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Practice Makes Perfect: Law Schools Well-Served to Allow Students to Practice Earlier

Posted on March 10, 2011
I remember reading, reading, and more reading in law school. I remember the Socratic method, but the focus being on the casebook method. Fortunately, I also remember what made me a practice ready attorney from the day I graduated and...

Prince Sued by Former Law Firm

Posted on March 04, 2011
As reported by the NY Daily News, the artist, better known as Prince, is being sued by his former Manhattan law firm for $700,000 in legal fees. The firm, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, represented the "The Artist" in his...

Client Teams: The Five Pillars of Client Service

Posted on February 28, 2011
Larry Bodine over at the Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog disucsses Which Clients Deserve a Client Team with David Freeman, author of the CMO Playbook audio training program and Jason Maeder, a product manager at Lexis Nexis. Client teams are...

Was Katie Billing by the Hour?

Posted on February 23, 2011
As I kept a watchful eye on my iPhone as my partner Brian?s wife Katie started into her 36th hour of labor, I felt a twinge of concern. ?How is she handling all that labor?? ?How is Brian holding up...

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Some Bad and Good News for Lawyer Blogging

Posted on February 23, 2011
According to an article in The New York Times, use of blogs are declining as social networking groups such as the well-known Facebook and Twitter attract more and more users. The Pew Internet and American Life Project at the Pew...

Over 3500 Pages of Blog Content for Traverse Internet Law

Posted on February 22, 2011
We are just about to embark on our very first SEO project. One of the interesting things I discovered is that our traverselegal.com and tcattorney.typepad.com website blogs contain over 3500 pages of content showing off our expertise across a variety...

Juror Sues Judge, State of California, Facebook and Defendants Asserting Privacy Rights Concerning His Facebook Postings

Posted on February 21, 2011
In a recent article called ?Juror?s Facebook Postings During Gang Trial Lead to Legal Morass & Suit Against Judge? on Courthousenews.com, a juror filed a federal lawsuit against California Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny for violating his privacy. Here?s another...

Attorneys Need to Learn to Invest in Their Clients? Success

Posted on February 21, 2011
Oftentimes, attorneys are so focused on minimum billables and hourly billing that they forget that their clients can?t pay them if their clients don?t do well. There?s a big difference between responding to a client?s phone call for help, and...

Celebrity Attorneys? See Which Celebrities Attended Law School

Posted on February 16, 2011
Check out this interesting article on Masters Degree website called ?11 Surprising Celebs Who Went to Law School.? Prior to becoming famous television, movie and sport celebrities, here is the list of celebrities that attended law school: Jerry Springer Julian...

Big Law Firm Set to Review Client Base & Set New Client Minimum Billing Threshold of $200,000 a Year

Posted on February 11, 2011
In a recent article on WiredGC, John Wallbillich reports on a recent report on legalweek.com that the global law firm DLA Piper has set out to require minimum annual legal spends by its clients in order to have access to...

Law School Graduates Flooded with Student Debt

Posted on February 10, 2011
From The New York Times: Is Law School a Losing Game? Law schools? rosy statistics say most graduates are working. The problem is, many aren?t working as lawyers, or making enough to pay back their student loans.

Thomson Reuters to Hire Attorneys for Legal Process Outsourcing Facility in Michigan

Posted on January 29, 2011
As reported in the January 27, 2011 article by Rachel M. Zahorsky of the ABAJournal, Thomson and Pangea3 has posted this job listing on Monster.com. Thomson is looking for full-time experienced contract attorneys for new facility opening in Ann Arbor,...

The Best Law School Home Pages of 2010

Posted on January 28, 2011
According to this report by Debra Cassens Weiss in the American Bar Association Journal, The University of Illinois was voted for having the best law school home page. Yale Technologies Librarian Jason Elseman along with Georgetown?s Electronic Resources Librarian Roger...

How Google Custom Search Can Help Your Online Marketing

Posted on January 20, 2011
We run a variety of different blogs, web sites and other content rich platforms. As you know, we are big on A+ content within our niche practice areas. As a result of the thousands of blog posts across various blogs,...

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Adopts New Local Rules Addressing Jury Use of Social Media

Posted on January 19, 2011
It is good to see that our local Federal Michigan Judiciary is trying to keep up with technology. Please see new local rules 47.1 and 72.2. Note, see new local rule 47.1 which precludes jurors from using cell phones, email,...

