The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning

The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning
Author: Thomas C. Grella
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590314234

Strategic planning is an integral component to the success of any business organization, including law firms and law-related entities. This practice-building resource can be your guide to planning dynamic strategic plans and implementing them at your firm. You'll learn about the strategic planning process and how to establish goals in key planning areas such as law firm governance, competition, opening a new office, financial management, technology, marketing and competitive intelligence, client development and retention, and more. Also, the accompanying CD-ROM contains a wealth of policies, statements, and questionnaires. If you're serious about improving the way your firm works, increasing productivity, making better decisions, and setting your firm on the right course, this book is the resource you need.

Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law

Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law
Author: Edward Poll
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Shows lawyers how to manage their practices in a more business-like manner. It explains how to determine both personal and law firm goals.

The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software

The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software
Author: Andrew Zenas Adkins
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781604424669

What can practice management systems software do for a law practice? With the right system in place, a law firms and staff will have the ability to automatically route items, tasks, documents, and events to certain people based on their role in the case or matter, as well as manage deadlines, improve responsiveness to clients, reduce malpractice insurance rates, and boost overall productivity. The challenge is to find a program that best serves the needs of the firm.

The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success

The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success
Author: Reid F. Trautz
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604424683

Busy lawyers do not have dozens of extra hours to conduct research looking for new tips and ideas to streamline and enhance their practice of law. They need just-in-time learning to acquire the knowledge necessary to build their practices. This convenient pocket guide is the best ever collection of practical tips, ideas, and techniques to help you survive, thrive, and find success in the practice of law.

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007
Author: Ben M. Schorr
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2009
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781604427615

Microsoft Word is one of the most used applications in the Microsoft Office suite. This handy reference includes clear explanations, legal-specific descriptions, and time-saving tips for getting the most out of Microsoft Word and customizing it for the needs of today's legal professional. Focusing on the tools and features that are essential for lawyers in their practice, this book explains the key components to help make lawyers more effective, more efficient, and more successful.

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007
Author: Ben M. Schorr
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781604421439

Outlook is the most used application in Microsoft Office, but are you using it to your greatest advantage? The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007 is the only guide written specifically for lawyers to help you be more productive, more efficient and more successful. More than just email, Outlook is also a powerful task, contact, and scheduling manager that will improve your practice. From helping you log and track phone calls, meetings, and correspondence to archiving closed case material in one easy-to-store location, this book unlocks the secrets of underappreciated features that you will use every day. Written in plain language by a twenty-year veteran of law office technology and ABA member, you'll find: Tips and tricks to effectively transfer information between all components of the software; The eight new features in Outlook 2007 that lawyers will love; A tour of major product features and how laywers can best use them; Mistakes lawyers should avoid when using Outlook; What to do when you're away from the office.

The Lawyers Guide to Adobe Acrobat

The Lawyers Guide to Adobe Acrobat
Author: David L. Masters
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781590315361

Now including information about Acrobat version 7.0 as well as 6.0, thisbook takes lawyers through the processes of working with PDFdocuments, allowing them to communicate like never before. They'lllearn how to create, control, and more securely deliver intelligent, content-rich documents that can be opened by anyone using AdobeReader. More and more court systems require electronic filing, and thisis the definitive guide to the standard for those filing systems

The 2010 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide

The 2010 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide
Author: Sharon D. Nelson
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011-07-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604428087

Computers -- Computer operating systems -- Monitors -- Computer peripherals -- Printers -- Scanners -- Servers -- Server operating systems -- Networking hardware -- Miscellaneous hardware -- Productivity software -- Security software -- Case management -- Billing software -- Litigation programs -- Document management -- Document assembly -- Collaboration -- Remote access -- Mobile security -- More about Macs -- Unified messaging and telecommunications -- Utilities -- The legal implications of social networking -- Paperless or paper LESS -- Tomorrow in legal tech.

The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue

The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue
Author: Arthur G. Greene
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590314227

"Are you ready to look beyond cost-cutting and toward new revenue opportunities? Learn how you can achieve growth using the resources you already have at your firm. Discover the factors that affect your law firm's revenue production, how to evaluate them, and how to take specific action steps designed to increase your returns. You'll learn how to best improve performance and profitability in each of the key aspects of your law firm."--BOOK JACKET.

The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet

The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet
Author: Carole A. Levitt
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 860
Release: 2006
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781590316719

Written for legal professionals, this comprehensive desk reference lists, categorizes and describes hundreds of free and fee-based Internet sites. You'll find it useful for investigations, depositions, and trial presentations, as well as company and medical research, gathering competitive intelligence, finding expert witnesses, and fact checking of all kinds.