So what do the three topics about have to do with each other? They are all addressed in the GP Solo Division’s Tech e-Report for October, 2007, which was just released earlier today. This is a nice publication that I tend to profile every issue, in part because my monthly column reminds me to check
October 2007
Top 10 Legal Ethics Traps (and how to avoid them.)
The ABA Journal has just published the Top 10 Ethics Traps with a good cross-section of legal ethics experts contributing. They even tell you how to avoid many of the traps. It is always good to read some "war stories" about mistakes you (hopefully) haven’t made. Nice graphics on the layout, too.
PC Mag features 200 Top Websites
We all like to see lists of useful Websites. Well, PC Magazine has come up with a great idea. Instead of a top 100 Websites list, it has two lists: Top 100 Classic Websites and Top 100 Undiscovered Websites. There is lots of interesting material here. I’m holding off on visiting any of the…
50 Ways to Market Your Practice
The ABA Journal has published 50 Ways to Market Your Practice in the October 2007 issue. The article features marketing ideas collected by Maryland lawyer Terry Berger (also the proprietor of http://www.registeredagentinfo.com/ ) from various sources, including in large part, the online community Solosez.
Voice-Activated Technology for Lawyers
Voice-Activated Technology for Lawyers is the subject of my column in the Oklahoma Bar Journal this month. It is a farily short treatment of a big topic, but it includes links to my previous articles on speech recognition software and digital dictation devices. Regular readers of this blog have already learned of my infatuation…
Ethics in the Electronic Era: Staying Out of the Briar Patch
Our latest edition of our podcast series, The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology, was posted a couple of weeks ago. It is called "Ethics in the Electronic Era: Staying Out of the Briar Patch." In it Sharon Nelson and I cover many ways that the use of technology increases your risk of ethical missteps. If…
Site of the Week: Gruntled Employees
I first became aware of the Shepard Law Group as a result of legal media coverage they received when they banished the billable hour from their firm. Jay Shepard came up with a very cute idea for the name of a blog related to employment law issues: Gruntled Employees. (After all you don’t want…
A Practice Management Tip That Comes in a Tube
OK, this is probably more a life tip than a practice management tip, but so what? There is one inexpensive item that I have at home, in my computer bag and in a desk drawer. That is a Tide to Go stick. As Ross Kodner recently pointed out at a "60 Tips" presentation, these work…
Kansas U.S. District Court Rules Provide Great Electronic Discovery Primer
Last night was one of my more fun and unusual presentations. At the Hudson-Hall-Wheaton chapter meeting of the American Inns of Court in Tulsa, they combined electronic data discovery with a Saturday Night Live theme. So after giving a serious talk on EDD, I sat down to be interviewed by the Church Lady, who soon…
2nd Annual GPSSF National Solo and Small Firm Conference a Success
Last week’s 2nd Annual GPSSF National Solo and Small Firm Conference in Philadelphia was a success by any measure. We had over 230 registered attendees and a large percentage of them were members of the Solosez community from all across the country. Marion J. Browning-Baker, an attorney from Stuttgart, Germany won the "farthest travel to…