The National Creditors Bar Association Law Practice Management Blog

Ren & Stimpy were both right : There’s nothing that helps more in bringing in your next great employee, than praising the ones you already have .  (Well, maybe they didn’t say that exactly .)     Now, most hiring attorneys recognize that the office environment i s changing in a major way – and, that’s not only with respect to where lawyers practice law nowadays.  Modern employees also want more flexibility, new opportunities + (especially) more feedback .  And, if you can provide those things, and be (or, be come ) a good boss, your employees will talk about it, and word will get around .  Now, the problem with that is that each of your current crop of employees has a limited network .  So, you can’t just rely on them spreading the word, in order to find your next hire .  And, the next hire is always the important one, since hiring fuels law firm growth.   So, what do you?  You have to be more public about the work exper...

With so many meetings now taking place online, via web conferencing tools – your notetaking responsibilities may have just gotten a whole lot easier.     Yes, lots of attorneys take meeting notes – whether they’re talking with leads, clients, other attorneys or referral sources .  It’s kind of a thing .  Maybe it stems from law school outline-making . . . or, maybe it’s just ingrained into an attorney’s psyche .  But, while note-taking is something that lawyers feel compelled to do, it’s not often easy .  Maybe you can’t read your handwriting .  Maybe it takes you even more time to consolidate what you’ve done, after you’ve already taken a boatload of notes .  Maybe you just never want to hold a pen again, and are laser-focused on using automation tools to improve your law practice.     Whatever the reason you’d like to lighten your note-taking load, there are some nifty transcription apps, that might be a fit for you ....