Published By Jim Calloway
One of the bad things about having a blog now is the PR e-mail you receive.
"Hi Jim, I read your blog all the time. Here’s my latest piece of corporate promotional crap. Would you please give it free publicity for me?" (No offense intended to those who actually do read my blog all the…
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…
You know it is nearing the holiday season when the weather is cooler, the leaves are falling and Reid Trautz has posted his Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers.
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, …
One of the hardest things about the private practice of law is the number of hours most lawyers work. TV shows and movies about lawyers don’t show the long hours reading published opinions and deposition transcripts. (And rightfully so, it just wouldn’t be entertainment.) When you work too much, the rest of your life suffers…
Amy Campbell is a marketing and communication consultant who serves professional service firms. Her blog is located here. A couple of years ago I stumbled across Amy’s list of web diversions. My Site of the Week is Amy Campbell’s Top Ten Web Diversions for 2005. Even though it was posted in December of…
Since my last presentation at Legal Tech New York (more on that later) ended at 3:00 p.m. yesterday, I got home pretty late last night after enduring too much flying time. Perhaps it was getting too little sleep after a hectic three days that made me take special note of the idyllic beach scene and…
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…
The shopping season is upon us. Check out Reid Trautz’s 2005 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers.
Let me add one more: Billable Hour Timepieces, where the clocks and watches are marked off in one-tenth of an hour increments. Happy Thanksgiving all!
Solo and small firm conferences are growing and new ones are appearing all across the country. Last week I received a flyer announcing the inaugural Illinois State Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference. Last week I also was a guest speaker at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Solo and Small Firm Conference in Charlottesville. …