We’re featuring dual Websites of the Week this week. Adobe’s Rick Borstein publishes the blog Acrobat for Legal Professionals. Rick just needs to give us more content! His feature on redaction of PDF files is excellent. Granted he works for Adobe and when he examines alternatives to Adobe you don’t expect he will conclude
December 2005
Suggested New Year’s Resolution: Set up a Law Firm Website now!
As I noted yesterday, ABA webmaster Fred Faulkner asked the question "Are You Ready for Local Search?" He makes the point that as local search tools become more utilized by the public, it becomes an absolute necessity for a law firm to have a web site.
Let me be dogmatic. Every law firm of every …
Holiday Gifts, Predictions on Legal Tech Trends and Local Search
What could holiday gifts, predictions on legal technology in 2006 and local search all have in common? Well, they are all topics featured in the December issue of the e-zine, LLRX.com.
As you know, I’ve already had two brief posts about Holiday Gifts for Lawyers, here and here. But Jeff Beard has a great…
Site of the Week: PCWorld’s 100 Best Products of 2005
OK, I’m only currently using three of the top ten, but PC World’s 100 Best Products of 2005 is clearly worth some examination. And if you really need one of these products, you could do a lot worse than taking a recommendation from those fine folks at PC World magazine.
Holiday Gifts for Lawyers, part II
Shopping time grows short, but Jeffery Allen and Allen Pearlman have published The Technologists Guide to Holday Shopping in the December GPSolo Magazine. Actually this whole magazine is a present as the ABA General Practice Solo and Small Firm Division continues to publish virtually all of its magazine content online for everyone. This issue’s…
End-of-year Tax Tips
I wanted to write an article about end of year tax planning and business tasks that should be completed before year end. Unfortunately, I lack the expertise to write such an article. So I talked Oklahoma City attorney and CPA Ken Klingenberg into helping me out with the subject for my monthly column in the…
Site of the Week: PubSub Law List (Blawgs)
Everyone seems to like a "top ten" or "top one hundred" list. PubSub’s Law List is a ranking of law-related weblogs (aka blawgs.) The rankings change frequently, moving up and down quite a bit, depending on the inbound or outbound links and (I assume) other factors. Still it is interesting to look at the rankings.
Ten Commandments of Client Relationships
The Ten Commandments of Client Relationships has been around for a while. The Canadian Bar Association indicates that it originated with the Queensland Law Society of Australia. These simple ideas help you set the tone you want for your staff and publicly affirm your commitment to good client service. This PDF is formatted to easily…
A Backup Proposal for Those Who Know That They Aren’t Doing Backup Well
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: LPT Roundtable
The December issue of the e-zine Law Practice Today has been posted. There is always good content in this publication. The feature article is Law Practice Today Roundtable: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Eight of us with an interest in technology were given a series of tech-related questions to discuss. It’s a fun article…