If you’re a bankruptcy lawyer, you can always tap a litigator to take that deposition or put on that witness. Work on your writing skills.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, suppose you have a methodology in which you always put your initials in the upper right corner of pleadings that you’ve seen and calendared the deadlines. Run deposition exhibit report to include as exhibits in the trial exhibit list. Do you know which cases are the most important?

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. CaseUp Elevator Pitch: CaseUp provides a faster and easier way to share exhibits in remote depositions. What makes you unique or innovative? What makes you unique or innovative?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

Deposition software applications Trial Technology All of these are very specific to the employer type and the practice area. It’s information that’s found in pleadings and motions and discovery responses, deposition testimony, and the documents and data that gets produced. But it all has to come into that funnel.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Project management tools can help lawyers with ongoing, chaotic, unpredictable workflows. As one legal project manager commented, “Lawyers have been playing the role of accidental project manager for many years.”. Nicole Clark points to nine applications to consider for the task. In 1931, Neil H. Project Management Tools.

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Rocket Matter

JULY 5, 2023

Contrary to what TV dramas would have you believe, most lawyers in the US do not work at intrigue-filled Big Law firms. The calendaring and contact management features track deadlines, to-do lists, conflicts of interest, and client information from wherever you’re working that day. Choosing an online storage provider 4.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Firms that needed to managed transcripts from depositions or hearings used “E-trans” (32.1%), LiveNote (21%), and TextMap (19.8%). For those lawyers that do use litigation support/e-discovery software, 31.5% The survey asked how often lawyers received e-discovery requests on behalf of their clients and 70.3%

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

First, you want to be able to communicate easily with other lawyers and staff. Is everyone consistently using online calendaring tools? Whether Office 365 or Google Calendar make sure meetings, hearings, depositions and trial dates are shared and don’t slip through the cracks.

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LawTechnologyToday

MAY 10, 2023

Calendar reminders announcing due dates help improve focus as the deadline approaches. Do you allow clients and third parties (like opposing counsel) to come to your home for meetings, closings, depositions, settlement conferences and the like? Just my Outlook calendar. If so, what if any technology helps you with this?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2022

Edit with your lawyers and peers. You can also set up calendars, and what we used to know in the office as “macros” to manage large amounts of tasks. I use a calendar template in which I can input the tasks that I have finished, and the name of the clients or files related to them. Google Docs.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For example, becoming defensive when that client calls incessantly, feeling panic when facing an inbox overflowing with emails, hiding in the bathroom when you have an upcoming deposition, competing with colleagues in meetings or eating a cookie at 3 p.m. Calendar those exercise appointments. Then before acting, take 10 deep breaths.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Focused intelligence for focused lawyers. CiteRight is the only tool that allows lawyers to save case law and automatically cite it inside Microsoft Word.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 19, 2021

Of course, a trial calendar feature is but one benefit of a case management system. Whether litigation is local or nationwide, we use these systems to track trial dates, discovery deadlines, depositions and court appearances and to present them in calendars or reports — thus ensuring no date or deadline “slips through the cracks.”.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Anticipating client needs has always been a key component of good lawyering. Law Firm Innovation: Accessing patent data, tackling the changing court schedules and following judicial deadline extensions are just a few variables that businesses and lawyers are handling during the global pandemic.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Focused intelligence for focused lawyers. CiteRight is the only tool that allows lawyers to save case law and automatically cite it inside Microsoft Word.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 30, 2023

Besides, what lawyer has time for that?) Register Now To keep your law firm running efficiently, making informed decisions is crucial—whether it’s determining the most effective strategy for a client’s legal matter or identifying areas where your firm can reduce expenses. All within a single, easy-to-use program.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to practicing law or a seasoned pro, effective legal research is one of the cornerstones of being a successful lawyer. There are a number of free and paid online resources available for lawyers, and which you use depends on your budget, how big your firm is, and what kind of advanced features you’re looking for.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting. What problem do you solve? Anything else? Demo video: [link] Founded: 2/1/2018, Washington DC.

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ALPS

APRIL 28, 2021

Many states permit lawyers to include in their engagement agreements arbitration provisions which would require potential clients to arbitrate future malpractice claims. It is an issue with which many states are now grappling, so it would behoove lawyers to check the law in their own states if they are considering including such a clause.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

My favorite being she’s the creator of Lawyer Mom Owner Summit, which just happened I believe in, was August, September? I think one of the biggest things that lawyers have struggled with is understanding what legal consumers want and providing that for them, and it stems to relatively simple things, right? It’s awesome.

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ALPS

APRIL 10, 2021

Last year, the Georgia Supreme Court made clear that lawyers are permitted to include arbitration provisions in their engagement agreements with potential clients. It is true arbitrations are not set on overcrowded court calendars behind all the other cases which take priority (e.g., Innovative Images, LLC v. Summerville , 309 Ga.

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Strictly Business

MAY 31, 2018

The definition of “short-term holdings” is limited to the following: (i) bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, and similar bank instruments; (ii) U.S. The information presented should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. © 2018 Alexander J.

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