Law firm helps social workers stay up to date with continuing education classes

Untangling bad legal advice, especially when it’s given by someone who isn’t a lawyer, is a difficult task, particularly if the faulty information comes from a person the client trusts, such as a social worker.

Oct 1, 2016 2:20 AM CDT

To gain more clients, use social media

So Facebook is frivolous? LinkedIn a laugh? Twitter a twit? A FindLaw survey warns lawyers not to dismiss social media out of hand.

Oct 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT

Tips on getting your message across to the media

Speak in plain language. Be familiar with the topic at hand. Keep your comments short and sweet. While these tips may sound simple, dealing with the media can involve certain nuances. And putting these guidelines into practice gives lawyers an advantage in courting coverage.

Oct 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT

Program helps profs teach students how they can be the lawyers they want to be

Legal education is more than teaching students how to think like lawyers, Neil Hamilton says: They should graduate with a sense of how to act like one, too, in a way that works for them individually.

Sep 1, 2016 2:20 AM CDT

Can it be? Fun CLE?

Anyone who’s ever been in a law school lecture hall knows the feeling: Your foot has fallen asleep and your mind is wandering to a sunny beach when you realize your coffee cup is empty and drinking more isn’t necessarily going to spark your interest in the lecture at hand.

Sep 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT

Does learning to code make you a better lawyer?

When V. David Zvenyach was general counsel for the Council of the District of Columbia, a local activist named Tom MacWright asked for help making the Code of the District of Columbia accessible to the public online. Zvenyach thought it was a simple request—until he took a look at the…

Sep 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT

How much money can you make in different practice areas?

Sep 1, 2016 1:50 AM CDT

Association of Corporate Counsel honors efforts to control corporate legal costs

“We can’t go on like this” is an oft-heard expression of trouble on the horizon, but it took the financial crisis of 2008 to force meaningful changes in how corporate counsel work with outside firms. That year the Association of Corporate Counsel seized the initiative with its ACC Value Challenge,…

Sep 1, 2016 1:40 AM CDT

Formerly opposing counsel took the plunge to merge firms

Opposing counsel become mutual admirers, eventually decide to merge firms.

Aug 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT

Tech training helps lawyers meet client expectations

Tech training helps lawyers get up to speed to meet client expectations.

Aug 1, 2016 1:50 AM CDT

Experts advise new tactics to fight data breaches

Evolving past focusing only on keeping malicious software out, attorneys and law firms are now also learning to plan for a breach.

Aug 1, 2016 1:45 AM CDT

Does SEO relate to law-firm success?

Study finds strong tie between search engine visits and new phone calls to firms.

Aug 1, 2016 1:40 AM CDT

‘Preventative law’ practice aims to stem the tide of heroin addiction

America's heroin problem is hardly a secret anymore. Broached in the New Hampshire presidential primary, heroin addiction has been a subject for newspapers, magazine articles, television shows and books.

Jul 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT

Third-party financing is growing, and lawyers are big players

Lawyers have used a lot of bad words to describe litigation funding over the years—words such as champerty and maintenance. These and other terms were created hundreds of years ago to describe third parties who finance litigation for personal gain.

Jul 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT

Legal aid agencies are using webchat to answer queries

South Australia is big—and empty. With almost 1.7 million residents (the vast majority in its capital city of Adelaide) spread over 379,725 square miles, the state's size makes it hard for the 40 attorneys at the Legal Services Commission of South Australia to be everywhere. Some residents are 800 miles…

Jul 1, 2016 1:50 AM CDT