The differences in the workday life and times of a SmallLaw attorney versus his/her BigLaw counterpart are many and for the most part somewhat obvious! The focus for a BigLaw attorney, particularly an associate on the infamous ‘partner track‘, tends to be billable hours and to emerge in the eyes of the firms partners as a rainmaker […]
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The six articles below run the gamut from the real estate transaction process to the best ways to lead and motivate! In between is an article that looks at the continuing appetite of investors from China for U.S. real estate assets, ways to look at your businesses marketing efforts and how the new hot Hamptons […]
With so much to read and with so little time for many of us to get beyond the major news headlines, these are links to articles providing information that our readers may find to be interesting and helpful! If anyone has additional areas of interest that they may also like to see articles about, please […]
By now there are few among us who have not at least heard the name of the game, Poke’mon Go. And whether you play Poke’mon Go or not, there are no shortages of issues and controversies that have risen up around both the game and some of its more zealous players. Consider the case of […]
We are extremely happy to announce that Hallmark Abstract Service is once again nominated in the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings for the category, Best Title Agency! If you are a lawyer (regardless of specialty or location), part of legal support staff or some other type of legal industry personnel, you are eligible to vote. Naturally, Hallmark Abstract Service […]
Why do some attorney’s have an aversion to bringing their firms technology into the 21st century? For example how many law firms, whether solo practices or slightly larger, can’t be located online through a company website? And how many attorney email addresses still end in aol.com? Amazingly the answer is more than you can imagine! The following […]
For business, particularly small business, earning referrals is typically a key component of a new business development strategy! And in SmallLaw comprised of solo law practitioners and small law firms, this fact of business life is certainly no exception! So for those who are working or possibly considering working in the SmallLaw arena, an article […]
With law school enrollments nationwide declining, Cornell Law and Fordham University of Law are ramping up new programs! The growing problem facing law schools, the legal profession and ultimately the clients of lawyers was discussed recently in the article, ‘Correlation Or Coincidence?…Desperate Law Schools = Lowest Bar Exam Pass Rate In A Decade!‘. The premise […]
Would law firms ever consider using artificial intelligence (AI) capable robots to replace first year associates? And if not associates, how about some other ‘timekeeper’ within a firm? In its annual “Law Firms in Transition” survey of 320 large law firm managing partners, legal consulting firm Altman Weil found that 35% of the participants questioned would, among other things, be […]
