5 Tips for Improving Client Communications

As an attorney, your job isn't just to successfully handle a client's legal issue. It's also to let them know that their legal problems are being solved. Keeping on top of client communications is key to keeping clients informed...

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3 Signs You're Not as Efficient as You Think You Are

You're a pretty modern attorney. You've got an impressive website, newish computers, and streamlined workflows, all so that you can get things done more efficiently and effectively. You even hired your nephew to digitize all your old records last...

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How Do Managers Hire the Best Candidate?

Did you know that according to Gallup, companies hire the wrong candidate about 82 percent of the time? In other words, companies tend to only get the right candidate less than twenty percent for each attempt at filling a vacant...

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Tracking Client Communications in the Digital Age

There are two major components to practicing law: handling the case so the client doesn't have to, and communicating with the client just what it is you're doing. Both can be overwhelming. Now add the fact that you have to...

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Before You Start a Law Firm, Learn to Run a Business

If you're finally ready to hang your own shingle, there's one thing you need to keep in mind: running a law firm means running a business. Even if you're the sharpest legal mind in the state, you're not going...

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5 Skills Lawyers Must Have to Succeed Today

The practice of law is not easy. It doesn't help that the legal field is becoming increasingly competitive. To stay on top, it's important to get back to the basics by focusing on the skills that make you a success....

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It's Time to Update Your Attorney Bio; Here's How to Do It Right

Tucked away on your firm website is your attorney bio. It's beautiful. You've got a nice, professionally taken photo, a summary of your educational background and expertise, a list of your legal successes. And it's horribly out of date....

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