The Lawyer’s Bank Accounts is the topic of my article in this month’s Oklahoma Bar Journal. It is a brief overview and may be particularly valuable to the new lawyer setting up a law practice. There are links to other resources about bank accounts for lawyers, including a recent article by Dan Pinnington on
May 2005
Redaction of PDF files
Redaction is the removal or obscuring of certain text before releasing a document to the public. With paper documents, it is pretty simple. Just take a black Magic Marker and color over the text and then make a photocopy of it. Redacting PDF documents doesn’t work quite the same way. Recently the Pentagon released a…
Site of the Week:Lifehacker.com
The word "hack" as applied to technology has many meanings. One meaning is "a clever or elegant solution to a problem." Lifehacker.com covers many solutions to our problems in life. Here’s the site’s mission statement: "Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the downloads, web sites and shortcuts that actually save…
Oklahoma Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference
June 23-25 is the date for the annual OBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. The Early Bird registration deadline is June 1 and then the price goes up, with a possibility that the conference will fill and close registration. There’s a lot of information available on the SSF Conference site, including my story about…
A Futurist Examines the Practice of Law
Charlie Robinson is an attorney in Florida. You cannot really discuss the future of legal practice without mentioning Charlie, who has likely given more presentations about the future of law practice than anyone. I’ve heard him speak several times. You may not agree with everything he says, but you had better not ignore these concepts.
Thinking about priorities: Career, Family and Personal Finance
I strive to have practical tips on this blog that are immediately useful. This week I am covering a bit of future thinking and strategic planning. It is sometimes hard to spend time thinking about the future when you are battling the fires (or "alligators") of the day. But we need to think long range…
Change or Die
The one constant in today’s society seems to be change. At the beginning of this year, Laura Owen, Director of WorldWide Legal Services for Cisco Systems, Inc wrote an article titled "The Tech Revolution: Change or Die." All lawyers should read this one where in-house counsel for a sophisticated client makes important points about how…
Site of the Week: Supporting America’s Judiciary
Attacks on the members of the judiciary have certainly been on the rise, whether by verbal assaults, courtroom incidents of violence or a recent tragedy of a federal judge’s family being murdered. The American Bar Association has recently posted an online "toolkit" titled "Supporting America’s Judiciary." This set of resources will be useful to…
The Initial Client Interview
"In many ways for lawyers the initial client interview is like a first date. You do not know each other that well and hope to get better acquainted. There is often a bit of tension or wariness. There are lots of unanswered (and unasked) questions, and it may have its awkward moments. But both of…
Site of the Week: Technoloawyer blog
Many readers are familiar with the Neil Squillante’s Technolawyer community. Several days ago Technolawyer launched its Technolawyer blog. The Technolawyer community operates via a series of free e-newsletters. Details on each newsletter can be located here. The blog mainly focuses on upcoming new content from the newsletters, but some other law technology posts…