2005

The typical law school graduate may enter the practice of law with little, if any, training in business management. This is perhaps not a critical problem for the new lawyer who goes to work for as an assistant district attorney, a public defender or an associate in a large law firm. But for the solo…

Microsoft has released a new free add-in tool which allows redaction of MS Word 2003 Documents before distributing them. According to the download site, "The Microsoft Office Word 2003 Redaction Add-in makes it easy for you to mark sections of a document for redaction. You can then redact the document so that the sections…

LLRX.com, the Law Library Resource Xchange, was launched in 1996. This webzine, now published monthly, continues to provide free cutting-edge articles about legal research, legal technology and related topics. Its archives are extremely valuable. I frequently direct people to its Court Rules, Forms and Dockets page, a great place for a first look…

This tip from Law Tech Guru Jeff Beard was news to me. We should all have at least one entry for the name ICE in our mobile phone contacts. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If one is incapacitated, then emergency responders may check your mobile phone to see if you have an ICE…

Recently I have had to send some files that are too large to e-mail. Most e-mail services seem to have a 5 MB (or less) attachment limit. I’ve been using YouSendIt.com and it has worked very well. You upload the file to this service and the person to whom the file is directed receives an…

There are lots of e-mail electronic discussion groups. Many have valuable information for lawyers. All Oklahoma Bar Sections have these lists available.

Solosez is a thriving electronic mailing list-based online community. It is for the benefit of solo and small firm lawyers and neither ABA membership or even a law degree is required to participate.

Starting a law practice is a challenge many lawyers accept each year. But, for many, all that is associated with running a business in addition to doing the legal work for clients can prove intially demanding. This is particularly true for those fresh out of law school or those leaving a large firm where most…