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.…
CLE materials – Tools for Streamlining and Automating Your Law Practice
Thanks to the Washington State Bar Association's Solo & Small Practice Section - I appreciate…
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…
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…
Using contract attorneys to scale your law practice
Today we were joined by Andy Backlund of Emerald City Attorney Network, PLLC. On our…
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…
Law firm value statements
Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to hear Jenny Anderson and I speak at…
DIY videos for law firm marketing
Producing videos for your law firm might seem daunting but it doesn’t have to be.…
The best (and most fun) free/low-cost legal tech for lawyers
Thanks to the Snohomish County Bar Association for inviting me to speak at today's CLE.…
Free and Low-Cost Technology for Law Firms
This talk was prepared for the nice folks at the Kittitas County Bar Association. Thanks to…
9 free/cheap pieces of tech to make your lawyer life better
Thanks to the folks at the Kittitas County Bar Association for having me out to speak…
Graphic Design for Legal Advocacy
Big thanks to Troy White of Counterpoint Legal for today's talk on Graphic Design for…
Video: Using Inbound Marketing to Promote your Law Practice
Your law firm already has a website, but it doesn’t perform particularly well, and you…
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…
Packaging Legal Services as Products (Video)
Today's attorneys are exhorted to move beyond the billable hour and embrace flat fee billing. But…
Nine reasons your law firm doesn’t need your surname
McLawsen Tower. McLawsen Grand Casino. McLawsen Steaks? My own surname doesn’t lend quite the right…
Video: Kanban project management for lawyers
Busyness is the plague of Lawyerdom. Yet while lawyers claim busyness as a merit…
Seattle Legal Innovation and Technology Meetup Group
For this month's community spotlight we're showcasing the Seattle Legal Innovation and Technology Meetup Group.…
“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…
Video: Agile project management for any lawyer
Busyness is the plague of Lawyerdom. Yet while lawyers claim busyness as a merit badge,…
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…
How lawyers can use Agile project management and kanban
One of my core beliefs in managing our law firm is that we should borrow…
Using kanban to visualize workflow
Today on the Washington State Bar Association's blog I've done a short post how lawyers…
Evolve Law Seattle – Key Performance Indicators
This week I attended Evolve Law's CLE explaining how lawyers can use Key Performance Indicators…
Law school talk: Legal Zoom and Legal Hacking
This month I had the opportunity to return to the University of Nebraska College of…
Video: Social Media for Lawyers
Jointly hosted by Evolve Law Now and the Seattle Legal Technology and Innovation Meetup Group.…
Using Online Forms Is Easy and (Can Be) Ethical
The material in this post comes from a presentation I gave for the Washington State…
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…
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…
Can law firms profit from limited license technicians?
Washington is the first state in the country to granted a limited law license to…
Leveraging technology – MSJDN materials
The day after returning from a month in India I was proud to talk to…
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…
Working remotely – 4 top resources for lawyers
Later this morning I'm heading over to Seattle to talk to the folks at the…
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…
India Pt. 5 – Greatest foodie travel hack ever
Forgive me, since this has nothing to do with anything that's helpful to anyone professionally.…
India Pt. 4 – Communicating with clients
Kolata, as it turns out, really knows rain and humidity. We swam out of the hotel…
India Pt. 3 – Communicating with the team
This week Jules and I are holing up in the storied and fascinating city of…
India, Pt. 2 – How to pack your life
They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ethical challenges of using flat fees
We argue that attorneys need to better safeguard clients when using flat fee billing. Even…
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…
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…
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…