Donating to Judicial Campaigns

22 November, 2019

Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, whom President Lyndon B. Johnson called “one of the most selfish men I’ve ever met in public service,” coined the phrase “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” This pithy apothegm has never been truer than today.     It’s shocking to realize how much m...

Keeping Clients Happy in the Age of Lawyer Mobility

8 November, 2019

Gone are the good ole’-days when lawyers slowly worked their way up the ladder of one firm. This is the era of rapid transitions, where lawyers change jobs faster than you can say “lateral transfer.” Why now? We can blame part of it on a generational shift. 10,000 Baby Boomers are hitting retirement...

OCR: The Next Level of Legal Information Management

25 October, 2019

In 1821, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story warned of a growing problem: information overload in the legal field. “It is impossible not to look without some discouragement upon the ponderous volumes, which the next half-century will add to the groaning shelves of our jurists,” he bemoaned. Just...

The Beauty of Leading-edge Document Management

4 October, 2019

Here’s a non-controversial statement: lawyers generate a lot of documents. Reams, scads, acres of documents. They also devote much of their time to drafting, editing, sending, archiving, retrieving, and otherwise tending to these torrents of words. Only one thing separates these millions of document...

10 Self-Care Secrets to Help Avoid Legal Burnout For Lawyers

27 September, 2019

You know what burnout feels like. Maybe one day you realize that you’re dragging yourself to work. You might snap at staff and roll your eyes at your colleagues. Or maybe you’re drinking more water and sleeping less hours and can’t seem to get rid of that headache. Whatever it lo...

9 Things Lawyers Need To Be Able To Work From Home

13 September, 2019

Every lawyer works from home. For some, it’s just an occasional evening email they can’t put off answering. For others, home is a full-time office. In the 2017 ABA TechReport, 77% of lawyers reported they regularly work from home. And that number is rising—especially as flexibility...