When was the last time you set a goal and actually stuck to it? If you’re like most people, goals often start with a burst of enthusiasm but fizzle out before the finish line. What if we told you that...

It’s that time of year again. With 2024 winding up, we’re heading into the season of holidays and annual planning. Setting your goals — and the steps you’re going to take to achieve them — can feel a ...

How much time do you spend every week drafting? We’ve seen estimates that 40% - 60% of a lawyer's time is spent drafting and reviewing legal documents.  On the low end, that’s about 16 hours a week; o...

At the risk of revealing just how old we actually are, when we first started practicing law, the conflict-checking process centered around the Pink Sheets.

This list of new law firm clients, printed ...

We often say if you don’t have a process for anything you do more than once in your practice, you’re wasting time and leaving money on the table.

Efficiency and consistency are critical if you want t...

Imagine a world where you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time a new client walks through the door. 

Where your team knows exactly what to do and how to do it, without constant oversight. 

Th...

In every legal practice, there are important processes that happen before the legal work begins and others that happen once the legal work is done. These are your “bookends.”

If your “bookends” are n...

Let’s talk about one of the biggest wastes in your law firm: the wrong people doing the wrong work. It’s a trap that too many law firms fall into, and it’s costing you time, money, and sanity.

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One of our clients once tracked how much time she spent entering her time and applied her billable rate. How much do you think it was across a year?

$30,000!

Yes. This partner was spending the equiv...

To have an efficient and profitable practice, you need to be able to convert people into clients and manage the back end —i.e. the calls, emails, information collected, and team handoffs— with as much...

We’re 6 months into the year. Are you on track to meet your annual goals?

If you committed to setting S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals this year, now is a good time to review those goals and see where you are. 

Once you’ve hired the right team to support your law firm, you’ll want to make their onboarding process as smooth as possible.

In our latest featured article on Attorney at Work, we’re sharing six wa...