Archive for August, 2008

Can I really reduce the paper in my practice?

Reducing the amount of paper in your law practice is a dream that most (if not all) attorneys have had at one time or another. There are a number of commercial tools that are available that can assist with this process, but their cost can vary from moderate to expensive.

Making your office a fun place to work.

LA provides the Legal Management Resource Center (LMRC ) which contains terrific articles and other materials many of which are free and don’t require an ALA Membership. One such article is Put On a Happy Face (and Mean It). Ponder these Points to Make Your Firm a More Pleasant Place to Workhttp://thesource.alanet.org/imageserver/plumtree/portal/public/img/sp.gif .

The article’s author, Kriss Will, tried to convey the concept that office managers need to stop looking at attorneys as the “enemy” and stop the habit of bashing the attorneys. According to the author:

Fair Debt Collections Practices Act – a Primer.

The ISBA Mutual Insurance Company recently posted an article on their website titled ‘Debt Be Not Proud’ providing an introduction to the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. As a former collections attorney, I saw how easy it can be for attorneys to be guilty of a technical violation and to have a defendant’s attorney file suit in federal court for such a violation.