NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JANUARY 27, 2020
The majority of business owners have a very difficult time price setting. However, much of that effort (meant to define the value for what a professional does ) is most often undone by those same professionals. This is especially true of lawyers, who don’t like to talk with clients about money, and are more than willing to discount their services at the slightest provocation.
The Estrin Report
JANUARY 6, 2020
"Sometimes, you just don't know it's time to leave your job and wake up one morning either in a career crisis or in a firm that just sunk. What stops you from leaving?".
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Connor Reporting
JANUARY 20, 2020
Veritext Legal Solutions Launches Student Resource Center and Recruitment Materials to Support the Next Generation of Stenographers. Today January 20, Veritext Legal Solutions, the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions, announces the company has created the Veritext Student Resource Center for those interested in a career in court reporting.
The Paralegal
JANUARY 31, 2020
Hi!!! Not really sure how to start this. It’s been a year… a very LONG year. I think the last thing I posted was on the Facebook page and it was about how the firm I work for was going to start lay offs. Yep… that was last year and as I understand it it … Continue reading It’s been a LONG Year!!!!
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 29, 2020
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law posted its Summer/Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Report, which includes a summary of the Center’s key activities between June and December 2019. It is available for download here. Below are some key highlights from the report: The Sabin Center launched several new projects: the Cities Climate Law Initiative, Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, and the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative.
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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JANUARY 22, 2020
Efficient law firms return the most revenue, by a wide margin. Yet, much of what law firms do cuts against efficiency: Attorneys tend to avoid modern technology. Attorney like to do things themselves, and so they avoid effective delegation. Attorneys want manual processes, which they feel they have more control over. Of course, this is not the way to practice at the top of your law license: billing at your highest rates, or acquiring more work that you can bill at your highest rates.
LegalSecretariesRock
JANUARY 22, 2020
I had such big plans for my paper planner this year. First of all, I had planned to get one before the end of 2019 so that I could start planning my New Year on a good foot - or pad. Christmas was close to Thanksgiving in 2019, which means that the new year just crept up on me before I had a chance to pick the perfect planner. Looks like now, the first event that I'll be planning will be Groundhog Day 2020.
LawActually
JANUARY 16, 2020
Back in late 2015 I discovered the range of classic crime books that are being re-published by the British Library. Aptly titled ‘British Library Crime Classics’, these books are a mixture of whodunits and other formats of the crime genre written during what it recognised as the ‘golden era’ of crime fiction — that is, the period between the two World Wars.
The Legal Ease
JANUARY 6, 2020
In honor of our new book, Make LinkedIn Work for You, A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals, my co-author, Dennis Kennedy and I have put together this list of tips to help you with how you use LinkedIn in this new decade. We've organized these tips into three categories, along the lines of what we call the three "building blocks" of LinkedIn: Profiles, Connections and Participation.
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
The Record Xchange
JANUARY 17, 2020
This article is Part 4 of a four-part series. Part 1 published in August 2019, Part 2 published in September 2019, Part 3 published in October 2019. Technological advancements in digital reporting and stenographer shortages are now impacting the legal market in all regions of the country. When markets become disrupted, it is always messy and confusing.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 10, 2020
By Jessica Wentz and Michael Burger. On January 9 the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a proposal to dramatically overhaul the federal regulations governing environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposal represents a significant departure from CEQ’s prior interpretation of NEPA as well as decades of agency practice, case law, and guidance consistent with that interpretation.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JANUARY 14, 2020
Every December, your law firm shuts down, so that you can send out holiday card s. It’s not just about getting the contact l i st together. It’s about selecting the cards. And, getting the message right. And putting them in envelopes. And stamping them. And mailing them. And, the n. Your card gets throw n o n a pile with thousands of others, without even being looked at, before it’s recycled.
NewYorkCourtWatcher
JANUARY 3, 2020
To begin the New Year, here are a few appearances late last year on radio, TV, and podcast, commenting on a variety of constitutional and judicial matters of national and state interest. In the coming posts, we'll tend to some other overdue matters. Meanwhile, wishing all a very happy, healthy 2020! December30, 2019: Cuomo’s reshaping of the Court of Appeals In his nine years in the.
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CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JANUARY 6, 2020
Believe it or not, the most important part of law firm branding is something that law firms often ignore, or throw away. A business logo offers its owner a distinctive mark, a visual interpretation of the business’ purpose and meaning, that resonates with consumers. Think of Coca-Colo or Ford or Apple or Target, and you immediately think of distinctive logos.
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