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Law Practice Management
The Tennessee Bar Association has a variety of resources and practical information on law office management issues available to help members better serve clients and practice more efficiently and effectively.
Below you will find the Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed, brought to you by the Law Office Technology & Management Section of the Tennessee Bar Association. "PMA Pipes" is an RSS newsfeed that was designed by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center. It combines posts from the blogs of Practice Management Advisors from across the United States, as well as the ABA's Site-tation blog, into one convenient location. The blogs brought to you by this feed include: Law Practice Matters, Reid My Blog, Law Practice Tips, Law Practice Advisor, The Last Word, Thoughtful Legal Management, and Compujurist, among others.
Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed
[Law Practice Tips Blog] Great Reading for the Week of February 4, 2010
Greetings from SNOW-klahoma! Had lots of extra time to surf the Net, but I found better uses for my time. Still I have a fair amount of reading to pass on. NYT Writer David Pogue Ins and Outs of Calling...
[PA Law Practice Management] Solve Backward Compatibility Issues in MS Office
Many firms are caught at the awkward stage when they are in communication and document exchange with others who use a higher version of MS Office. Sometimes different versions exist within the same office; making teamwork and file sharing a real problem. In other instances, home office computers sport an older version, making it difficult to work from home. Are you, or some of your co-workers, having problems opening those newer files with your older version of software?
To open Microsoft...
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http://www.pa-lawpracticemanagement.com/?p=775
[Law Practice Tips Blog] Are tablets "laptop killers?"
Rupert Murdoch has predicted that tablets will be laptop killers. Some may think this is crazy. But Murdoch is crazy like a fox (pun intended.) A good headline-grabbing quote can spread the word of the newly launched The Daily iPad...
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[Oregon Law Practice Management] 12 Steps to Take Now if Your Laptop is Stolen
Is there any worse feeling than having your laptop stolen? It’s an awful experience to be sure. While it can be difficult to bounce back into “action mode,” try your best. Here are 12 immediate steps you should take if this happens to you: Notify your IT department Change your network user name and password [...]
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http://oregonlawpracticemanagement.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/12-steps-to-take-now-if-your-laptop-is-stolen/
[Avoid a Claim] New on the practicePRO Lending Library shelf: Find Info Like a Pro
A new addition to the practicePRO Lending Library is Find Info Like a Pro: Mining the Internet’s Publically Available Resources for Investigative Research by Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch.
The internet contains a wealth of free resources that legal professionals can put to use in investigative and background research. This book provides the secrets, shortcuts and realities of using these tools for (among other things) investigations, depositions, locating witnesses or heirs and...
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[PA Law Practice Management] Should You Upgrade from Office 2003?
As promised in a recent post, I asked Jennifer Ellis to provide readers with her analysis as to whether to upgrade to Office 2007, or skip it entirely and upgrade to Office 2010. I don’t ask out of idle curiosity. It’s a question that comes into the Pa Bar Association Hotline at least once or twice every week. That tells me there are a lot of you out there wondering what action, if any, you should take.
Jennifer has obliged in her blog post entitled “Should You Upgrade...
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http://www.pa-lawpracticemanagement.com/?p=769
[Law Practice Advisor] Guest Post: Attorneys’ Fees--The New Rule 1.5
We are very pleased (mostly because we don’t now have to research the topic ourselves) to have the below guest blog post, reproduced with the permission of its author, James S. Bolan, Esq., of Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan, and covering recent changes to the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.5, respecting Fees. Jim, co-author of MCLE’s (http://www.mcle.org/) “Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts”, has long-standing experience and much expertise in issues of...
[Oregon Law Practice Management] Facebook Security Fix
For any of you with personal or business pages on Facebook, I recommend implementing secure https:// browsing. It’s a quick change under Account Settings > Account Security. Click here for the directions. Please note this feature is not yet available on all accounts. Facebook says it will be rolling out the https option to [...]
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http://oregonlawpracticemanagement.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/facebook-security-fix/
[Avoid a Claim] New on the practicePRO Lending Library shelf: Selling In Your Comfort Zone
A new addition to the practicePRO Lending Library is Selling In You Comfort Zone: Safe and Effective Strategies for Developing New Business by Robert N. Kohn and Lawrence M. Kohn.
Selling is an important skill for lawyers in private practice, but its also one that many are uncomfortable with. This book aims to change the thinking of those that may have had unpleasant experiences with selling.
The authors provide strategies to help you develop confidence, identify comfortable sales target, and...
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[PMATips] Do you …..02/01/11
Do you know all the passwords? Do you know the password to every computer in your office including the server? Do you have a networked printer which requires a password to make setting changes? Do you know the administrator password for every software application in use in the office? Do you know the password to your website, host account and domain registrar? What about on-line services; on-line banking, legal research, credit card services, health insurance or cafeteria plan, and TurboTax?...
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http://pmatips.com/wordpress/?p=428
Guide to Setting Up a New Practice
Law Practice Management Tips
TBA Resource Center
Visit the Tennessee Bar Center at 221 Fourth Ave. North, Suite 400 in Nashville, and check out any of the many publications about law office management that are available. Obtain forms, checklists and information about how to set up your practice. Free to TBA members.