Women Lawyers Seek to Persuade SCOTUS With Personal Experiences

"I am an attorney because I had an abortion," one female lawyer tells the Supreme Court. "The Court's Webster decision, issued around the same time I was seriously considering suicide rather than being forced to give birth against my...

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Cheap and Easy Tips for Marketing Your Practice

Advertising and marketing is one of the biggest expenses that small firm and solo attorneys have to face. Sooner or later, almost every small firm has advertised in a local paper or magazine. But these ads can be expensive and...

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Should Law Firms Hire Sales People?

Want to make it rain? Hire a rainmaker. And no, we're not talking about a superstar lawyer able to bring on clients with millions of dollars in billings. We're talking about a sales person. Could one be good for...

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Law Firms Are Often Non-Compliant With HIPPA

According to a survey by Legal Workspace, only 13 percent of 240 responding law firms actually possess the required technology to process and maintain compliance with HIPAA. "For an industry that is traditionally hyper-concerned with protecting client information, legal is...

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Would You Help Move Shady Money Into the U.S.?

A government official from a poor, West African country wants to move millions of dollars into the United States. Anonymously. And he needs your help. What do you do? No, this isn't a new version of the Nigerian prince...

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Client Intake: An Easy Way to Boost Law Firm Business

Thanks to the folks over at the ABA, we now have a broader view of the disaster that is law firm intake. The ABA's findings seem to only confirm the observations of FindLaw's earlier white-paper: Law firms stink at intake....

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Lawyers, Is It Time to Automate Your Email Empathy?

You want to keep in touch with clients, to let them know you're invested in their divorce, assault charge, corporate restructuring, what have you. But frankly, you're too busy working on their and everyone else's legal problems to give...

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