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		<title>Tips to Make the Most of Your Bar Dues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The December issue of Law Practice Today is out, and it&#8217;s focus is very timely for the holiday season.  It&#8217;s on making personal connections which, after all, are the basis on which practicing lawyers get most of their good business.
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		<title>Is the iPhone Safe for Lawyers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This subject was a hot topic for discussion on Solosez on Monday.  While form and features &#8211; not to mention that certain &#8220;wow&#8221; factor that makes working fun &#8211; are important whenever a lawyer selects a smartphone, Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct dictates that the choice of device and service provider [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=454&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer&#8217;s Guide to Word 2007 Has Ben Schorr Batting 1.000</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=434&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Reading:  Don Draper&#8217;s Guide to Being a Better Lawyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to make time every Friday to catch up on all the things that I&#8217;ve piled up, both literally and virtually, to read when I have a chance.  As I began sifting through some of it this morning, I thought it might be fun to share what I think is the most insightful, most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=426&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mining for Diamonds, Panning for Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=413&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smartphone Shootout &#8211; Which Is Best For You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big-firm-lawyers with BlackBerrys are so common that the image this phrase conjures up is almost a cliché.  And many solo practitioners have been quick to adopt the stylish iPhone, so that they can keep on top of calls and email with a minimum of assistance from staff.  After all, solos don&#8217;t have to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=404&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When It&#8217;s Time to Say &#8220;So Long&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time I get calls from lawyers who are looking for information on shuttering their practices.  Sometimes it&#8217;s for happy reasons, like appointment or election to a judgeship or a long-awaited retirement.  Other times it involves a family relocation and, sometimes, small firms just don&#8217;t gain the traction they need to keep on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=393&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ABA TECHSHOW Discounts, Plus Best of TECHSHOW</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to start thinking about making plans to attend ABA TECHSHOW 2010.  For those who are not familiar with it, TECHSHOW is the ABA Law Practice Management Section&#8217;s annual two and a half day CLE program and vendor expo centered around practice management and the use of technology in the practice of law.   ABA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=387&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Emails or I Don&#8217;t Talk to Strangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received two email messages recently.  Each was from someone I did not know.  Both posed a single, easy-to-answer question, but it&#8217;s amazing how different my reaction was to each.
The first contained nothing but the question and the sender&#8217;s name and city.  The question challenged something that I had written in an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=381&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Arrives.  Should You Invite It In?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Calloway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7, Microsoft&#8217;s latest operating system, went on sale today.  While people are not lining up around the block to purchase a copy, many lawyers may be wondering whether it would be worth their time, money and trouble to upgrade from XP or Vista.  Like most questions raised in the law office, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asblastword.wordpress.com&blog=3601402&post=367&subd=asblastword&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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