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Casemaker Is Growing Up
- Filed Under: Practice Management
Change can sometimes be difficult, but change also brings wonderful new opportunities. Casemaker, the Alabama State Bar’s FREE legal research member benefit, will be upgraded on Monday, March 5th, to provide you…
Read MoreFirst Impressions Last
- Filed Under: Practice Management
The March/April 2012 issue of Law Practice magazine is now available online and in it you’ll find my SimpleSteps column. I’ve reprinted the column below to save you a click, but this…
Read MoreTurns Out, It’s Really True
- Filed Under: Practice Management
I first heard it when I was studying for the bar exam. My law school asked some young lawyers recently admitted to practice to come to one of our exam prep sessions…
Read MoreState Bar Announces 2012 Law Day Theme Contest For Students; “No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom”
- Filed Under: Press Releases
Montgomery, Alabama, February 28, 2012 – Court funding cutbacks affect all Alabamians. This year’s Law Day theme reflects the somber truth that the current funding crisis experienced by the court system, the…
Read MoreState Bar Unveils Free Web-Based App For Mobile Devices; Attys Can Get Last-Minute Research That Could Prove Decisive
- Filed Under: Press Releases
Montgomery, Alabama, February 15, 2012 – Alabama lawyers can now access on-the-go information with a free, mobile web-based application for the bar’s Member Directory as well as Formal Ethics Opinions issued by…
Read MoreState Bar’s 2012 Legislative Priority Highlights Improving Access to Justice and Preserving the Integrity of the Justice System
- Filed Under: Press Releases
Montgomery, Ala., February 6, 2012 – As the state Legislature prepares for the 2012 legislative session, the Alabama State Bar today urged state lawmakers to provide greater access to the justice system…
Read More2012 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide Arrives
- Filed Under: Practice Management
Right on schedule, the 2012 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple, by Sharon Nelson, John Simek and Michael Maschke, is here. This annual guide is the only…
Read MoreClio Practice Management System For Smaller Law Firms Available to State Bar Members
- Filed Under: Press Releases
Montgomery, Alabama & Vancouver, British Columbia, January 27, 2012 – The Alabama State Bar has entered an Affinity Partnership that allows its members to subscribe to Clio, a web-based practice management system…
Read MoreNot Bad, For Government Work!
- Filed Under: Practice Management
With legal jobs for new law school graduates harder and harder to come by, an often- overlooked source of legal jobs is the federal government. Both new and seasoned lawyers often do…
Read MoreDraft Now, Send Later
- Filed Under: Practice Management
Often, lawyers will put off drafting an email because they don’t have all the information needed to complete and send it. What they forget, or never knew to begin with, is that…
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