May 2017

Featured Articles

Paralegals

Why 2017 may be the end of notarization as we know it

What will be the next “big” technology to disrupt legal processes and documentation? There is undoubtedly an argument to be made for remote eNotarization, or webcam notarization, which enables a signer to have a document notarized remotely using web conferencing technology and digital signatures.

Ethics

Ethics of positional conflicts

You have an environmental law practice and are currently representing a client in county A that is defending against a complaint by the state environmental protection agency alleging that the client’s use of a certain pesticide poses a threat to the local groundwater.

Practice Management

The two key letters you should be writing to your clients

There are two types of letters that lawyers should be writing to their clients — the engagement letter and the non-engagement letter. That’s according to Laurence J. Fox, a trial lawyer of 38 years and partner at Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia, who discusses them in “Engagement Letters,” an episode of Sound Advice from the Section of Litigation.

Career

27 Tips for becoming a ‘superstar’ associate

What do you hope to achieve in your professional life as a lawyer? Do you hope to someday become a partner? Knowing your end goal is the first step on the path to success, according to David J. Scriven-Young and Julie A. Lierly, presenters of an ABA webinar called “Making a Superstar: An Associate’s Path to Success and Partnership.”

Bias & Discrimination

Why addressing online harassment and discrimination is so difficult

Social media has become part of our daily life, but there is a sinister side to it that includes menace, harassment and discrimination.

Attorneys with Disabilities

Invisible disabilities: How does an employer know when to provide accommodations?

When an employee’s disability involves no outward symptoms but affects her ability to do her job, how does an employer provide accommodations?

Business Development

8 steps for creating value-based pricing that works

You’ve probably never heard of Reginald Heber Smith, but he’s the Hale and Dorr managing partner from 1919-56 credited with creating the billable hour. For decades it has been the business strategy of most law firms, but is the billable hour still the way to go?

Multijurisdictional Practice

Using local counsel when lawyering outside of home turf is a must

Although some people think that the requirement to hire local counsel is little more than a move to protect turf, Timothy Miltenberger, a lawyer with Coan, Lewendon, Gulliver & Miltenberger LLP in New Haven, Conn., thinks engaging local counsel is well worth the time and expense.

Solo Practice

4 must-dos before co-venturing your next case

With a focus on trying civil cases, solo practitioners Karen M. Goodman and Joan M. Swartz are approached frequently to co-venture cases with other attorneys.

Professional Development

What Do You Stand For?

People are talking about how to make a difference in a world that is becoming increasingly divisive.

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Featured Articles

Why 2017 may be the end of notarization as we know it

Ethics of positional conflicts

The two key letters you should be writing to your clients

27 Tips for becoming a ‘superstar’ associate

Why addressing online harassment and discrimination is so difficult

Invisible disabilities: How does an employer know when to provide accommodations?

8 steps for creating value-based pricing that works

Using local counsel when lawyering outside of home turf is a must

4 must-dos before co-venturing your next case

What Do You Stand For?

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YourABA May 2017

How integrative law can benefit your practice and your clients

Featured Articles

Why 2017 may be the end of notarization as we know it

Ethics of positional conflicts

The two key letters you should be writing to your clients

27 Tips for becoming a ‘superstar’ associate

Why addressing online harassment and discrimination is so difficult

Invisible disabilities: How does an employer know when to provide accommodations?

8 steps for creating value-based pricing that works

Using local counsel when lawyering outside of home turf is a must

4 must-dos before co-venturing your next case

What Do You Stand For?

ABA Resources

The ABA

Connect