You know when Newsweek is publishing a story on needed reforms for law schools that the conversation has extended past the legal community. Unfortunately rapid change has not been a trait of academia or of the legal community. But serious questions are being asked and they deserve discussion outside of the halls of academia.
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Attorney@Work gave me the opportunity to share my thoughts today on their regular Friday Five feature. I 
hope my Five Thoughts on the Future for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers will be useful food for thought for many lawyers. They have hosted a lot of great Friday Five features in the past, so it was
How law firm can effectively use social media is a topic open for debate. I have seen some very persuasive individuals tell audiences that a social media strategy is absolutely critical for law firms. I have heard from lawyers who say they invested significantly in social media and saw little to no return on investment.
This post may not have the lyrical flair of The Three Tenors, but hopefully you will find something useful (if not quite musical) by following the fusion of the thoughts of the three law professors that I recommend to you today.
Earlier this summer, I was honored to be asked to give the keynote
The annual Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine is officially a “big deal.” Some of you will recall that I spent much time last year promoting the 2013 Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine. (I served as a co-guest editor.) I’m just as enthusiastic about 2014 Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine.
ABA TECHSHOW 2014 was a great event. There were several attendees from Oklahoma this year, so some of us contributed to an article on What We Saw at ABA TECHSHOW 2014 for the Oklahoma Bar Journal. The online version of the article has lots of links to other resources. Oklahoma lawyers who have already completed
So what is the best legal technology for solo & small firm lawyers? Our Digital Edge podcast attempts to answer part of that question when Sharon Nelson and I interview her husband and co-author John Simek about that topic. Sharon and John, along with Michael C. Maschke, co-authored the 2014 Solo and Small Firm Legal Tech
Every now and then I get some negative reponses when I talk one-on-one to lawyers about upcoming changes in the future of our profession. The most common comment is that the present times are a temporary blip and when the economy gets better, the amount of legal work will increase. Or they say that the
Peggy Gruenke has written a nice pair of articles on trust accounting for the Attorneyatwork site. Last month's article was Would You Pass a Trust Account Audit? and the most recent one is Handling Settlement Funds: A Best-Practices Checklist. I've know Peggy since her days as a bar association executive. These are very clear
This month's Digital Edge podcast covers "The Best of Legal Tech for Solos and Small Firms 2014."
John Simek is our guest, who is the business partner and spouse of my podcast teammate, Sharon Nelson. Together with Michael C. Maschke, they were the authors of The 2014 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical
