Readers of Legal Productivity know we’ve been hard at work on an online continuing legal education platform which we’re calling RocketCLE. It’s an extension of our educational and content philosophy embodied by this blog, our webinar series, and our Legal Productivity e-book. Today, RocketCLE is formally launched to the rest of the world (see our press release for more information). [...]

OK, I’m donning my flame-retardant gear.  Here it goes.  Bring it on. Whenever I spot someone walking around with that popular, Shakespeare-inspired T-shirt: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” King Henry VI, Act IV, Scene II I stop and try to ask them to explain what it means to them. Inevitably, the response is some kind [...]

Lack of cost certainty has to be one of the leading reasons why we don’t use more legal services. I can’t prove it, but I’ve always suspected there is a heck of a lot of potential legal work out there that doesn’t end up on lawyer laptops solely because of the absence of a fixed price (or something close to [...]

Spinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion Host: Kendall Coffey, Coffey Burlington (Miami, Florida) When: Friday, January 28th at 12PM EST CLE Accreditation available in Florida Price: FREE Description: We’re completely stoked for this one! Former Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey represented Al Gore in the 2000 election recount and the family of Elian Gonzalez, [...]

First of all, business lawyers rock.  They’re among the sharpest thinking professionals in business, routinely pulling together complex deal structures, making sense out of rules and regulations, and giving great general business advice to clients. (Disclosure: Yes I’m biased, I started my career as a business lawyer.) Since leaving law for the tech world I’ve been on the client side, [...]

Legomen Bob and George discuss the hazards of being over-connected to technology. Never putting down the smartphone is a hazard to life and limb, and can dramatically reduce productivity! If you like this mini-film, check out the rest of the hour-long CLE online video, Seven Ways to Make Your Law Firm More Efficient. In this original production, we explore many [...]

Last Saturday was a beautiful, sunny South Florida day. One of those “Chamber of Commerce” specials. Awesome day for my dog and I to head to the dog park. We headed through the first set of gates, waved hello to a few familiar snouts, and entered the “small dog” area.  Upon opening the gate and were promptly greeted by a [...]

As of this writing, Apple Stock is down over 13 points after Steve Jobs announced he’s taking another leave of absence from the helm of the company. Part of me thinks this is an overreaction. But the other part of me suspects Wall Street may be right.

Readers of this blog and anyone who’s seen me speak about living “responsibly connected” know how I feel about the smartphone leash. Now it looks like the courts may back me up.

Today, yet again, I showed up for jury duty like the responsible citizen that I am, only to be spurned yet again, like an unpopular, ugly kid at a high-school dance. Getting summoned to juror pools is something of a second profession for me. I don’t know what it is about my luck, or the way my personal identification numbers [...]