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It's a basic fact that planning is critical for lawyers and law firms. But it remains far too easy for firms to get mired in important short-term planning issues such as budgeting and managing large projects at the expense of investment in the firm.

Tagged with: business of law Jim Calloway

The most important business continuity protection that a law firm can implement is to provide for appropriate backup systems. Today, a firm with a major data loss faces thousands of dollars in losses — in the best-case scenario.

Most lawyers use a variety of lists – “to do” lists, task lists, checklists. Because lawyers tend to be deadline driven and the consequences of missing certain deadlines can be quite severe, many use their calendar as a primary organizational tool. And almost every one of us keeps a “to do” list.

“True solo” lawyers who operate without staff support seem to be increasing in number. But for the majority of solo lawyers, there is someone in the office to help them and, of course, most law firms have support staff.

Here’s a question that’s posed to me from time to time: “What do you see as the biggest technological issue facing law firms?” My answer: the stubborn insistence of so many lawyers in clinging to paper client files. In my ...

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In the “good old days,” a lawyer could store many closed client files in a standard bankers’ box. Now it is common for one single client file to consist of many bankers’ boxes. I should note that I strongly believe ...

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