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Boost Your Firm’s Profitability

- Filed Under: Practice Management

The July/August Law Firm Profitability issue of Law Practice is available on the LPM Section’s website, and you don’t have to be a section member to take a look. With The New…

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Are You Leaving the Keys Under the Mat?

- Filed Under: Practice Management

LinkedIn, the professional networking site, was in the news last week when it was revealed that 6.5 million of it’s users’ passwords were stolen and posted on the internet. According to the…

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Are You E-Verifying?

- Filed Under: Practice Management

Although the Beason-Hammon immigration act was signed into law over a year ago, questions about it’s requirements continue to come up, as evidenced by a call we received from a lawyer this…

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New AmicusCuriae Website is the Lawyer’s Friend, Too!

- Filed Under: Practice Management

If you’ve ever wished you knew more about how a judge in another circuit likes for things to go in his or her courtroom, you’ll be delighted to learn about AmicusCuriae, a…

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Alabama Child Support Calculation App Now Available

- Filed Under: Practice Management

Candace Peeples of Shaw, Anderson & Peeples, LLC in Birmingham has just launched a new app which she hopes will be of use to Alabama lawyers who practice domestic relations law, as…

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Ala. Lawyers Hall Of Fame Inductees Include: State’s 1st U.S. Supreme Court Justice; B’ham City Council Member, Prominent Civil Rights Atty

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Montgomery, Alabama, April 23, 2012 – The lawyer who became the first Alabamian to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, a well-known civil rights lawyer, and a former member of the Birmingham…

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2012 Law Day Competition Winners Announced; Schools In B’ham, Montgomery, Phenix City Sweep 3 Categories

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Montgomery, Alabama, April 17, 2012 – As the nation prepares to celebrate Law Day, May 1st a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law, the Alabama State Bar has…

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New Rules Permit Lawyers To Let Clients Handle Parts Of Their Own Case Under Supervision; Result Will Be Lower Legal Costs

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Montgomery, Alabama, April 05, 2012 – Middle- and low-income Alabama litigants can now get legal help even if they cannot afford to pay a lawyer to handle the entire matter. New rules…

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Economic Survey Of Ala. Lawyers Reveals Market Forces Have Negative Effect On Income; 66% Of Lawyers Are In Solo/Small Firms

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Montgomery, Alabama, April 4, 2012 – The Alabama State Bar has released the results of its periodic study of the economics of law practice in Alabama for the year 2010. State Bar…

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Only One Hour? Really?

- Filed Under: Practice Management

If your new iPad has left you feeling like the dog that just caught the car (What do I do with this thing, now that I finally have it?) there are a…

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