rules of 21st century law practice

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Seven lessons on tools for a successful twenty-first century law practice, using Tom Goldstein's firm Goldstein & Howe (now Howe & Russell) as a case study. This is just an excerpt of my IgniteLaw 2010 presentation.

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Free Tools For Starting A Law

FirmBy Carolyn Elefant (12/1/09)

Due Diligence & Free:

•Review terms of service: what’s the trade-off for “free?”

•Is the service reliable/SSL security? 

•Does service meet your practice volume? (some services offer only limited accounts for free)

•Realize, that sometimes, free is off limits: 

•No free business cards w/bix card company’s logo on the back•No compromising client confidentiality or other ethics rules for free service. •No websites with site host in name (e.g., www.aol.com/joesmithlawfirm)

Free Legal Research

Free (or very low cost) practice management tools

Time Keeping/Billing Software

Calculate Hourly Rate

Free Message Service and Universal Number

Free Conference Call Service w/Recording

Free Webinar Service

Free Client Survey Forms

Free Document Storage

Free E-Mail Newsletters

Free Design a Logo

Free Word Processing Software

Free Web Presence

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