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Set your e-mail sights on a spam-free 2009
Wausau attorney Sarah L. Ruffi, of Ruffi Law Offices S.C., took a four-day break from technology over Thanksgiving weekend. On Monday morning, upon firing up her computer, a mere 40 e-mails were awaiting. It took only a few minutes to respond to those that needed a response, and to file or delete those that did […]
Voice recognition software: Removing pen from paper
I never took typing in high school. Since it was an elective, it was offered at 2 p.m., and in my senior year we could leave early if we were done with the required classes. So, it was an easy choice: typing, or General Hospital? Those were the Luke and Laura years, after all. In […]
Google fills in the apps, helps with searches
A couple of columns ago, I wrote about a pair of Google applications of special relevance to legal marketing — Google Alerts and Google Analytics. That’s just scratching the surface of Google’s possibilities for lawyers. This week, I’ll look at a pair of Google tools for self-organization: Google Apps and Google Desktop. Google Apps James […]
Handling metered postage without the meter
One of my duties as a clerk during law school was schlepping the postage meter a few blocks to the post office in downtown Milwaukee. It was heavy, and there were always lines once I reached my destination. Postage meters and queues aren’t a part of the lives of attorney Sarah L. Ruffi or her […]
Google can alert you to postings about your firm, clients, blog
Since cold and flu season is upon us, I thought it appropriate to take up viral marketing. Like a sneeze in your face, viral marketing all but forces you to pass on a message. So says Milwaukee lawyer Jon P. Groth, of Kyle, Pitman & Sicula S.C., who gave an entire presentation on the topic […]
Free Fastcase arrives for State Bar members
This past Halloween was probably a particularly scary day for representatives of Westlaw and LexisNexis working with Wisconsin practitioners. That’s because Oct. 31 marked the State Bar of Wisconsin’s roll-out of its newest, and by far most significant, member benefit: It launched free access to Fastcase for bar members — undoubtedly leaving Lexis and Westlaw […]
Lawyers find friend with PayPal’s payment options
If you’re looking for another way to make it easier to get paid, perhaps PayPal might become your new best friend. PayPal is an online payment service, which probably needs no introduction to those who are frequent buyers or sellers on eBay (I’m not). Now celebrating its 10th birthday, PayPal was acquired by eBay in […]
Attorney is a Twitter about online networking resource
A couple of months ago, I read about Twitter and thought, “Why would anyone care what I’m doing right now? Do I really care what anybody else is doing right now?” While I dismissed it as a diversion for geeks, it turns out that Twitter can be useful to lawyers, as yet another effective, Web-based […]
Conquering the quest for malpractice insurance
“Oh how I need Someone to watch over me.” When he penned those words, lyricist Ira Gershwin got it right. As competent, experienced, dedicated and smart as you undoubtedly are, you cannot go it alone when it comes to professional malpractice. You need insurance. I recently read an article by Tom Watson at Wisconsin Lawyers […]
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Jane Pribek is the editor-at-large for the Wisconsin Law Journal. Pribek is a former family law attorney and the former editor of the Wisconsin Law Journal. She lives in Nashville, Tenn. with her husband and two daughters.
Four mid-priced legal research options
Although the best things in life may be free, unfortunately, the best electronic legal research tools are not. The best, without question, are Westlaw and LexisNexis, and both can be pricey, according to legal research guru and law librarian Mary J. Koshollek of Godfrey & Kahn S.C. in Milwaukee. Koshollek has used, or experimented with, […]
Tracking down free case search alternatives
When I attended law school in the early 1990s, part of the required curriculum was electronic legal research, taught by Westlaw or LexisNexis reps. I took full advantage of free Web searching. Today’s law students still enjoy free access to “Wexis,” which is the sarcastic nickname for Westlaw and LexisNexis given to them by lawyers […]
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