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ABA TECHSHOW 2024 – The Best Place to Learn About Legal Tech Innovations

By Julie Bays As a legal professional, you should understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest technologies in your field. That’s why I’m excited to invite you to ABA TECHSHOW 2024 – the premier legal technology event of the year! ABA TECHSHOW will take place from February 14-17, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency…

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Another Meeting That Should Have Been an Email

By Jim Calloway Among those who prefer to work from home, missing time-wasting meetings is often cited as a positive. Back at the office, many mid-level managers view meetings as the way they supervise the work, so that is in conflict. Best practices for better meetings include: Always circulating an agenda in advance that includes…

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Pricing Legal Services Based on Value, Not Time: A Toolkit for Lawyers

By Julie Bays Building a Justice-Conscious Practice was the subject of remarks by Jessica Bednarz, the Director of Legal Services and the Profession at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), at last week’s Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit. During the panel session she mentioned her work on the Pricing Toolkit….

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Stay Connected with Former Clients: Help Them Keep Ahead of Online Scams

By Jim Calloway Post-representation contact with former clients is generally permitted under the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct.  But sales pitches are uncomfortable for many lawyers and likely not particularly effective. Instead, consider sharing valuable information they will appreciate and find useful. They will remember their lawyer providing free information. The US Federal Trade Commission…

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Put This on Your List— Microsoft Lists

By Jim Calloway We all make lists, from grocery lists to “to do” lists to lists of legal project tasks. In the past these lists were all on paper. Now there are options to keep lists on digital devices. Many lists are transitory and discarded after the items are completed. Others are worth saving for…

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Alt Key “Magic” Shortcuts in Word

By Jim Calloway Keyboard shortcuts are useful timesavers. It is easy to remember the ones we use all the time (Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + Z) but harder to remember those that are used less frequently. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a shortcut to the shortcuts? Try this. Open any Word…

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A Different Look at Lawyer Compensation

By Jim Calloway How much should a lawyer be paid and how does a law firm calculate that? We sometimes get questions about how to determine salary for newly hired associates.  Unfortunately, there is little available data about that in our state. Typically, a lawyer’s compensation is based on an annual salary plus an unspecified end-of-year…

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No One is Reading Your Attorney Bio

By Jim Calloway Online marketing can be a challenge. Paying for professional assistance is often expensive. Improving lawyer’s website bios should be low cost or no cost. We have learned that attorney bio pages that would impress your law school classmates might not be the best approach to inspire potential clients to retain you. Potential…

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Has Everyone in Your Office Signed a Confidentiality Agreement?

By Jim Calloway Attorney client privilege is a valued tradition and an important protection for lawyers’ clients. Sophisticated clients understand that enhances the value of our services over “non-privileged advisors.” Every lawyer must have systems in place that protect attorney-client privilege. We at OBA MAP believe you should not only explain to each person working…

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A Great Time to Consider ABA TECHSHOW 2024

By Jim Calloway Technology innovations and artificial intelligence tools have generated much discussion this year. There have been many truly amazing uses for AI demonstrated and many of the tools we currently use are now adding AI components. This is a perfect time to attend ABA TECHSHOW 2024, scheduled February 14-17, 2024, at the Hyatt…

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Great Resource for iPhone and iPad Using Lawyers

By Jim Calloway This week’s post highlights a resource that you may already know about. I’ve mentioned it several times over the years. But it is worth noting again that lawyers who use iPhones and iPads simply won’t find a better resource than Jeff Richardson’s iPhoneJD. Jeff reviews apps that a lawyer might use along…

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Can Lawyers Legally and Ethically Record Conversations with Clients Using Artificial Intelligence –And Should They?

By Jim Calloway Technology advances change many things. A few decades ago, most lawyers would likely have rejected the idea that it would ever be a good idea to record a conversation between an attorney and a client. There would have been numerous philosophical objections and practical objections, including the cost to transcribe the recordings….

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Specific Steps to Take If You Receive a Threat

By Jim Calloway In private practice, I was threatened several times, always related to domestic and protective order cases. I didn’t consider any of them serious and took no action. But that was decades ago. Today we need to appreciate that threats must be taken seriously. Have you had a conversation with all of the…

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iPhone Volume Buttons Can Be Used for Other Functions

By Jim Calloway An iPhone’s volume buttons serve an obvious purpose. But some are not aware of the other functions that can be accessed more easily by using the volume buttons. Almost everyone takes photos and videos with their iPhone. But it can be awkward to hold the phone steady while simultaneously tapping on a…

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Ten Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows 11

By Jim Calloway Should you upgrade to Windows 11? If you are buying a new computer, in my opinion, you absolutely should only buy a Windows 11 computer. Microsoft has announced the end of support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. That is too short a time frame when purchasing new hardware. You also…

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Five Ways to Become More Client-Centric

By Jim Calloway Lawyers in private practice will tell you that their professional lives revolve around their clients and taking care of client needs. But do the lawyers’ clients feel the same way? If they regularly must wait 4 or 5 days for a response to a request for information, they may not feel they…

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The Ethics of Office Sharing Arrangements

By Jim Calloway Office Sharing Arrangements with Other Lawyers was the subject of American Bar Association Formal Opinion 507, released July 12, 2023. The opinion “addresses some minimum ethical requirements and suggested practices arising in the office sharing context, particularly in the areas of confidentiality, conflicts of interest, supervision, and communications concerning a lawyer’s services.”…

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Exporting a Paper to PowerPoint Can be a Timesaver

By OBA Practice Management Advisor Julie Bays Have you ever wanted to turn your paper into a presentation without spending hours on formatting and design? Avoid many hours of copy-pasting your Word document content into PowerPoint slides with the new, improved Export to PowerPoint feature. With it, you can transform your paper into a presentation…

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Summertime Travel and Out of the Office Messages

By Jim Calloway The heat of summer and sites of jammed airports are already upon us. As many lawyers prepare for a relaxing summer vacation or family gathering, one thought is in many of their heads – “How many times will I have my vacation interrupted by work?” There are many techniques to limit vacation…

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When is the letter “a” not the letter “a”?

By Jim Calloway As you know, many of the biggest threats to your law firm’s data security arrive frequently in your inbox. We have learned to be cautious about unexpected emails with attachments to open or links to click. One of the most important self-protection techniques is to place your cursor on the link so…

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