The National Creditors Bar Association Law Practice Management Blog

Lawyers tend to manage in place.  They oversee staff by walking around the office, to randomly check in on people,  like  Lumberg  from ‘Office Space’ .   They can also be vicious micromanagers.  It’s understandable to an extent, of course;  if someone in the office screws up in a major way, it’s the attorney’s license that’s on the line.  I get it.  But, there is a better way; and, a way that is becoming increasingly necessary  for law firms .   In the current environment, law firms are managing distributed workforces on the fly.  Often, there’s no more  physical  office  available  to be occupied ,  to walk around  in .  No more coworkers in your physical presence to hover over.  So, what do you do  now ?     It’s time to finally rely on technology to manage your law firm.  Managing a remote staff is about  creating task-based, time-sensitive workflows , in...

I mean, don’t get me wrong, lawyers  can  code, if they  want  to; but, they don’t  have  to.   There’s a prevailing argument in legal tech circles over whether lawyers should be coders.  This argument is often misconstrued to mean that lawyers should be developing their own software.  And, that’s an entirely different thing.  It’s sort of like making the assumption that the guy who tinkers with an old Corvette on the weekend should launch an automotive corporation.  And, the same argument applies for lawyers that applies to that weekend warrior: he shouldn’t do that because he can make more money in his day job, which also carries with it far less risk.  The point is: if you want to be a lawyer, be a lawyer; if you want to start a software company, start a software company.  But, don’t do both.   The math works, too.   Solo, small and large law firms waste money and resources when the...