Out of office: Firms outsource support services to cut costs
Eager to cut costs, large firms nationwide are taking some of their employees out of the office.
What it takes to make partner
With the economy still recovering and a challenging job market for new law graduates, some have likened making partner at a medium or large law firm to winning the lottery.
LEGAL CENTS: Virtual law becoming a legal reality
Clients can deal with legal questions on their schedules, from their homes or businesses. Attorneys save a lot of money in bypassing the bricks-and-mortar office, and they can pass the savings on to clients.
Firms send employees back to school
Lawyering always has meant lifelong learning: keeping up with case law, regulations and statutes, as well as new developments in legal technology and continuing legal education.
Hold out for quality clients
If you, like many of your colleagues, have stocked your practice with clients that aren’t a good fit, you’ll spend much of your career feeling frustrated, unappreciated and resentful.
Ready for war: Lawyers need comfort, supplies, privacy when litigating out of town
Music group Van Halen was not being prima donnas when members requested all brown M&Ms be removed from bowls in their dressing rooms; they were just being cautious.
Things to consider before forming a small-firm partnership
It’s said that two is company, and three is a crowd.
Master the gentle art of persuasion
It goes without saying that unless your trial presentation is persuasive, you’re lecturing. And lecturing won’t win.
To email or not to email
Advances in technology have brought new modalities of communication — and a dizzying array of choices for interaction. But in the age of email, social media and texts, which options are best to use when consulting with clients over their cases?
Watching the clock: Tips for attorneys who want to boost billable hours
Wisconsin lawyers spend 37 percent of their time on work that goes unbilled, according to a national survey.
Keys to improving your tech planning
For many law firms, technology purchasing is based on reaction rather than planning.
LEGAL CENTS: Why your firm should consider Pinterest for marketing
When Pinterest comes up in conversation, typically it’s within the context of women talking about crafting or recipes.
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- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property