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Social media for lawyers – 26 questions and answers

Thanks to the 1,372 lawyers who attended this week's social media ethics Legal Lunchbox talk.…

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CLE materials – Tools for Streamlining and Automating Your Law Practice

Thanks to the Washington State Bar Association's Solo & Small Practice Section - I appreciate…

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Make your practice more client friendly with design thinking

The law is notoriously verbocentric and dense. And from the client’s perspective, legal services are…

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How to Run Your Law Firm from India (With a Four Month-Old)

In this presentation, I talk about the vision behind our law firm, Sound Immigration. We…

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Using contract attorneys to scale your law practice

Today we were joined by Andy Backlund of Emerald City Attorney Network, PLLC. On our…

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Covering Your Assets: Protecting Your Law Firm’s Intellectual Property

Do potential clients seem to know of you and your firm before you even have…

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Law firm value statements

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to hear Jenny Anderson and I speak at…

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Free and Low-Cost Technology for Law Firms

This talk was prepared for the nice folks at the Kittitas County Bar Association. Thanks to…

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Graphic Design for Legal Advocacy

Big thanks to Troy White of Counterpoint Legal for today's talk on Graphic Design for…

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Is it ethical for lawyers to advertise on Groupon and “daily deal” sites?

This piece originally appeared as an article in the Washington State Bar Association's NW Lawyer…

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“Tech Set-Up” for law firms – Seattle U. School of Law

Thanks to everyone who attended today's talk at Seattle University School of Law on legal…

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Darwin Talk: KPIs for the New Legal Consumer – Sachin Bhatia, Chief Product Officer, Avvo

  Sachin Bhatia, Chief Product Officer for Avvo, speaks on how law firms can use…

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How lawyers can use Agile project management and kanban

One of my core beliefs in managing our law firm is that we should borrow…

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Using kanban to visualize workflow

Today on the Washington State Bar Association's blog I've done a short post how lawyers…

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Evolve Law Seattle – Key Performance Indicators

This week I attended Evolve Law's CLE explaining how lawyers can use Key Performance Indicators…

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Law school talk: Legal Zoom and Legal Hacking

This month I had the opportunity to return to the University of Nebraska College of…

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Using Online Forms Is Easy and (Can Be) Ethical

The material in this post comes from a presentation I gave for the Washington State…

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Ethical Use of On-Line Form Tools by Law Firms

Prepared as material for 7 Keys to Managing the 21st Century Practice Washington State Bar…

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Redfin is cheaper and better than a real estate agent. Will you be the Redfin of legal?

A version of this article appeared in the NW Lawyer magazine of the Washington State…

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Can law firms profit from limited license technicians?

Washington is the first state in the country to granted a limited law license to…

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India Pt. 7 – The best eats of the trip

Travel is just eating in a place we’ve never been. ~Jim Gaffigan There are reasons…

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Working remotely – 4 top resources for lawyers

Later this morning I'm heading over to Seattle to talk to the folks at the…

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India Pt. 6 – Don’t be an Indian cell phone bureaucrat

India, bless its heart, is a country that really does bureaucracy. Purchasing a train ticket can…

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India Pt. 5 – Greatest foodie travel hack ever

Forgive me, since this has nothing to do with anything that's helpful to anyone professionally.…

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India Pt. 4 – Communicating with clients

Kolata, as it turns out, really  knows rain and humidity. We swam out of the hotel…

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India Pt. 3 – Communicating with the team

This week Jules and I are holing up in the storied and fascinating city of…

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India, Pt. 2 – How to pack your life

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the…

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India, Pt. 1 – In which I violate the greatest stigma for professionals

Hard to know which was the last straw. But one of the straws was Christmas…

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Can a Single Fee Agreement Combine Flat Fees and Hourly Fees?

In flat fee cases, sometimes the attorney wins and sometimes she loses. But sometimes an…

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Lessons from a Legal Tech Startup: One Month as a “Lawyer in Residence” at Clio

This February, I headed up to Vancouver, B.C. to have a kid and spend some…

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Free and low cost technology for starting a law firm

These materials outline some basic ideas for how free and low-cost technology can help you…

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Ethical challenges of using flat fees

We argue that attorneys need to better safeguard clients when using flat fee billing. Even…

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Solo attorneys: Who’s got your back? (You need a backup)

This article was initially published as: Solo Attorneys: Who's Got Your Back? You Need Backup…

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Groupon for Lawyers: Does this marketing strategy make sense — or cents?

Is it ethical for attorneys to advertise on “daily deal” websites like Groupon and LivingSocial?  My…

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Is Google Voice the right (free) phone system for your practice?

A version of this article was published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association Law firms…

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