Have you ever struggled with time management challenges? If you’re like most lawyers (myself included), it’s sometimes difficult to make sure that everything that needs to get done does get done. During my years in practice, I learned a number of time management strategies, and I now share those with my clients.Â
On October 11 at [...]
My major (on my first trip through undergrad) was in English, with an emphasis on creative writing. When I asked my favorite writing professor for a recommendation to law school, she literally covered her face with her hands and started shaking her head. After determining that she had slid into despair and was not, as [...]
One of the rules I keep in mind when writing  is that good writing is clear, crisp, and simple. The same rule often applies more generally as well. As Einstein said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
When it comes to managing one’s personal life while maintaining a practice, “simple” is the [...]
Anne Reed of Deliberations hosted this week’s Blawg Review #127. It’s a cleverly arranged Blawg Review, using the “17 best tips for voir dire” as an organizing theme. Reading this round will not only teach you about voir dire (with tips such as #4 watch for points of view, #8 watch for the quiet ones, [...]
One of my favorite parts of The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law (previously reviewed here) is the section debunking the myth that a new lawyer is a potted plant. It’s easy for a new lawyer to get tripped up by the knowledge that he lacks experience and the desire not to appear arrogant. So, what’s [...]
Tom Kane of the Legal Marketing Blog has written perhaps the best two lines on marketing that I have ever read:Â
You can overcome your procrastination when it comes to developing business by doing a simple item each day. If you don’t get started, you may never become an effective marketer.
Fortunately, his post Spend a Few [...]
I posted a few weeks ago about Saying NO, and I recently ran across a post on The Marketing Mix that suggests 7 ways to say no in a post titled, How to say “no, thanks”. After all, as is so often true with communication, it’s just as important to know how to say it as [...]
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. has a fantastic post on marketing, titled How Close to Your Clients Dare You Get? By translating into law firm language the 5 key characteristics the best CMOs for consumer packaged goods companies as identified in The Complete Marketer (free registration required), published by Booz Allen & Hamilton) , this post sheds [...]
A lot of law firms are working to make their associate review processes more useful — and some are even succeeding. Over the last 2-3 years, it’s become quite vogue to require associates to design a professional development plan so that they and the firm can track their progress. Although the plan is designed to [...]
As I recover from declaring blog bankruptcy, I’m finding time to stay up on the marvelous things going on in the blogosphere. So, today I introduce Tuesday shorts, a collection of references to interesting posts I’ve run across recently.Â
Drowning in email? I say a hearty AMEN to Dan Hull’s (of What About Clients?) post E-mail [...]
September 30, 2007 
