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Fast Forward: Prepare Now to Make Money Later

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Lawyers are often so head - down on substantive work that they spend very little time considering their ‘ sales cycle ’, which every business has. Whereas software companies consider metrics like ‘ cost of acquisition ’, law firms merely send out cadres of attorneys to network, with the fervent hope that that activity generates business, at some undetermined point in the future.

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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

Legal Research is Easy

Do you remember being a kid? Specifically, do you remember going to mom for something and then going to dad when mom said no hoping that dad would give a more favorable response? Yeah, happens all the time. The other day, my kid tried that. She saw a toy in the store and, turning to mom said, "can I have that?" When mom said, "NO!" she turned around (I was standing maybe 3 feet away) and said, "Dad, can I have that?

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The future of legal business models and regulation

Open Law Lab

A quick sketch of Professor Gillian Hadfield’s presentation to the California Bar’s task force on innovation and access to legal services, on the need for business mod4l and legal regulatory reform. Can we create more efficient, accessible legal services if we create new business models that have scaled up entities that employ lawyers – but aren’t run by lawyers?

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Paralegal Salaries by State in 2019

LexBlog

The “S” word in the Paralegal Profession. It’s not all about the money, right? But it helps. Paralegals assume a variety of roles in the workplace, and many do the jobs of three or more people. In this article, we take a look at paralegal salaries by state in 2019, and the influential factors behind the figures. It is interesting how your geographic location can make a substantial difference concerning your salary.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

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.

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The "Eyes" Have It - Lancome Grandiose Mascara

LegalSecretariesRock

I'm back! Long time, no blog. I've been in a bit of a writing slump. I didn't forget about you. I've just been working really hard. So hard that I need a beauty overhaul. If I look better, maybe I'll feel better - even if beauty is only skin deep. We get so busy commuting, working, running a household and taking care of our families that we forget to take care of ourselves.

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Legal flowcharts from tax law class

Open Law Lab

Upon some online requests, here is a backlog of 2014-dated tax law flowcharts that I did while studying for my Tax final. Flowcharting turned out to be a great method to prep for memorizing lots of conditionalities and outcomes. Please note these flowcharts are out of date — so don’t rely on them for legal guidance. They’re here more to show how I used flowcharting the legal rules to study.

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Trump's Justices (Part 1): Gorsuch to Date

NewYorkCourtWatcher

President Trump's first appointee, Neil Gorsuch, took his seat on the Supreme Court in the spring of 2017. By that time, judicial scholars--both political scientists and law professors--had studied his record on the federal appeals court from which he was elevated. Based on his voting patterns as an appellate judge, Gorsuch's position among the other federal judges on the ideological spectrum.

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