TrialPad: Exciting New iPad App for Lawyers

Posted on January 11, 2011
TrialPad for iPad is basically presentation software for your iPad which allows lawyers to annotate, organize, and display digital files in court in order to improve their persuasiveness, get better trial results and reduce costs associated with professional trial presentation...

Why January is the Most Important Marketing Month for Laywers

Posted on January 07, 2011
There is something about January 1 which creates tremendous opportunities for lawyers to drive new business. Old clients and new clients alike feel that all the problems of 2010 are behind them. They have a sense that anything is possible...

The How?s and why?s One Blogger Devours Blogs

Posted on January 04, 2011
We want to send out our gratitude to Kevin O?Keefe at Lexblog for posting the article entitled, ?How and Why I still Devour Blogs." In the article, John Jantsch provides several tips on how to become a better blogger and...

Google Calendar is THE ANSWER to Lawyer Scheduling.

Posted on December 20, 2010
We have struggled for many years to find an adequate calendar solution which accomplishes the following goals: Performs all of the calendaring items that lawyers need each and every day. Group calendaring which allows me to see the schedules of...

Arbitrator Finds Law Firm Overcharges Client $540,000

Posted on December 14, 2010
Arbitrator Jeffrey Martin concluded that the law firm Goodwin Procter overcharged one of its clients, Northland Investment Corp., by more than $540,000, and failed to deliver on promised discounts. Martin ordered Goodwin to reduce the $1.1 million invoice by 55...

Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 3

Posted on December 12, 2010
Play: Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 3 (click title to listen) With: Dean Robb Sponsored by: Greatest American Lawyer Read Show Transcript Publish to My Site Share on My Networks powered by Vertio.net Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio...

Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 2

Posted on December 11, 2010
Play: Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 2 (click title to listen) With: Dean Robb Sponsored by: Greatest American Lawyer Read Show Transcript Publish to My Site Share on My Networks powered by Vertio.net Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio...

Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 1

Posted on December 10, 2010
Play: Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical Interview Part 1 (click title to listen) With: Dean Robb Sponsored by: Greatest American Lawyer Read Show Transcript Publish to My Site Share on My Networks powered by Vertio.net Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio...

Interview with Attorney Josh King Regarding The American Bar Association's Push to Regulate Social Networking and Online Advertising by Attorneys - Part 2

Posted on December 01, 2010
Part 2 of Attorney Josh King's interview concerning the American Bar Association's Push to Regulate Attorney Social Networking and Online Advertising. Play: Josh King Interview 2 (click title to listen) With: Josh King Sponsored by: Greatest American Lawyer Read Show...

Interview with Attorney Josh King Regarding The American Bar Association's Push to Regulate Social Networking and Online Advertising by Attorneys - Part 1

Posted on November 30, 2010
The American Bar Association is considering the adoption of rules covering how its members interact with clients through the internet. Listen to this two-part interview with Attorney Josh King, Vice President for Business Development and General Counsel of Avvo, Inc...

Who?s on the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group on the Implications of New Technologies Seeking to Regulate the Internet?

Posted on November 03, 2010
The first thing that occurred to me is who are these people who are looking at whether to issue special rules for lawyer behavior on the Internet? Here is the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group on the Implications...

Is the ABA Trying to Kill Lawyer Blogs, Facebook Profiles, Twitter Updates, Forum Posts and Lawyer Websites?

Posted on October 29, 2010
My friend Larry Bodine over at the Law Marketing Blog sent this email, which I immediately found both distressing and annoying. The American Bar Association, affectionately known as the ABA, apparently formed a working group ?on the implication of new...

The Midwestern Law Firm Management Conference

Posted on October 26, 2010
The Midwestern Law Firm Management Conference is this Thursday at the The Chicago Bar Association, 321 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL on September 21, 2010. The program runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Larry Bodine will be moderating a...

Client/Attorney Fee Arrangements: What is a Non-Refundable Retainer?

Posted on October 17, 2010
Ed Poll of the LawBiz blog recently published this YouTube Video called ?Retainers ? Do They Do Any Good For You? which examines the complexities of retainers and discusses their use within the legal profession.

Huffington Post: 10 Hardest Law Schools To Get Into

Posted on October 16, 2010
The Huffington Post recently did a review titled "The 10 Hardest Law Shcools To Get Into" and concluded that the following law schools will be among the toughest law schools to get into this year: Yale University Law School Stanford...

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