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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
[ABA Site-tation] Virtual Law and the Electronic Lawyer
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Technology and mobility have provided new ways for lawyers to practice, removing place and time as potential barriers as evidenced by some statistics in Volume 3 (Litigation and Courtroom Technology) and Volume 4 (Web and Communication Technology) of the 2011 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. Read the ABA Book Briefs post Technology and New Models of Practicing Law to learn how lawyers are taking advantage of the availability to practice anywhere and anytime and adopting new models of...
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[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] The New Lawyer Resources Page: A practicePRO Resource for New (Or Soon to Be) Lawyers
practicePRO has worked hard over the years to make lawyers aware of the wealth of practice management and claims prevention information available on the practicePRO site. Those efforts have resulted in practicepro.ca becoming a regular destination for many lawyers, particularly solo and small firm lawyers who may not have access to all the resources of a larger firm.
Lately there is one segment of lawyers that LAWPRO and practicePRO have made an extra effort to reach out to: new lawyers and...
[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] Solicitor Negligent in Collaborative Family Law Settlement
In Webb v. Birkett, 2011 ABCA 13, the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the defendant solicitor Birkett was negligent in representing the plaintiff Webb in a collaborative family law settlement.
The Alberta Court of Appeal held that CFL practitioners must meet the same standard of care required of other family law practitioners — including taking appropriate steps to get the financial information needed to properly advise the client. A lawyer must obtain sufficient reliable information to...
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http://www.slaw.ca/2011/06/27/solicitor-negligent-in-collaborative-family-law-settlement/
[Avoid a Claim] Solicitor Negligent in Collaborative Family Law Settlement
In Webb v. Birkett, 2011 ABCA 13, the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the defendant solicitor Birkett was negligent in representing the plaintiff Webb in a collaborative family law settlement.
The Alberta Court of Appeal held that CFL practitioners must meet the same standard of care required of other family law practitioners — including taking appropriate steps to get the financial information needed to properly advise the client. A lawyer must obtain sufficient reliable...
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[Oregon Law Practice Management] Make Working with BarBooks a Breeze!
Have you taken advantage of the latest improvement available in BarBooks™? If you’re like me, and you’ve never cared for the HTML approach to OSB Legal Publications, then you’ll love this upgrade. Previously, BarBooks™ were only available online. To access a legal publication, Oregon State Bar members had to login to the OSB site, then explore BarBooks™. [...]
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http://oregonlawpracticemanagement.com/2011/06/27/make-working-with-barbooks-a-breeze/
[Compujurist] Disaster Recovery and Disaster Planning Legal Toolkit Podcast now available
The folks at Legal Talk Network host the Legal Toolkit podcast with host Jared Correira who does a great job and if you haven't listened to any of his podcasts, you should check it out. I was lucky to be his guest for his June 2011 Legal Toolkit podcast on Disaster Recovery and Disaster Planning.
[ABA Site-tation] Available now - Volumes 3 & 4 of the 2011 ABA Legal Technology Survey
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The second two volumes of the 2011 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report - Litigation and Courtroom Technology (Vol. 3) and Web and Communication Technology (Vol. 4) - are available for purchase.
Litigation and Courtroom Technology (Vol. 3) addresses the availability and use of a wide variety of technology related to litigation, ranging from hardware used in the courtroom to e-discovery and e-filing. Report data are based on tabulation of 741 completed Litigation and Courtroom Technology...
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[Avoid a Claim] Collaborative family law scam by Elizabeth Nakamura
Through May and June several lawyers in Ontario and elsewhere have reported receiving email similar to the one below from the purported Elizabeth Nakamura.
These are similar to past collaborative family law fraud attempts we have seen from such names as Peggy Higashi, Beverly Kawashima, and Rita Takahashi. For a full list of names associated with this type of fraud see Avoid a Claim’s Confirmed Frauds page.
Here are some examples of the message. Note the different email addresses...
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[ABA Site-tation] Friday PMA Blog Roundup - 06/24/11
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As always, the law practice management advisors have delivered a wide variety of interesting and important blog posts on legal technology and law practice management. Here's what they've written about over the last two weeks:
Beverly Michaelis shared a list of 15 important trust accounting issues, noted the growing controversy about Dropbox's security, discussed the importance of maintaining solid communication with clients, and pointed to an interesting post on why you might consider...
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[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] Check to See if Your ID Has Been Compromised at New Stolen Password Search Site
From a CBC story
A website that lets people check whether their email addresses, usernames and passwords have been stolen in a cyberattack and posted online has been launched by an Australian who is a former IT security consultant.
This new website, shouldichangemypassword.com, allows concerned internet users to enter an email address and see whether it appears in stolen information posted online by groups such as Lulz Security. If an email is listed in the database of stolen data, the site...
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.