As you already know, legal research costs aren’t insignificant. Especially if you rely on Westlaw or Lexis. This can be a huge hurdle for many newly solo practitioners who struggle to keep overhead and costs as low as possible. This may be especially true if you charge clients on a flat fee basis. Thankfully, there…
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Lexis Advance: A New Tool for Online Legal Research
When they were originally released, both Lexis and Westlaw were innovative online search systems. But as search engines like Google have grown increasingly more powerful, legal research tools have had some catching up to do. Lexis has responded with their new Lexis Advance program. I took it for a test-drive, and overall, I think it’s…
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Fastcase’s Powerful New Legal Research Tool for Android
Using Flipboard To Follow Your Favorite Sites and Social Media
Through my posts here at The Sociable Lawyer I’ve repeatedly considered ways attorneys can use tablets and smart phones as tools to enhance their law practice. But one of my favorite apps isn’t specifically a legal tool and it doesn’t actually allow you to do anything new with your with your tablet or smart phone.…
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Tips for creating your law firm’s website
Law firms are notorious for having terrible websites. If you doubt it, just run a quick Internet search of law firm websites. Many of the ones I found while doing a little Internet research were hard to navigate and/or buried the most important information about the firm including their specialties, contact information, and more. It…
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Business Card Reader Apps
Since starting my own practice my concerns have changed as an attorney. I no longer worry about reaching some billable hour goal, but instead worry about networking and marketing my firm. As a result, I spend more and more time attending networking events to meet colleagues and potential clients. And after spending a week at…
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Creating a Cheap, Effortless Website For Your New Practice
Increasingly, many lawyers and prominent legal bloggers have noted that law firm websites rarely bring lawyers new business and don’t significantly increase a lawyer’s professional reputation. Kevin O’Keefe of the well respected site, Real Lawyers Have Blogs, stated: “The future of the net is not websites and traditional SEO. It’s networking through the various mediums now…
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Using Evernote To Improve Your Practice: The Basics
Managing The Mountain of Information Attorneys work with fantastic amounts of information everyday. It begins at the very outset of a new matter when a client first sends you a new file. And the information almost never stops coming in. If you are a litigator, you’ll receive notices of hearings, motions, mediation briefs, arbitrations, settlement…
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Sociable Lawyer Round Up: #ABAannual in Toronto, #Eh?
The ABA Annual Meeting commences this weekend in Toronto, Ontario, with roughly 5,000 lawyers in attendance and more than 1,400 legal programs being offered. Along with 150 CLE courses and a multitude of social events and networking opportunities, the ABA Annual also puts on one of the largest legal products and services expositions this side…
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The Sociable Lawyer Weekly Roundup – Cinco de Mayo Edition
While you were out celebrating Mexico’s freedom from French rule in 1862, we here at The Sociable Lawyer were compiling some of the most thought-provoking and engaging pieces on e-lawyering this week (don’t worry, I celebrated by wearing a sombrero while drafting this post). Topics this week include the launch of a new social networking…
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Apple Class Action Lawsuit: Privacy Problems with iOS
If you were lucky enough to get an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad this holiday season, you have the bonus present of being included in a class action lawsuit against Apple. Actually, make that two bonus presents, one for each lawsuit. The two class action suits filed over Christmas accuse Apple of passing personal information…
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