Most solo and small firm attorneys think of their law firms as a salary replacement for a full-time law firm job with some upside on income and freedom, but that’s it. Lots of lawyers are looking to run out the clock on their practice then ride off into the sunset or work until they die. I know I’d prefer the former and if you do, too, why not ride off into the sunset with some loot like the hero (or villain) in a Western movie?

Law firm accounts receivable can be gnarly, sometimes extending into the six figures.

Now, there are a couple of responses to that. The preferred option is to eliminate accounts receivable altogether but you may never get to 100% collection rates. So, you’ll need to establish a collection process and that should flow from your engagement agreement.

When lawyers get excited about content marketing prospects they get keyed up to add social channels. This is a great idea. It’s true that the more social channels you have, the better. This is because the more places your profile and content exists, the broader your reach becomes. That being said, you don’t need to add social channels for the sake of adding social channels, especially when you’re getting started. Read on for more...

It’s hard enough running a law firm, without having to schedule time and effort to revise the templates you use in your law practice. So, most lawyers don’t take the time to do it at all. Or, they only update their templates when there has been a major statutory change. Or, they have to do it when they make the (wise) decision to adopt a document assembly program.

Law firms don’t often have partnership agreements. Especially small firms.

Which is kind of shocking, right? Because, if a lawyer had a business owner for a client, said lawyer would most stringently advise that business owner to draft a partnership agreement, if that business owner was to enter upon a partnership.

So, why don’t more attorneys follow that sage advice?

The cool thing about working in 2023, is that everybody has more flexibility than ever before -- especially about where they want to work. That’s awesome; and, that’s as it always should have been. And, it’s also true for business owners, who should no longer feel compelled by client perception to work in a downtown office. And, lawyers: most of your clients, too, are working from home. They get it. Literally everyone gets it.

It’s 2023, and everybody is still kind of bad with passwords. Many passwords, in fact, still contain the word...password. That can’t be good.

However, there are three simple moves that you can make to ensure that your passwords are more impressive and difficult to hack. That will, in turn, better secure the systems you are using passwords to protect – which, at this juncture, are pretty much all your systems.

Every law firm owner is aware that outside actors can breach data and cause a host of problems. Hackers are the bogeyman, in this situation. And so, much concern is spent over password management, encryption, and email scams, including ransomware and phishing.

ChatGPT is all anyone can seem to talk about these days, from grandmas to grade schoolers.  That is how you know when a technology has captured the popular zeitgeist. Now, if you haven’t used it yet, or are unfamiliar with it, ChatGPT is what is called a ‘generative AI’ tool, that is rendered in the form of a chatbot.

Speed of response and engagement is essential for starting legal consumers on the client journey.  If you don’t get to your leads quickly, you won’t have a chance to close them. So when someone calls your law firm, it's important you pick up... or have someone pick up for you. That’s in part because 64% of law firms' voicemails are never returned.