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.TRANSCRIPT
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