Oregon Legal Research BlogCheck out the list of billing-software links compiled at the Oregon Law Practice Management blog. It is not Oregon-specific.
Articles Tagged with Law practice
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89 Practice Tips for the Oregon Lawyer
The Oregon Law Practice Management blog has a 2012 Year in Review list of the year’s tips.
This is painless continuing legal education – and stay tuned for the 2013 tips.
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What Can You do With a Law Degree? The World is Your Oyster (or your Pomegranate if you prefer)
A law degree can be a gift that keeps on giving, assuming you use it well and that it was the right thing for you to spend time and money on in the first place.
I recommend some good career coaching if you’re not sure The Law is for you – and maybe, also, sitting in on a law school class or taking an undergraduate or adult education course on the law.
And even if you’re not fixed on a job as A Lawyer, a law degree can still serve you very well indeed:
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2012 Survey of Hourly Rates (and more) for Oregon Attorneys
Oregon State Bar (OSB) recently updated their Economic Survey, which includes current (2012) hourly rates for attorneys in Oregon (in addition to many other measures, compensation, job satisfaction, etc.)
Right now, link from the OSB homepage, to this 2012 Survey link.
You can also find and download surveys and other publications at the OSB Surveys, Reports & Research webpages.
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Oregon Law Practice Management: Can I Practice “On the Side?”
Oregon Law Practice Management, 8/28/12, post: Can I Practice “On the Side?”
“Lawyers sometimes ask if they can start a law practice “on the side” while maintaining their current position. This question raises several red flags….” [Link to full blog post.]
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Rocket Lawyer, Google, and the Practice of Law in the 21st Century
You can spend your entire vacation catching up on how the practice of law has changed over the past few years, or, you can read a quick and dirty summary at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog in their 8/22/11 post:
A librarian’s prescription for what ails you?
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Susskind’s End of Lawyers: Annotated with Links
Law librarian colleagues brought a Legal Informatics Blog post to my attention: Susskind on the End of Lawyers.
There are a zillion links to commentary on the book. I found Carolyn Elefant’s 3/24/09 My Shingle blog post and Comments particularly interesting – and practical: And what it means for solos.
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New Lawyers and Business Cards
No Excuses – it’s time to think about technology and your law practice: “When I meet someone in a bar, in a meeting or at the bar during a meeting and they give me a business card with an email address @aol.com, @juno.com or @prodigy.net – I wince. No kidding, I have a client who files bankruptcies through the CM/ECF as “bestguy68@_.com. I beg him to change it all the time – to let me help him – he won’t. Why? Because his wife likes it and because he just had 500 business cards printed! I can only help those who want to be helped. ” This quotation is from an excellent blog by someone who teaches lawyers and others some basic technology and business truths and skills. Now personally, I would have given her blog a better (er, more professional?) name, but we’ll cut her some slack. There’s a lot of useful information here for those of you who absolutely must stop thinking that “technology is cool.” It is, but if you have a business to run, it’s not. It’s a tool and must be managed with the same care and professionalism you use in other parts of your business. Thanks to Ernie the Attorney, always a class act, for the link.