2006

In my prior post I mentioned the ABA GP/Solo Division. The division sponsored a National Solo and Small Firm Conference last week. Ross Kodner and I co-chaired the event. Ponca City, Oklahoma attorney Brian Hermanson was a speaker. Ross and I spent a lot of time working on this and it was a pleasure.

Most lawyers are very, very busy. When I encourage them to participate in online communities like OBA-NET or Solosez, they often respond that they don’t have the time to read their own e-mail, much less sign up for optional messages or postings. (In fact, one really well-known technology expert and lawyer confessed to me yesterday…

Our fall edition of the New Lawyer Experience program is completed. Over 150 lawyers attended in either Oklahoma City or Tulsa, with the majority being brand new lawyers who were sworn in the week before. (When you learn that they were forced to listen to me for five hours, it might sound more like new…

Flying on commercial airlines is certainly no fun these days. So to make it a little better, when you make your next reservations online first open SeatGuru.com and minimize it. When you are making your reservations and it is time to request a seat, go to SeatGuru.com and click on the airline and then type…

This week brings an all-mobile phone theme issue of the Solo Newsletter (from ABA GP/Solo Division.) This newsletter has four very brief treatments of several phone issues.

All of these are worth reading, but if you only have time to read one, it has got to be David Leffler’s great essay on how his smart…

Here’s something entertaining. The Official Seal Generator site lets you design customized seals from a variety of colors, borders, graphic images and other elements for free. You can then either download the seal or copy it. It’s pretty cute. You could use it for gags, maybe some humorous corporate seals for some small business clients, …

I know that many of you receive the magazine Law Practice, which is the official magazine of the ABA Law Practice Management Section. If you do not receive the magazine and would like to receive it, this post will tell you how.

First of all, if you are a member of the American Bar…

Is your law firm one that still needs to implement software to help you run your law office? Choosing among the many available options can be confusing and time-consuming. That is why many law firms choose to utilize a consultant to help them through this process. There is one Web resource that provides you with…