Law Practice Today

January 2010 Edition – Practical Technologies for Transforming Your Practice

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Features

Chair's Column

ABA TECHSHOW ® Returns to Chicago March 25-27

By Micah Buchdahl
Chicago is home to ABA TECHSHOW ®, one of the longest running legal technology conferences in the nation. In its 24th iteration this year, ABA TECHSHOW continues to evolve and set the pace for legal technology education.

Social Media: What It Is and Why It Matters

By Niki Black and Carolyn Elefant
A sneak peek into the upcoming LPM book The Lawyer's Guide to Social Media.

The ABCs of Cloud-Based Practice Tools

By Joshua Poje
An overview of some of the SaaS products lawyers are using in their law practices.

Mac Daddy: Solutions to Put to Work in Your Law Practice

By Finis Price
There are a number of ready-to-go applications for lawyers who run their practices on Macs. Here's a snapshot of some favorite ones you can put to use in your daily practice.

Tips and Tricks for Developing a Document Management System

By Donna Neff and Natalie Sanna
These essential how-tos will help you manage the rafts of electronic documents that are critical to every law office.

Tag, You're It! Best Practices for Tagging on the Web

By Steve Matthews
There's something very Web 2.0 about the grass-roots content classification system known as tagging. Here's why tags are beneficial and how to select the best terms. Special from Law Practice magazine's January/February 2010 issue.
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Management

Your Practice Management Advisor Column

Succeeding in the Second Half: Pointers for Using Technology to Your Advantage

By Diane Ebersole
The mounting responsibilities and constant bombardment of information of a lawyer entering a new phase in his or her career may make evolving technologies seem like yet another challenge. Instead, learn to use some of the new tools available to keep your mind as sharp as the day you graduated law school.

Marketing

Six Ways to Lose a Client And How You Can Avoid Them

By Kimberly Alford Rice
During the ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference, an in-house counsel provided keen insights on common problems that sabotage lawyer-client relationships. Here are don'ts and dos that you should heed.

Finance

Competent Lawyers Are Business Competent

By Ed Poll
Ideas and resources to help lawyers enhance their business sense, with the goal of improving their management, marketing and finance skills and beyond.

Technology

Best of ABA TECHSHOW

Taking the Leap: Essential Technology for the New Law Practice

By Bruce Dorner and Erik Mazzone
From day one, technology should be an integral part of your strategic planning and should include all the systems you need to deliver ethical, cost-effective and professional legal services. This article provides an overview of and budget-minded roadmap for all the technologies you'll need to succeed in the practice of law – whether you're "suddenly solo" or just in need of a techno-overhaul.

Meet the Women Rainmakers!

Anne L. Cowgur

Interview by L. Leona Frank
This focused rainmaking partner advises that there's an element of marketing in everything we do.

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