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When it comes to storing files in the cloud, there is a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt going around. Some of it is even spread by cloud-based software companies who are trying to get a leg up on their competition. I try to balance security with utility to make sure I protect my client [...]
A Sensible Approach to Storing Client Files in the Cloud is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Behold! The awesomeness of last week, regurgitated for your pleasure! Finances for a Solo Attorney: Getting Started Law School v. a Bar Review Course Choosing Practice Management Software (Part 1) Putting Law School Debt in Perspective $2,500 Minimum Fee Earns IA Lawyer a 30-Day Suspension (photo: http://flic.kr/p/5dkLUi) Last Week’s Top Posts (April 22, 2012) is [...]
Last Week’s Top Posts (April 22, 2012) is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
If you are a lawyer and married to someone in the military, how do you stay licensed with all the moving involved? The Military Spouse JD Network wants to make it possible by dropping bar examination requirements for military spouses, and it is making progress. In February, the ABA decided to support changes in state [...]
Military Spouses Who Are Lawyers Have a Hard Time Practicing Law is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
The Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 is a document scanner for plowing through piles of documents. It isn’t a personal document scanner like the ScanSnap S1500 or the NeatDesk that is meant to sit on your desk; it is a document scanner for the copy room, to be used by someone whose job is scanning, copying, [...]
Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 Document Scanner Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Yesterday, I compared the value of law school (cost: $100,000+) to a bar review course (cost: about $3,000). In other words, the purchase price of a 41′ yacht versus less than a month’s salary for a McDonald’s store manager. Today, Bloomberg Law tries to break down the debt numbers and put them in perspective. Putting [...]
Putting Law School Debt in Perspective is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Do you really need three years of law school to be a lawyer? There seems to be a general consensus that law school doesn’t really prepare us to practice law. I’m not even convinced it prepares us to pass the bar exam. For that, I think the bar review course I took the summer after [...]
Law School v. a Bar Review Course is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
An Iowa criminal defense lawyer with a $2,500 minimum fee was suspended for 30 days. After two weeks and only 3.7 hours of work, the state dropped the case when federal authorities filed similar charges. A $2,500 flat fee (or an availability retainer, for that matter) is not necessarily unreasonable, even if it only results [...]
$2,500 Minimum Fee Earns IA Lawyer a 30-Day Suspension is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Putting cheap, mediocre forms online is not “disrupting” the legal market. Instead, it serves the same price-conscious, careless or uninformed people that have always bought legal forms from office supply stores and will-drafting software from big box electronics retailers. There is definitely growth, but only because it is a lot easier to buy forms online [...]
Serving the “Middle Market” by Allowing Non-Lawyer Funding & Ownership is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Wells Fargo got in major trouble for applying payments first to fees, then to the principal of a mortgage. And because it pissed off a New Orleans bankruptcy judge by fighting the case for five years while the homeowner’s lawyers worked without pay. (From Bloomberg Law) Wells Fargo Fined $3.2 Million by New Orleans Bankruptcy [...]
Wells Fargo Fined $3.2 Million by New Orleans Bankruptcy Judge is a post from Caveat Emptor
Don’t. It’s okay to be inexperienced. It’s not okay to lie about your inexperience. Or fudge. Or avoid the issue. Instead, read Jordan Rushie’s post, Winging It, in which he describes the right way to respond to a client who wants to know how much experience you have, when you don’t have any: Actually, no. [...]
How to Hide Your Inexperience is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com