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		<title>Not Bad, For Government Work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With legal jobs for new law school graduates harder and harder to come by, an often- overlooked source of legal jobs is the federal government. Both new and seasoned lawyers often do not seek out employment with the federal government because they either don’t know the jobs exist or don’t feel like they can penetrate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1051&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, lawyers will put off drafting an email because they don’t have all the information needed to complete and send it. What they forget, or never knew to begin with, is that send or delete are not the only options with an incomplete email. Get started on drafting in Outlook whenever the inspiration strikes you. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=904&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$ave More with New Member Benefit Discounts</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Bar Commissioners recently approved four new member benefit programs offering ASB members discounts on several services that will help you – and help you save and make money – in the practice of law. Verizon Wireless ASB members with Verizon Wireless calling plans of $34.99 or higher may qualify for discounts of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Policy &amp; Procedure Manuals Make Training Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<title>ASB Job/Source Goes Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ASB has just launched the ASB Job/Source, a retooled version of the online classified ad section of the website, to cater more to job seekers and those looking for staff, including support staff.  This was an initiative of immediate past president Alyce Spruell of Tuscaloosa. While we just launched it this week and do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1023&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stepping It Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the year is a great time to bring a new focus and intensity to building your practice, and one of the best ways to generate more and better work is to concentrate on improving your referral sources. If you’re unhappy with the referrals you’re receiving from other lawyers as well as your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1005&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!  Happy (?) New Laws!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully, if you&#8217;re reading this at all today you&#8217;re doing so from the warmth and comfort of your home.  No one should be at the office on Sunday, particularly when it&#8217;s New Years Day.  Nevertheless, January 1, 2012, is a significant day, legally, as several new laws passed in the 2011 regular legislative session become [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1014&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like you work hard every day yet don’t accomplish the things that really need to be done? I’m hardly one to pontificate on this topic as I haven’t posted to this blog since October! But, zombies have been all the rage this year, and since 2012 is almost here and it’s the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give Your Clients a Roadmap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I spoke at lunch to the Solo &#38; Small Firm Section of the Birmingham Bar Association, so I thought today I&#8217;d share one of the practice management tips I gave them yesterday. If they don’t already have one, most people report that they turn first to recommendations from friends and relatives when seeking a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=916&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Web Site Ready?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received some interesting stats from the bar&#8217;s IT department this morning. In September, the bar&#8217;s web site received around 100,000 visits. Of these, approximately 8,000 were from mobile devices. The breakdown of the type of mobile device used was interesting, too, with around 5,600 visits coming from iDevices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), about 2,000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601402&amp;post=989&amp;subd=asblastword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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