You Gotta Love a Free Espresso Machine
This is part of the Balanced Life Center’s Season of Gratitude series. Check out the other things people are thankful for.
Do you enjoy espresso? Perhaps you like a good cappuccino. As for me, I love a great latte, and I’m thankful for my new espresso machine!
You may be wondering, “What does this have to do with being a lawyer or law student?” Well, if you have ever been around many law students or lawyers, you would know that we love our coffee. Unfortunately, …
Legal Andrew Featured at Top Law Student
Something like this makes my day. I checked my RSS feads this morning to find that Law Student composed a post featuring the blog you’re reading right now. It’s kind-of a “best of” post with links to articles I’ve written over the past few months. I don’t think I could’ve done it better myself. Go check out Law Student for other good tips on law school.
Advice for Small Business (or Law Firm) Owners
Today I happened to run across two interesting articles with helpful information regarding small businesses (or small law firms). I probably would not post them individually, but seeing them both within 5 minutes of each other has inspired. Maybe someone is speaking to me that I should open my own firm…
First, check out the 5 things you should not buy when starting a small business. Courtesy of the Instigator Blog, this simple list provides a few quick tips that should help save …
How to Catch Up When You’re Behind
How do you catch up with school or work when you have been away? That’s always the dilemma we face after a trip. I’m currently in that situation, so I thought I would share my thoughts on the subject.
Make a list
I love lists. How can you know what you need to do, if you don’t have a list? I suggest that you make a list of everything you need to do to be caught up through tomorrow. Do it on your computer, a notepad, or toilet paper. …
Lawyer Unconference: Ideas From an (Un)lawyer
A couple weeks ago, Grant Griffiths of Home Office Lawyer proposed organizing an unconference for lawyers. The idea is now taking root. It is amazing who quickly something can proceed from the idea of an individual to a project orchestrated by many people, all with the aid of technology.
I chimed in and suggested that law students should be invited, hopefully with some of the unevent appealing to the questions and issues that us novices are confronted with. I am honored that Matt Homann (yep, of …
Personal Development Carnival
Be sure to check out yesterday’s Personal Development Carnival, where you can find awesome articles to help in your personal development. One featured article is my post on warming up prior to public speaking. Wander over and see if anything peaks your interest.
Maximize Firefox Searching with Hotkeys
Robert Ambrogi made a great find today: Firefox search plugins for legal research. These plugins are simple additions to the awesome, free Firefox browser, and they allow you to search Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute. As Robert explains, the five plugins allow you to search the entire LII, or specific portions, depending upon which plugin you use.
I would like to take this awesome opportunity to point out two cool keyboard shortcuts (a.k.a.: …
How Do You Use Post-It Notes?
You just gotta love the Post-It Note. A small yellow square of handy stickiness. It doesn’t get any better than that, until they made other colors, shapes and sizes. Transparent, plastic, labeled, lined, oh my! Yep, I love ’em all.
Ok, back on track – I ran across this post that details twenty ways to use our happy yellow friend. It has some great tips and ideas that I had not actually thought of before. Be sure to check it out and maximize …
Lawyer Marketing Via MySpace
There is a very interesting post over at My Shingle that discusses using MySpace to market your services as a lawyer.
Honestly, I am not quite sure what to make of this tactic. While it obviously could be successful (as My Shingle reports in its post), it also seems like it might create some professional responsibility problems. I’m no expert, but it sounds like having an online client intake form might invite people to provide too much information up front. I thought attorneys were supposed to …
Ideas for a Lawyer Unconference
Grant Griffiths over at Home Office Lawyer is working on an awesome idea: an unconference for lawyers (definition of “unconference”). He is soliciting ideas to help get the ball rolling, especially regarding speakers to have, how much people would be willing to pay, and if people would come even if it does not count as CLE. So head on over to Grant’s blog and give him your feedback; the whole legal community will appreciate it.
Here’s my two cents on this idea: it sounds …
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