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When the State Bar of Wisconsin began searching for examples to follow when establishing a new lawyer-mentoring program, it didn’t have to look far.

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Looking for a few shortcuts in programs you use all the time?

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For attorneys, anxiety is more than a matter of mental health.

Lenné Eidson Espenschied resisted writing about grammar. “I’m not a grammarian; I didn’t study English, even in college,” said Espenschied, who wrote “The Grammar and Writing Handbook for Lawyers.” But, one day, she knew she had found her calling.

We all know how to use the Internet, right? But could we be making better use of it still? For most lawyers, the answer is a resounding: Yes.

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Window 10 users’ concerns about confidentiality are overblown, according to experts.

Understanding your client is everything.

When Karen Bauer was in law school, she gave a presentation called “Don’t Freak Out About Your Law School Loans.”

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The sky did not fall. The world did not end. And, figuratively, at least, only a few heads popped. Yes, from law schools to big law, the legal world seems to have survived the day Westlaw Classic retired.

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Eight years after becoming the first state judge to embrace audio digital recording in the court, Dodge County Circuit Judge John Storck is exploring another groundbreaking means of keeping records.

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What if you could give back just because it felt good, because it was the right thing to do? And not just for the community. What if giving back was the right thing for you?

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Karen Tidwall and her colleagues weren’t quite sure what would come of their firm’s cultural audit, but they knew what they didn’t want.

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Lawyers can find alternatives to the billable hour, but they have to be brave enough to embrace them.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court sets the rules governing when and how judges can accept gifts.

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There’s no one-size-fits-all means of dealing with the voicemails and emails — and now even text messages — that bombard lawyers nearly every day.

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Thanks to computers, the days of flipping through stacks of paper documents are over.

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As technology changes the way health care providers interact with patients, attorneys are being forced to learn about the new-age practices that could compromise their confidential medical records.

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William and Charles Mayo radically changed the business of medicine when they introduced doctors to the idea of forming groups to share their skills.

It was the Fourth of July, and Gregg Auby was in front of a computer, painstakingly trying to retrieve whatever data he could.

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So you’re thinking about opening your own firm. Maybe you’ve even made the decision to do it. Now what?

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Establishing a strong network is a key component to developing business, as it sets the stage for more client work and referrals.

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For years, attorneys have embraced the professional possibilities of dispute resolution.

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You arrive to work one morning and boot up your computer. Instead of seeing your usual background, an unusual message pops up on your screen. The message tells you that your files have been “locked” and the only way to unlock them is to transfer several hundred dollars’ worth of Bitcoin to the keyholder within a short period, maybe 48 hours.

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We’ve all heard that technology can help us work smarter, not harder.

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Perjury is the classic, and extreme, problem in ethical witness preparation.

Question. Pause. Answer. Stop. That’s the unnatural rhythm of the witness environment. And there are rules for witnesses during the first three steps.

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For days after a fire destroyed Jen Hanna’s law office, she returned to the charred pit, hoping to meet the clients she could no longer contact.

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Depositions are such a common part of the civil litigation landscape that much of how they are conducted has become routine.

Not every law degree leads to a legal practice.

Tagged with: ABA Law degree Michael Keller University of Wisconsin Law School

Attorneys spend their lives building their practices but probably do not spend enough time preparing to close them.

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