One of the worst imaginable disasters for a law firm is losing massive amounts of client data or law firm business records without a backup. This is why we advise multiple backup options for lawyers, one done automatically during the day and periodic saving to external media. But for an individual, the worst imaginable data...

A few weeks ago, a webinar, “Litigation, ADR, ODR — The Next Normal?”, was hosted by the College of Law Practice Management. I’m proud to be a Fellow of CoLPM and was even prouder that they made this excellent webinar available to everyone. The recording of the complete webinar is also available at the link...

Many people are now looking for lawyers who provide online appointments. How would someone know if your law firm offers those? Google has quietly released a new feature (an attribute) that allows lawyers to add online appointment availability to your Google My Business listing. It is a quick process if you have previously set up...

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Planning in pandemic times can seem like the ultimate oxymoron. So much is uncertain. Many solo and small firm lawyers are specially threatened by current events because their client base consists primarily of middle-class individuals and/or small businesses. The fates of many small businesses still hang in the balance and many who considered themselves middle-class...

Back in the early days of law office technology, most managing partners hated buying replacement computers. They had already bought one computer for that user and it still worked, right? But, as lawyers began personally using computers, dealing with the spinning hourglass, the involuntary rebooting and other “features” of a computer well past its optimal...

Sometimes there is no place to plug in your laptop and sometimes it is a hassle. (The power brink on the power cord for my Dell Precision laptop is as big and heavy as an actual brick.) One way to greatly improve the battery life on your laptop is to buy a new laptop. Obviously...

It is time for the Annual Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine. My contribution for the issue is Pandemic-Proof Your Practice. Obviously, we cannot totally pandemic-proof our law practices, but this article has some ideas about additions or modifications to your disaster plan given the lessons we have all learned. The issue is packed...

The Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) is a massive storehouse of information. It bills itself as “a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more.” If you haven’t spent some time on the site, you may be surprised at what is available there. Many lawyers are familiar with the Internet Archive’s Wayback...

The majority of people never or rarely disinfect their phone, according to a February 2020 article from ZDNet, Dirty iPhone? Here's one flu and coronavirus safeguard: Clean your device now. While I am certain that personal phone disinfecting has increased over the last several months, most of us could likely still do better. Whether it...