Tech tools that go the extra mile when you’re working from home

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You’ve got your home office set up. You’re an expert at remote collaboration, online consultations, and virtual conferencing by now. You’re feeling pretty good about this whole work-from-home thing.  If this describes your feelings about remote work, you’re not alone. Surveys are showing that an increasing number of workers have warmed to the WFH life. There are a lot of … Read More

Looking Ahead: Planning on heading back to the office

As we move into the seventh week of stay-at-home orders across the country, many professionals are wondering about what comes next. While no one is forecasting the end to the pandemic quite yet, part of the national conversation has turned to our eventual return to the workplace.  Without a doubt, this topic carries uncertainty and worries for all workers. How … Read More

How to Change Your Business Development Strategy During Social Distancing

There’s a lot that’s challenging about running businesses right now. That goes for law firms, too. From bar association events to volunteer activities and networking, in-person events have given lawyers valuable leads for decades.  So what do you do when you can’t actually see people? How can you stay in front of – and top-of-mind for – referral sources and … Read More

Spring Cleaning Tips to Get Your Workflows Back on Track

Workflows keep your office organized, clients happy and everyone at your firm on the same page about what’s expected. Over time, workflows often wind up with small adjustments that people make to make them their own – which can wind up creating a ripple effect of issues. A little “spring cleaning” of your workflows and processes can reduce issues and … Read More

Quarantine Skill Building for Lawyers

You’re working from home and you’re not really sure when you’re going back to the office. We sympathize – the ambiguity is tough on both personal and professional levels.  One of the challenges of working from home is also one of its benefits – increased productivity. Studies have shown that WFH-ers work an average of 1.4 days a month more … Read More

Maintaining Client Relationships While Working From Home

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With 9 in 10 Americans under stay-at-home orders for the foreseeable future, in-person business activities have come to a screeching halt. That doesn’t mean that a lawyer’s work has to, though. Much of the legal profession continues to chug along remotely.  Yet remote work has its challenges when it comes to maintaining relationships. A huge amount of the legal profession … Read More

The Ultimate Guide to Decluttering Your Office

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Spring cleaning isn’t only for your house – the office could benefit from a bit of sprucing up too! Disorganization can hurt any office: wasted time trying to find what you need, low office morale and decreased productivity. But in law firms, the consequences can be even deeper, including missed deadlines and potential conflicts.  Spending some time going through and … Read More

How Lawyers Can Use Virtual Conferencing

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Phone calls are critical for business. With cell phones, you can take a work call anywhere: your office, from your couch, or even holed up in your car in the driveway. However, right now, a good portion of us aren’t going anywhere except our home office to our couch and back.  Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve transitioned into … Read More

Using Technology to Improve Your Legal Accounting

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Keeping up with client demands and changes in the industry, along with compliance requirements, can seem never-ending. Let’s face it – law firms have so many unique pieces that need to deal with that other businesses don’t have to. Legal accounting is one of those particular pieces, but with the right technology, it can make one area of your practice … Read More

Harnessing Technology To Improve Your Legal Billing

Do you dread billing? Does it feel like it takes up a lot of time or like you’re always scrambling to get invoices out? If so, you’re not alone – billing isn’t what most lawyers thought of when they signed up for law school. Even if you have someone who helps with your billing, it can still seem like there … Read More