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The Lawyer’s Guide to Records Management and Retention: 2nd Edition
George C. Cunningham and John C. Montana, published 2014, 300 pages with CD-ROM Ensure you’re following the legal and ethics rules for maintaining hardcopy and electronic documents with this newly updated edition of an ABA bestseller. Learn how to minimize risk to your firm and your clients, improve your productivity, and decrease costs by following… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementLeveraging with Legal Assistants: How to Maximize Team Performance, Improve Quality, and Boost Your Bottom Line
Edited by Arthur G. Greene, published 1993, 176 pages This essential guide reveals the ways legal assistants can help you maximize team performance, improve work quality, and boost your firm’s bottom line. Part One explores how the effective use of legal assistants can lead to better client service, lower costs, enhanced profits, greater stability of… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementLawyer’s Guide to Succession Planning: A Project Management Approach for Successful Law Firm Transitions and Exits
John W. Olmstead, published 2016 Sixty-five percent of law firms’ equity partners in the U.S. are in their late 50s or early 60s. Over the next ten years, there will be many partners in firms of all sizes transitioning and exiting their practices. Many solo and sole owner attorneys as well as larger law firms… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm Management, Legal Careers, Solo and Small Firm, Succession PlanningLawyer’s Guide to Governing Your Firm
Arthur G. Greene, published 2009, 240 pages Good governance and a positive culture in a law firm go hand in hand. It is difficult to find a law firm that has achieved success without having a superior culture, one that creates the best work environment and helps everyone succeed. This new guide, The Lawyer’s Guide… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementLaw Office Procedures Manual for Solos and Small Firms 3rd Edition
Demetrios Dimitriou, published 2005, 152 pages with CD-ROM This newly revised and updated edition provides you with everything you need to develop and compile a succinct, comprehensive procedures manual, geared toward the unique management issues of a solo or small firm. This step-by-step guide offers direction on setting policy and procedures for your firm, and… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm Management, Solo and Small FirmHow To Do More in Less Time
Allison C Shields & Daniel J Siegel, published 2014, 288 pages Many lawyers work long hours and still do not have enough time to complete all their work–let alone tackle the business aspects of their job, such as marketing, business development, or strategic planning. It’s a common problem and learning how to juggle the work… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm Management, Time ManagementHandling Personnel Issues in the Law Office: Your Legal Responsibilities as an Employer
Francis T. Coleman & Douglas E. Rosenfeld, published 1996, 140 pages Here’s your guide to preventing workplace-related legal action. This important reference is packed with tips on “safely” recruiting, hiring, training, managing, and even terminating employees.
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t
by Jim Collins, published 2001, 260 pages The defining management study of the nineties showed how great companies triumph over time and how long term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementFlying Solo: A Survival Guide for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers 5th Edition
Edited by K. William Gibson, published 2014, 490 pages Newly revised and updated to meet the needs of today’s legal professionals, Flying Solo is a comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining a successful solo law practice. The Fifth Edition of this ABA classic includes practical information gathered from a wide range of contributors, including successful… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Firm Management, Legal Careers, Marketing, Solo and Small FirmEssential Formbook: Volume IV: Disaster Planning and Recovery/Risk Management and Professional Liability Insurance
Gary A. Munneke & Anthony E. Davis, 452 pages, 3-ring binder with CD-ROM Part I in the final volume of The Essential Form book series provides guidance on both planning for disaster and on recovery after such an event, including contributing to the disaster relief of others. Part II examines in detail professional liability insurance… Read More »
Categories: Book, Disaster Planning, Firm Management