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Save Your Bacon – Or Cook Your Goose?
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A blog post by Jan Berinstein with those eye-catching words in the title grabbed my attention this morning. So much so that it inspired me to shake off the blahs I’ve had…
Read MoreSave 20% – But Only for One More Week
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I couldn’t do my job without the great books that LPM Publishing puts out, which is why I want to pass on the word that the ABA Webstore is offering a 20%
Read MoreImproving Your Practice With Checklists – And More
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Back in March, when I attended ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago, I left my keys in a desk drawer in my room at the Hilton. Needless to say, when I arrived at the…
Read MoreDon’t Get Caught With Your [Redacted] Down!
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With the advent of e-filing, e-discovery and e-production, redaction has moved from something any lawyer can do with a big, fat black Magic Marker to a techno-legal skill-set that has become more…
Read MoreCan John Wooden’s Seven Principles Make You a Better Lawyer?
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The airwaves on Saturday were filled with the sad news of the death of John Wooden, legendary coach of the UCLA basketball team. I’m not a huge sports fan, but as I…
Read MoreMust Read: Time Management for Attorneys
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I’ve read a lot of time management books, so when Time Management for Attorneys: A Lawyer’s Guide to Decreasing Stress, Eliminating Interruptions & Getting Home on Time by Mark Powers and Shawn…
Read MorePay Your Legal Assistant’s Dues, Make Yourself Happy
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I’ve been after my legal assistant, Kristi Skipper, to provide a guest post for The Last Word. She has graciously done so, and here, in her own words, are her Top 5…
Read MoreAlabama Launches ACIS Online
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Most Alabama attorneys recently received an email inviting them to review the Alabama Appellate Courts’ new online service, ACIS Online, by signing up for a free Level III Trial Subscription. The service…
Read MoreWork Smarter, Go Home Sooner
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If you’re not already doing so, one of the most productive (and cost effective) technology changes that you can make is to add a second monitor to your computer. Adding a second…
Read MoreFriday Reading: What Lawyers Can Learn from Dentists
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Every once in a while you read something and all you can say about it is, “Wow! I wish I’d written that!” Beverly Michaelis is a Practice Management Advisor with the Oregon…
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