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How to Handle Heartbleed

April 15, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

I was out of the office last week when the Heartbleed bug burst into the news so, while I’m a little slow getting information posted about it, things seemed to have resolved…

Casemaker Now Has Legal Forms

April 09, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

Casemaker, the Alabama State Bar’s free legal research service, is once again offering discounted forms, via U.S. Legal Forms, from within the Casemaker website. To take advantage of the forms and the…

5 Steps to Easy(ier) Legal Accounting

April 04, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

The Legal Technology Resource Center, a part of the ABA Law Practice Division, is now facilitating free webinars to help lawyers with practice management issues, and the next one, 5 Steps to…

Michelle R. Owens of Montgomery Named State Bar’s Director of Finance; First Person To Hold That Title

April 01, 2014 - Filed Under: Press Releases

Montgomery, Ala., April 1, 2014 – Alabama State Bar Executive Director Keith B. Norman has announced the hiring of Michelle R. Owens, Montgomery, as the bar’s first director of finance. State Bar…

Check Out PacerPro – It’s Free!

March 19, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

Lawyers who practice in the federal court system have long grumbled that the PACER system is clunky and hard to use. One lawyer, Gavin McGrane, was so disgruntled that he decided to…

Alabama State Bar Votes on Military Lawyer-Spouse Rule

March 18, 2014 - Filed Under: Press Releases

Montgomery, Ala., March 18, 2014 – The Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners on Friday voted to allow a lawyer who is a military spouse to practice law temporarily in the…

Is it Time for Office 365?

March 06, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

If you’re like me, you can only absorb and assimilate so much change at one time. I think that’s one reason lawyers often stick with old – or even completely outdated –

State Bar Announced 2014 Law Day Competition

March 05, 2014 - Filed Under: Press Releases

The 2014 Law Day theme is “Why Every Vote Matters,” which celebrates the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Alabama State Bar…

Does “The Cloud” Raise Storm Warnings at Your Firm?

March 04, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

Ever since Formal Opinion 2010-02 cleared the way for Alabama Lawyers to utilize cloud-based services in the practice of law, I’ve received more and more calls from lawyers who are interested in…

Get Paid Quickly! LawPay Offers Special Incentive

March 03, 2014 - Filed Under: Practice Management

Despite the need to carefully manage cash flow, some lawyers are still making it hard for their clients to pay them. They do this by failing to accept debit and credit cards.