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Many talk a lot about a paperless office, but few actually succeed in creating one. These two lawyers not only talk but teach the rest of us about the paperless law office: CLE seminar on Paperless Law Practice.

See Ernie the Attorney’s 10/16/08 blog post about how this CLE came about, Upcoming CLE on Digital Workflow, and see his earlier post on paperless = mobile, which might make a lot of you say, “aha! Now I get it!” (I almost forgot I already posted about it here! (See, isn’t a blog useful? :-))

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Did you know that there was a Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association (PNPA)?

The association offers members training and networking opportunities. PNPA members and employers of paralegals can also make use, for no cost, of their Job Bank.

If you have questions, look at their Contacts Us list.

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Inter-Alia is one of those blawgs that I almost never miss, though its guru, Tom Mighell, sure makes it easy to catch up on past posts and newsletters if you get swamped and miss an issue or a posting, or two or three.

A entry from the Oct. 5th, ILRW, contained this tidbit, which is a good follow-up to my post on Let’s (Not) Kill All the Law Libraries (and my own follow-up), arguing that if “the law” really was “all online,” then why would we need lawyers?

Verbatim from Tom Mighell’s Internet Legal Research Weekly, Oct 5th, 2008:

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New and experienced lawyers alike wonder about these issues and the The OSB Bulletin’s Aug/Sept 2008 issue has a terrific primer on the subject:

Managing the Dual Roles: The Ethics of Serving on Corporate Boards, by Helen Hierschbiel:

Excerpt: “It is increasingly common for lawyers to serve on the boards of directors of for-profit and non-profit corporations. The reasons vary. Some lawyers are interested in expanding their contacts within the community; others are committed to the mission of the organization; still others desire to strengthen a relationship with a client corporation. Both for-profit and non-profit corporations seem to appreciate having lawyers become “partners” in the business and develop a better understanding of the activities of the operation. Particularly with non-profits, there is often an expectation, spoken or unspoken, that the entity will enjoy the benefit of the lawyer’s professional expertise.

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If you haven’t tried out the streaming video at the Oregon State Bar’s (OSB) website, now’s the time to make yourself comfortable and settle in for 30 minutes of some good old fashioned law-learnin’. Think how much smarter you will be afterward!

Topics include animal law, small claims, landlord-tenant law, police stops, charitable giving, legal assistance for military personnel, consumer bankruptcy, immigration law, bicycle law, and MORE.

There are no bells and whistles with these videos, and you might need some coffee or tea to give yourself a boost, but you will be so much wiser after listening to these. And they are only 30-minutes, which I know is a lifetime in this world of 25 second u-tube moving pictures. But lower your heart rate, live longer, impress your friends, your dates, your parents even!

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Expert Blogs: Loose Lips Sink…Trials?, by Robert Ambrogi, Editor, BullsEye Newsletter: August 20

Ambrogi’s blog-article is may be a logical companion my previous posts:

1) Is that Lawyer Googling Juror Names During Voir Dire?

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Words are tricky, and powerful, things. I bet what you imagine when you read the words naughty, naughty (oooooh or sorry, mom) is completely different from the thoughts that surface when you hear disciplinary records (yawn). Oh, the power of words.

On to yawn, uh, disciplinary records:

From PI Buzz, both posts by Tamara Thompson:

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Via Stark County Law Library, we find this: Networking for Shy Lawyers, at Build a Solo Practice. It’s a cut above the usual self-help guides, but if nothing else it will cure you of those silly, self-centered “I thought I was the only one” thoughts (you are NEVER the only one, no matter what you are going through – the world has over 6 billion people, all of whom have lives and feelings too, well, most of them anyway).

Excerpt from post:

“You’ve been told over and over again the way to get connections in the profession, drum up business, is network, network, network. You know I’m right. And you know for some people it is just so easy. They jump out there, do it as naturally as breathing. Yet you are more introverted, less comfortable in group situations, don’t know how to break the ice or get with the ‘in crowd.’ Honestly, don’t worry. But the question remains: how do you work with what you are to be successful as a solo practitioner?

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