Law firm layoffs, bailouts and bank closings are in the news. It is sometimes hard not to dwell on so many negative events. So I've been doing a lot of thinking about law practice in this economy, as have a lot of others. I've just finished a two part series in the Oklahoma Bar Journal on th...

The Digital Edge Podcast recently featured an interview with Laura Calloway, Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2009. If Laura had any concerns about being interviewed by two former ABA TECHSHOW Chairs, she certainly didn't show it. As always there are new things planned for this year's show. Listen to t...

Well, I am off to the American Bar Association Midyear meeting in Boston. The ABA Midyear meeting is much smaller (and more committee and board work oriented) than the ABA Annual Meeting. I have a couple of days on my calendar with almost the entire day scheduled starting with breakfast meetin...

When You Go To Heaven, Will Your Practice Go to Hell? is an eye-catching title for a nice article on a very serious topic. It was written by Courtney Kennaday, PMA for the South Carolina Bar, and Reid Trautz, PMA for the Association of Immigration Lawyers of America. Sever other blogs have already n...

For years, if you wanted to read cutting-edge, mind expanding, futuristic material, you just had to grab a copy of Wired magazine or go to its website. While many say staff changes and the passage of time has caused Wired to lose its edge, I submit the following collection from its most popular and ...

Law Practice Today, a monthly e-zine published by the ABA Law Practice Management Section, has recently undergone a makeover and its November 2008 issue is really great. But before I discuss it further, let me disclose my bias. Somehow some of my so-called friends and colleagues talked me into...

A wealth of free electronic discovery resources may be found at Craig Ball’s website at www.craigball.com....

"I cannot open that document you sent me." We used to hear that a lot on the early days of law office computing as several word processors competed for market share. Well, we are starting to hear it a lot more this year. As many of you know the primary programs in Microsoft Office (Word, P...

We are definitely into the 2008 summer reading season now and so I am going to feature some great summer reading materials over the next few weeks--all in the law practice arena. I can almost hear some of you chuckling now. Reading about law practice ideas in your summer recreation time probably sou...

60 Sites in 60 Minutes was the closing highlight of ABA TECHSHOW. As always, the presenters were entertaining, the sites were informative and there were some minor technical problems. J Tom Mighell, Reid Trautz and Craig Ball did the honors this year. I did a mini-review earlier on my blog. But now ...