In a recent book published by Attorney at Work, Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know, author Ida Abbott discusses the importance of sponsorship to the advance of women’s careers. By focusing on an audience of men, Ida provides a rare…
#186543991 / gettyimages.com Candygram? Admittedly, that was lazy. (Did I mention that Yahoo has the Saturday Night Live archive now available online?) . . . Solo and small firm attorneys are always hustling for business, in order to…
In Part 1 of our series on time management, we outlined some basic solutions for improving efficiency. In this second part of our series, we will focus on email management. Email is the root of most of our time management…
Whether you are changing careers, retiring, or merging with another firm, there are many reasons why you might need to close up your law office. Even if you don’t have plans to do so any time soon, it is prudent…
Life is a continuing struggle for additional time. Not that we can ‘add time’ to our terranean existence. The best we can do is to use the time we are allotted more wisely; and, in the business context, that means…
Do you have a business plan for your practice? If you are like most of the attorneys I speak with, you don’t currently have one and you cringe at the thought of it. I used to recommend writing a business…
“Inbox Zero” means keeping your inbox empty or nearly empty at all times, thus reducing distraction and increasing efficiency. A key rule is that if you can respond to an email in less than two minutes, then do it immediately…
Regardless of the different techniques and services you might use to manage your Outlook Inbox, there will come a day when you amass too many messages in your Inbox and thereby lose track of your unread messages. When that happens,…
I recently came across this first person account of a man who tied his work-required password changes to personal, life goals. Following a divorce, the struggling author changed his password to: ‘Forgive@h3r’. After typing the passphrase over and over again,…
Updated June 2018: The research discussed below has been criticized on various points, which have been responded to in this article from Forbes. The art of presentation is an integral aspect of the legal profession, regardless of your particular practice.…