Negotiation is a fascinating intellectual topic, and obviously something lawyers practice regularly.   During any typical work day, a lawyer is likely to be simultaneously involved in multiple negotiations – with clients, with other lawyers, with the Court, with governmental officials, regulators, and others.   Being a good negotiator can be an invaluable skill for any lawyer. Given the multidisciplinary [...]

In this fast-paced 60 minute presentation, attendees got advice on how to run a more efficient practice, enjoy a better work-life balance, and simply enjoy their smartphones.

It’s Friday and the productivity theme of our blog notwithstanding (he writes, lawyerly), it’s the official day dedicated to non-productive use of the interwebs. When I was in law school we didn’t have laptops, let alone YouTube.   However, the absence of YouTube most assuredly gave me the advantage of simply not being able to record and upload whatever my knucklehead [...]

“The best things in life are free. But you can keep ‘em for the birds and bees.” So sang Barret Strong, originally, and dozens of other cover artists, including The Beatles. But as it turns out, there’s a lot of free stuff these days that had Mr. Strong known about, may have changed his lyrics. If you’re running a small [...]

How many times have you seen an incredible resume and then interviewed the candidate, who turns out to be a total dud? Enter the phone screen.

In our free webinar this Friday at 12PM EST, we’ll show you 60 of the newest, coolest, and interesting iPhone apps for use in your hectic life as a legal professional.

Attorneys notoriously live (and die) by their calendars. Missing deadlines and hearings, I don’t need to remind anyone, can result in disciplinary actions. The attorney calendar is a fine, precision instrument like a car or space shuttle. It needs to be maintained, cradled, and tuned. Done the right way, calendaring can keep you more than organized: it can improve your [...]

Thinking about new ways to approach difficult problems is something we enjoy, and something we have in common with our lawyers. Whether it’s a different way of measuring key metrics, a cool use of game theory, or just a novel way of challenging a long-standing established practice, thinking through problems from different angles is a big part of finding innovative [...]

As the economy slowly heats up, we turn our attention to the hiring process. You can find Part One of this series, How to Hire Effectively for Lawyers : Understanding Your Culture by clicking here. Have you read Good to Great? It’s arguably the most celebrated business book of the past ten years, and for good reason. Author Jim Collins [...]

Over the weekend a colleague finally caved in to iPhone mania and replaced his Blackberry with a 3G model for the lovely little sum of $49.00. Within a few hours, he dropped it to the ground, shattering the screen. My colleague, who shall remain anonymous, returned to the AT&T store who sold him the device. A salesperson tried to help. [...]