Archive for May 2006
Ten Ways to Get Motivated
Fellow blogger Allison Shields of Legalease Consulting wrote this article in this month’s ABA Law Practice Management magazine on ten ways to get motivated. Suffice it to say that the article worked well enough to get me to put up this post!
Read MoreVote For Me, DC Bar Members
I probably should not use my weblog this way, but as owner, I will take license to announce that I am a candidate for the DC Bar’s Law Practice Management Steering Committee. Please vote for me if you are a member of the DC Bar. I already have three blockbuster programs that I have been…
Read MoreIs Conflicting Other Attorneys Out of A Case Unethical?
New Jersey law blog has this post about a New Jersey ethics decision on "lawyer shopping." As the post describes, lawyer shopping is a practice whereby a client (most frequently, a divorce client) will visit and interview several prospective attorneys for the exclusive purpose of potentially conflicting them from representing the spouse in litigation. The…
Read MoreMore on Metadata
Evan Schaeffer has these comments on the Florida Bar’s Ethics Committee proposed advisory opinion on metadata. The opinion instructs attorneys to safeguard metadata in documents, but at the same time, directs lawyers who receive documents not to view metadata if not intended for them. Evan wonders why Florida doesn’t put the onus on the transmitting…
Read MoreYou Deserve to Be A Happy Lawyer
Maybe, we can’t all be as happy as this lawyer. But we shouldn’t give up on finding happiness in our profession and this week, a couple of bloggers have some suggestions on how to make that happen. First up, Dave Swanner offers a post, Do You Enjoy Practicing Law? where he gives som ideas on…
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