On June 5, we will host our fourth annual ‘super’ marketing conference: Building Relationships to Build Business. Suffolk University Law School will host, and the event is co-sponsored by Suffolk’s Center for Advanced Legal Studies, the Massachusetts Bar Association and…
It’s sort of a rite of passage at this point to go out to the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW (yes, that’s right: ALL CAPS), and to then write a recap post about your experience. I mean, everybody’s doing it: Beverly…
You’ll have read some variation of the Myth of Sisyphus elsewhere, no doubt; and, mostly, the story gets you weepy over ol’ Sisyphus because, each time he seems to have completed his task . . . well, the boulder rolls…
Last year at the Massachusetts Bar Association's Sole Practitioner & Small Firm Section Symposium, in the midst of a presentation about goal setting, I gave my audience a task: to write down three goals for the next week. The purpose of…
Did you just pass the bar exam? Congratulations! Now, then: I have some good news, and I have some bad news. Want the good news first? Okay. You’re a lawyer. Nice job, all the hard work has paid off. The…
The American Bar Association says it’s about time for lawyers to have some competence in technology, specifically that “a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.” …
Each year around this time, depending on when the flu is rampant, or when a blizzard strikes, we gather up, and (re)produce for you, what-we-believe-to-be our best posts for each month of the past year. This has become something of…
December marks a particularly stressful time of year. You may be anxious to tackle your professional to-do list before making plans with family, finishing up last-minute holiday shopping and ringing in the New Year. In order to get everything accomplished…
Malpractice claims against attorneys are on the rise. According to the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, from 2008 to 2011, malpractice claims rose thirty percent. Real estate, personal injury, and family law rank as the highest…
(It’s not every day I use an exclamation point to punctuate a blog post title, right? This is probably important.) My list of life’s regrets looks something like this: (1) When I was in 2nd grade, I appended pictures to…