Lawyer’s Guide to Word 2007 Has Ben Schorr Batting 1.000

The only constant is change.  Especially when it comes to Microsoft Office.  Many lawyers and firms have now upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007, which is why the recent release of The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft® Word 2007 is such welcome news.
Ben Schorr, the Hawaii-based law office technology consultant and Microsoft MVP, previously hit one out [...]

Mining for Diamonds, Panning for Gold

Whenever a blogger takes a couple of weeks off to catch up with other things (in this case, preparing and making CLE presentations before the end of the year) you can count on it that he or she will have a ton of stuff piled up to share.
I receive lots of new books that publishers hope [...]

A Useful Book, and Masterful Legal Marketing, Too

I am frequently asked by new lawyers for a list of books that I think they should acquire as they set up their practices. A new book, the Alabama Appellate Practice Guide by Ed R. Haden, Chair of Balch & Bingham, LLC’s Appellate Focus Team, came across my desk this week, and I’ve added [...]

How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times

The final version of a new book just landed on my desk this morning. How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times by Sharon Nelson, Jim Calloway and Ross Kodner is a must-read for any lawyer who has seen his or her business decline during the recession or, even worse, lost a job. But more [...]

Tax Returns? Fascinating? Actually, Yes.

While tax returns are just a once-a-year headache for most people, for lawyers, particularly those who practice family law, they are often a day-in and day-out reality. So I was fascinated to learn that there is a book which will walk you through the individual 1040 federal tax return, line by line, with an [...]

The Organized Lawyer – Who, Me?

One of the best things about working for a bar association is that I sometimes get free stuff. Not bribe-type stuff for personal use – that’s against the rules for state employees – but things like review copies of books, which are OK. I got one recently that’s both an easy, interesting read [...]

Lawyer’s Guide to Outlook 2007 Knocks One Out of the Park!

I love baseball, and Ben Schorr’s new book, The Lawyer’s Guide to Outlook 2007, is so great it just naturally brings thoughts of home runs to mind. If you have already upgraded to Office 2007, and if you are feeling overwhelmed by both the new user interface in Outlook, not to mention the volume of [...]