Saving Your Legal Research Results: Some Great How-To Suggestions

By helping Alabama lawyers with searches on Casemaker, the ASB’s free legal research system member benefit, I’ve learned that many lawyers would like to save the results of their searches for use in later, similar matters, but often feel like it’s too much trouble because they don’t have a good system for doing so. [...]

ABA TECHSHOW: An Affordable Investment – Particularly in a Down Economy

I have to disclose right up front that I might be just a little bit biased since I’m chairing this year’s ABA TECHSHOW, presented by the ABA Law Practice Management Section (April 2-4), but even if I weren’t, I’d still feel this is one of the best CLE investments any lawyer can make given the [...]

File this one under “Doh!” Sincere Thanks is the Most Rewarding Gift

A recent press release about a poll conducted by Ipsos for Citi’s Thank You Network reveals that 95% of Americans stated they feel “really good when others thank me for something I have done or accomplished.” Well, duh! All of us know this but very few law firms take advantage of it. [...]

What’s In Your Wallet?

That catchy slogan for one of the credit card companies took on a different meaning earlier this week. A friend of mine had out-of-town company visiting and when he went out to go to the bank and buy a paper one morning he lost his wallet. Something we’ve all done at one time [...]