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Is Emotional and Physical Isolation As a Solo Killing You? Guest Lecture with Karen Caffrey

Apr 5, 2016 in Audio, Guest Lectures, Karen Caffrey, Solo & Small Firm Practice, Work/Life

Isolation will literally kill you. Yet many lawyers don’t even realize they are isolated. They also don’t realize there are many forms of isolation that are insidious and destructive. There is professional, personal and social isolation and you may not even understand you are isolated. Isolation is a mental health risk. Today we dig in to raise awareness in the legal community. These are very real and serious issues that have long term impact on your physical and mental health. And if this resonates with you at all, please seek out help. There are ways to manage this risk in a healthy and productive way. Listen and learn.

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Jared

How Tech Efficiencies Can Help You Avoid Malpractice Claims – Guest Lecture with Jared Correia

Mar 29, 2016 in Audio, Guest Lectures, Jared Correia, Solo & Small Firm Practice, Technology

There is so much technology out there which can improve your practice.  However, what are the major technologies you should be investing in and why?  Jared and I talk about two types of technologies in this podcast: document automation and assembly software and case management software, not just a recitation of how they can improve […]

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Why Your Clients Will Thank You For Investing In Law Practice Management Software

Mar 28, 2016 in Case Studies, Solo & Small Firm Practice, Technology

Law practice management software is often touted as the holy grail for lawyers, a way to be extremely efficient and effective when organizing your back office. It’s mobile, it’s time saving, it does everything if you will learn how to use it and let it perform its magic.

But what about the impact on the client when you don’t have law practice management software.

Let me tell you a story.

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How To Deal With Your Law Office Email Once and For All

Mar 24, 2016 in Guest Bloggers, Solo & Small Firm Practice, Technology

I don’t know about you, but recently checking and responding to my email, text messages, and social media messages as a solo started to drive me a little batty. The constant demand from these requests to “read me,” “respond to me” or “look at me” along with the day-to-day tasks of actual legal work left me feeling overwhelmed and anxious. So when it came to my inbox, I started to behave like someone watching a scary movie. I covered my eyes so I wouldn’t see the scary parts.

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Mark-Bassingthwaighte

If You Didn’t Document It, It Wasn’t Said or It Didn’t Happen.

Mar 22, 2016 in Guest Bloggers

Lawyers as a group are terrible when it comes to properly and thoroughly documenting their files! Of course, not you, but all the other lawyers out there sure are. You wouldn’t believe how bad it can get. I say this because with almost every claim handled we’re having to deal with the lack of documentation of something. This can be a serious problem because now we’re often forced to live with the reality that a word-against-word dispute between a lawyer and his or her client is in play and that rarely ends well for the lawyer. Here’s just one story that highlights the problem.

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Next Session: October 17th – Free Monthly Group Coaching When You Enroll At Any Level!

Mar 17, 2016 in Announcements

We get the challenges you face. It’s not easy but it also doesn’t have to be harder than it should be. We are here to guide you, support you, inspire you and help you jump the hurdles to becoming (and continuing to be) your own boss. Our goal is to shorten your learning curve, whether it’s opening your own practice, changing your practice area, and connecting you with mentors and others on the same journey. That’s why, as we continue our birthday celebration, we are offering group coaching free when you enroll at any level.

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Are Interruptions Killing Your Productivity? Survey says, ‘Yes’.

Mar 16, 2016 in Solo & Small Firm Practice, Sponsors, Subjective Opinions, Technology

I don’t know about you but one of the biggest killers of my productivity is constant disruptions. We can blame it on our poor time management skills or our addictive behavior when it comes to obsessively checking emails or the delusion we are gifted multi-taskers. But at the end of the day, productivity suffers and this means your profits suffer.

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