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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
[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] 19th Century Streetview: Osgoode Hall in 1856
Many Ontario lawyers have visited Osgoode Hall and are used to seeing it as an island in the middle of busy streets and tall skyscapers. Here’s how it would have looked to our 19th century colleagues, courtesy of this 360 degree panoramic photo of Toronto taken from a roof around the corner of York & Adelaide.
Click on the link to see the entire panorama and scroll to the left to see Osgoode Hall.
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http://www.slaw.ca/2011/01/17/19th-century-streetview-osgoode-hall-in-1856/
[Oregon Law Practice Management] Back to Law School with iTunes (Sorta)
Sometimes it’s just fun to browse the iTunes store for new apps and podcasts – you never know what you’ll find. And right now (I mean now!) Apple has launched a $10,000 iTunes gift card giveaway. Download the 10 billionth app (free or paid) and you’re a winner! In the interest of full disclosure, Apple also [...]
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http://oregonlawpracticemanagement.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/back-to-law-school-with-itunes-u-sorta/
[Law Practice Advisor] Listing Agent: Twitter Lists Divert the Stream
This week's Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers E-Journal Law Practice Management Section Featured Practice Tip comes from LOMAP. This week's Tip covers the usefulnesses for and application of Twitter lists.
Read the Tip here.
[ABA Site-tation] iPhone Officially on Verizon in February: Details so Far
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On Tuesday Verizon officially announced that it will begin selling Apple iPhones in early February 2011. Such an announcement was highly anticipated, as iPhones are currently available for use only on AT&T's networks. Many potential customers may have avoided buying an iPhone to date due to reports of poor wireless service on AT&T for iPhones.
Here are some details and considerations so far:
· The Verizon iPhone released in February will use Verizon's existing 3G CDMA cellular...
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABASitetation/~3/Bp8j0ptppAE/ViewPost.aspx
[Avoid a Claim] Collaborative family law agreement collection scam by Beverly Kawashima [updated January 17]
In January 2011 an Ontario lawyer exchanged emails with the purported Beverly Kawashima. That conversation is reproduced below.
The messages this fraudster sent are virtually identical to messages other lawyers have received recently on collaborative family law agreement scams from the purported Kathy Cheung and Peggy Higashi.
Subsequent to our first post we have had several other Ontario lawyers advise us they have been targeted, as well as an Alberta lawyer. We have also been advised that...
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/avoidaclaim/~3/HY7LaNPKnfk/
[ABA Site-tation] Creating MS Outlook Reminders
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Set them but don't forget them with Microsoft Outlook. After awhile, those yellow sticky note reminders on your computer monitor can become a regular part of the landscape. However, MS Outlook reminders can help you clear the clutter and better organize your work life. Typically, reminders are associated with tasks and deadlines but reminders are versatile so here we review how to set reminders for Calendar Items, e-Mail Messages, Contacts, and Tasks.
· CALENDAR ITEMS - To setup...
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABASitetation/~3/SPIRXavLOdc/ViewPost.aspx
[PMATips] Secure Your Facebook Profile – 01/11/11
Secure your Facebook profile! We have all heard the message but may not have heeded the call. Why not? For many of us, it is because we really don’t know how to lock down our profile. Help is here.
ZDNet iGeneration blogger Zach Whittaker has posted documentation which will walk you through the steps to thoroughly secure your Facebook profile. The instructions are divided into four sections: Securing your profile page, Secure your account settings, Secure your privacy settings and Securing the...
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http://pmatips.com/wordpress/?p=410
[Thoughtful Legal Management] A Relational Rule of Life
♬ All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to…♬
Lyrics and Music by: Phillip John Hanseroth, recorded by Brandi Carlile.
This is another wonderful guest post by Beth Flynn of the OSU Leadership Center on leadership and relationships. This post speaks to developing leadership by cultivating relationships.
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http://thoughtfullaw.com/2011/01/11/a-relational-rule-of-life/
[Law Practice Tips Blog] Don't worry if you don't understand social media. Many media pros do not have a clue either
Today's observation and rant is inspired by the Columbus Dispatch, a newspaper that quite literally changed a man's life and whose management then couldn't figure out how to leverage that accomplishment to its own advantage without looking petty. Have you...
[Oregon Law Practice Management] Take Me to Lunch – A Novel Way for New Lawyers to Get Help
New lawyers quickly learn how to reach out to more seasoned members of the bar for advice. From mentoring programs to joining bar sections and related legal organizations, there are many opportunities to connect. But what if you need a one-on-one consultation? If you’re looking for informal advice over the phone, call Lawyer to Lawyer [...]
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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.