Posted in CBA LPMT News, Legal Research, Marketing, Solo Practice on Apr 30th, 2013
Come by the CBA on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, between 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to catch up on the latest in law practice management and technology services that can benefit your law practice, including CBA Member Benefit providers, plus participate in free CLE, see product demos, and enjoy food and prizes! Expo Hall from [...]
Posted in How To..., MS Office, Solo Practice on Mar 11th, 2013
“You’ve heard it from just about anywhere technology advice gets spread: Document assembly systems save time, boost productivity, reduce errors—and all while helping to eliminate reinventing the wheel when drafting documents. Sounds fabulous. But are real-life lawyers actually adopting document assembly in their practices? For insights into that—and, better still, tips on how to get the [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Mobile, Solo Practice on Feb 28th, 2013
Law practice management and technology tips are a great way to get quick shots of information you can use immediately – or tuck away for when you need them. In January I presented a CLE for the CBA on “Tips for the New Year”. Did you miss it? Watch the archived webcast and download the [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Legal Research, Mobile, Solo Practice on Jan 11th, 2013
General Administrative Order No. 2013-01 Revises and Supersedes General Administrative Order No. 2012-8 On December 12, 2012 General Administrative Order No. 2012-8 was released, declaring a ban against mobile computing and telecommunication devices for all Cook County courthouses except the Daley Center to begin on Monday, January 14, 2013. A list of exempt persons was identified, including licensed attorneys, who would be permitted [...]
Posted in Solo Practice, Trust Accounting on Dec 11th, 2012
Do you take credit cards? If so please read about the changes to IRS verification requirements effective January 2013! From Lawyer’s Trust Fund of Illinois: Significant penalties in 2013 if credit account information doesn’t match If you accept credit card payments, you may be impacted by IRS verification requirements that may impact you and your practice [...]
Posted in MS Outlook, Solo Practice on Dec 3rd, 2012
There are many MS Outlook add-ons that mimic functionality that is already built into the application. Though Techhit’s SimplyFile http://www.techhit.com/SimplyFile/ would seem to fall into that category since MS Outlook has a strong rules function and has added the “Move” group in the Home tab, it is actually amazingly useful despite some overlap. SimplyFile is an “intelligent [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, MS Office, Solo Practice on Nov 29th, 2012
Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, released on October 26, 2012. It is optimized for touch screen computing and completely revamps the user interface. Recently a CBA member asked me if I was aware if law firms were switching to Windows 8. My response, in part: “I haven’t heard of any firms switching to Windows [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Ethics, Marketing, Solo Practice on Sep 27th, 2012
Whether you are going solo, opening a small firm, or just need a refresher, the CBA’s new “Law Firm Start Up Boot Camp” is a day long event that will provide essential information on getting a successful law practice up and running. The program will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012, from 8:45 a.m. [...]
Posted in Marketing, Social Media, Solo Practice, Websites on Aug 20th, 2012
My new article in Slaw.ca: Expose Yourself For a variety of reasons, some law firm websites may not have reached the top slot in Google, Bing, or Ask. There is competition for keywords, and the search engines change their algorithms frequently. Without having a team of folks tweaking the site, there will likely be some [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Cloud Computing, Ethics, How To..., Legal Project Management, MS Office, MS Outlook, Social Media, Solo Practice on Aug 20th, 2012
Don’t miss upcoming CLE programs and free training sessions: Coming up in August: How to… Take Control of Social Media with Hootsuite How Lawyers Can Use Collaboration Tools Coming up in September: How to… Use MS OneNote for Project Management How to… Automate Functions in MS Word Smarter, Better, Faster: Document Assembly Coming up in [...]
