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.
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September Issues of Law Practice and Law Practice Today Online
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The September issue of Law Practice Today has hit the Web.
The September issue of Law Practice, the magazine, is also online. (For those who read this months from now, both links go to the current issue.)
It’s really sort of amazing that the ABA Law Practice Management Section gives away so much content…
ABA Survey on Lawyer’s Use of Technology
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The ABA today has issued a press release about its 2004-2005 Legal Technology Survey. I’m quite interested in the lawyer’s use of technology. However, this press release leaves something to be desired. (I’ll direct you to the good stuff.) Their headline from the survey is that 19% of responding lawyers have used a wireless…
More about Oklahoma Electronic Discovery Summit
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More details about the Oklahoma Electronic Discovery Summit (and enrollment information) are now available here. I did a prior blog post about some of the highlights here. I’m sure we will have a large number of litigators present, but electronic discovery awareness and understanding is not just for litigators. Corporate …
Announcing the 2005 Oklahoma Electronic Discovery Summit
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The 2005 Oklahoma Electronic Discovery Summit will be held on September 22 and 23, 2005 at the Reed Center in Midwest City, Oklahoma. The details will be released in a few days and I’ll link to them here then, but we have a strong lineup of speakers including:
- Michael Arkfeld, author of the Electronic Evidence
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CaseMap’s ReportBooks and Palm’s LifeDrive
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The new edition of LLRX.com was posted a few days ago. As always there’s lots of good content, but I direct your attention to two product reviews: Dennis Kennedy reviews CaseMap’s new ReportBook and Brett Burney reviews the new Palm LifeDrive. These are well-written reviews from experts. I’d strongly encourage you to read the…
A Futurist Examines the Practice of Law
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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
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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
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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…
ABA TECHSHOW Photo Album posted
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An ABA TECHSHOW 2005 photo album has been released, thanks to ace photographer Dale Tincher. TECHSHOW attendees can download the photos at no charge or even ask Dale to send you the larger versions. The only restriction is to credit Dale if you post them on the Web. Lots of photos of the exhibit area…