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the [non]billable hour


February 4, 2012, 7:45 pm, 948269

Bob Sutton, Stanford Professor, management consultant and author of Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No Asshole Rule shared his Twelve Things Good Bosses Believe ...


January 20, 2012, 11:45 am, 943927

In my post earlier this week, I wrote about Measuring the Quality of Your Clients’ Experiences and not just the quality of their results.  Patrick Lamb suggested that lawyers also use the grid to predict their clients’ satisfaction, and I agree.

Here’s a .pdf ...


January 19, 2012, 11:45 am, 943474

Remember, your clients don’t have general needs, they have specific ones.  They want you to be great at solving their problem, not good at solving everyone else’s.

And yes, you can actually buy this knife


January 18, 2012, 3:45 pm, 943109

Wise words about professionalism from Scott Greenfield:

The need to survive in practice is a powerful one.  It takes time to establish a reputation of competence and skill, and when you have hungry children and a school loan payment due, you don’t feel as if you have the time to wait.  And so you ...


January 17, 2012, 9:46 am, 942444

January 16, 2012, 3:45 pm, 942252

LexThink.1 Tickets are now available!  I hope to see you there!


January 16, 2012, 3:45 pm, 942251

Lots of lawyers claim to be “results-focused.”  Clients want good results, after all, and marketing yourself as one “focused” on delivering them has got to be a lot better  (to clients, anyway) than being “timesheet-focused.”  However, I think  many ...


January 14, 2012, 5:45 pm, 941831

Funny, because its true.


January 13, 2012, 11:45 am, 941472

I’m really excited to announce that Ignite Law is back at ABA TECHSHOW this year.  It takes place the evening before TECHSHOW “officially” kicks off at 7:00 pm on March 28th at the Hilton Chicago.

The focus of ...


January 12, 2012, 11:46 am, 940999

I found this quote in this great list of inspirational resources for writers.  It seemed to hit the “how to start a successful blog” nail squarely on the head:

Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, ...