Is it Time to Reconsider Emoticons? The Case for the Legal Smiley

26 February, 2015

Those frivolous little smiley faces have been on some serious minds. One group of these thinkers is composed of business professionals strategizing to wipe that smile off our screens. Communications professor Bill Lancaster bemoans that emoticons are one more sign of the general “degradation of wri...

The Surprising Reason You’re Less Productive At Work – And 3 Keys to Shaking Things Up

20 February, 2015

Have you ever wondered why it is that you sit down at your desk first thing in the morning, with every intention of being a productive rock star, and instead find yourself doing the same useless things? (How many times does a person have to check Facebook before work gets done?) Well, the reaso...

Get Rid of Your Workplace Stress by Implementing Shared Routines

4 February, 2015

I’m not going to say “this one simple trick” will fix all your problems. You wouldn’t believe me, and, hey, it’s just not true. But I do want to be clear: shared routines – that systematizing of the work done on a daily basis in your business – can truly transform your business and your life. Creati...

The Future of Document Data: Could Law Technology Lead the Way for Once

23 January, 2015

A while ago we wrote why legal professionals should take a long, hard look at Dropbox. Though perhaps the most dire problem facing attorneys who use the service is lack of security, we allowed ourselves to explore the system’s other limitations, and to imagine what better options could look li...

Four Essentials for Keeping Deadlines in a Law Firm

20 January, 2015

The right tools will keep you focused and on track. Some of the behaviors that result in malpractice lawsuits are hard to change. If you mistreat your clients, you may have to take anger management classes. If you don’t know the law well, you’ll have to hit the books. But perhaps t...

Beehives, Anthills, and Your To-Do List: How Small Things Get Big Things Done

19 January, 2015

David Allen, the creator of the ‘Getting Things Done’ method of time management, is famous for saying that the very phrase “time management” is a lie. “You don’t manage time,” he says. “You don’t mismanage five minutes and wind up with six.&...