A momentary pause in my vacation to bring you the latest installment of the showdown in Texas between the “haves” (a JD) and have nots (“non-lawyer” professionals). In his must-read post, Texas Scold ‘Em, RyanMcClead responds to Chrysta Castañeda‘s article from Texas Law Book entitled Get Wall Street Out of the Practice
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Oh, Brother. The Period Space v. Space Space debate. Again.
Hello. The ’80s called. They want their electric typewriter back.
As a legal marketer I often times debate with partners over whether or not it’s “period-space” or “period-space-space” in a document. As a writer, I often times debate this with random people in cocktail settings. Working with lawyers, who always want me to cite my…
3 reasons lawyers should “post” to LinkedIn
LinkedIn recently rolled out their new “publishing” feature. It’s pretty interesting, and definitely something to explore. It is not designed to take the place of blogging, but can be a great middle-ground for those not quite ready to launch a blog, but have something to say, or those trying to expand their reach. For lawyers…
Leadership’s Lessons: Energy Replenishment
Full engagement requires drawing on four separate but related sources of energy: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.”
Two tips to revolutionize your time and project management
Legal marketing lessons from the NBA playoffs
I was reading a debate on the NBA playoffs where the commentators were wondering how an older team could beat the better players? And not just beat them, but crush them.
Very simply stated, the San Antonio Spurs played as a cohesive team, competing with the Miami Heat for the title; while the Miami Heat…
I don’t follow egg-heads or empty blue boxes on Twitter
If you haven’t been on Twitter lately (Snort. Not even going there with you if you haven’t), you might not realize that they have made a few changes. Like many social networking sites, Twitter is becoming more and more graphically driven. Not necessarily your individual tweets, but your profile and how people see you on…
Exceptions don’t make the rule. The business model is broken.
Great debate starting to take place in the legal marketing/business of law world.
Is the business model broken?
At the Legal Marketing Association‘s annual conference, I attended a moderated roundtable discussion on Disruptive Legal Trends. While it began as a discussion of the Axioms of the world, the conversation quickly shifted to the business…
Memorial Weekend Reading: Strategic Imperatives for the Law Firm of the Future
Just in case the weather kills your plans to drink, BBQ and surf your way through the holiday weekend, I suggest you download a copy of ILTA‘s new study: Legal Technology Future Horizons, Strategic Imperatives for the Law Firm of the Future (PDF). From the (seven page) executive summary:
At the legal
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