Maximizing your lunch hour: tips for busy legal professionals
Is the cycle of waking, working, sleeping starting to get to you? Do you struggle to keep up with all of your interests and errands each week while also giving yourself room to breathe? Don’t despair. You have an important tool that can be used to leverage your time and enable you to do more […]
Expert solutions to common email challenges: Part 2
One Legal is made up of a team of passionate, knowledgeable individuals who put their specific areas of expertise to good use for our customers. Meet the brilliant people behind the scenes to explore why and how we do what we do. Around the office and with clients, communication is key. And email is the […]
Best practices for file naming: keeping track of legal documents
You’ve just created an important document and need to save it where it can be easily found and reviewed. You want it to be grouped with other documents in the case, yet easily identifiable as its own file. How should you name your documents to keep things organized and accessible before, after, and during the […]
7 things legal professionals should stop doing
It’s not just legal professionals, every industry and every office has certain less than stellar work habits. Add them all up and some harmless seeming habits can actually have a fairly large negative impact on your wellbeing, both personally and professionally. Here are some things legal professionals—and everyone else, too–should avoid doing, for their own […]
Do more with less: strategies for busy legal professionals
Today’s law firms are more focused on efficiency – doing more with less – than ever before. Due to greater pressure on the bottom line, new regulations, and unpredictable workloads, firms are increasingly looking to keep costs under control while continuing to provide value to their clients. In this challenging environment, paralegals and other legal […]
Corporate social responsibility in the legal industry: Trends and opportunities
What comes to mind when you think of corporate social responsibility? In the legal field, this type of initiative often goes by a host of other names. But at the heart of pro bono and other legal aid efforts lies an opportunity to make a difference that transcends industry. What is corporate social responsibility? Corporate […]
7 ways eFiling benefits your law firm (and boosts your success)
As of the end of 2016, all 50 states have implemented or announced plans to implement electronic filing systems for their courthouses. While the final realities of this change will take a few more years to reach all the county courts across the country, eFiling is a major move towards a more improved system for […]
Considering a virtual paralegal? What you need to know
Do you need extra help in your law firm but don’t feel quite ready to hire someone full-time? Are you just starting out in your practice and need some assistance during the transition? Are you an office manager supporting too many attorneys with an overwhelming case load? A virtual paralegal could be a good fit […]
10 tips for paralegals to improve client communication
The need to improve client communications is a challenge that many law firms find themselves faced with over the course of their practice. And as the central source of information, paralegals are often the main point of connection for clients, legal professionals, and court staff, A study published in 2016 by the American Bar Association […]
Hack your commute: a guide for legal professionals
Time spent commuting has increased significantly for Americans over the past few years, with more and more people spending long periods of time in their cars and on public transportation traveling back and forth from work. More than 36% of Americans commute between 20-44 minutes each way to get to work, while 17% of workers commute 45 minutes […]
Virtual meetings: The next big thing for your law firm?
According to a survey presented in 2014 at the London Business School’s Global Leadership Summit, more than half of the world’s workforce will operate remotely by 2020. How will law firms accommodate this change? Virtual meetings could be one part of the answer. In organizations where time is money — as true in law firms […]
5 ways to maximize your law firm’s business email
According to the 2016 State of Marketing Research Report published by Salesforce Research, 80 percent of marketers consider email to be a core component to the success of their business. Nearly half said the use of email is directly connected to their main source of income. Now that you’ve set up a professional business email […]
Why should I hire a professional process server?
One Legal is made up of a team of passionate, extremely knowledgeable individuals who each put their specific areas of expertise to good use for our customers. Meet the brilliant people behind the scenes to explore why and how we do what we do. Steve and Tanya explain why they tap into their extensive network […]
Being a good host: essentials for law office waiting rooms
When a client enters the offices of a large law firm on the upper floor of a large downtown building and sees wall-to-wall cherry wood, uncomfortable-looking chairs, shelves of law books, and an empty reception desk staring back at them, they’re not likely to feel welcome or comfortable. Offered no refreshments and left with nothing […]
Shorthand is not dead: The power of effective note taking for legal professionals
In this age of computers, smartphones, digital voice recorders, and so on is note taking even a necessary skill for legal professionals anymore? Legal professionals attend numerous meetings and rarely show up in the conference room without a notebook (a paper or electronic one), but do they actually take notes, and more importantly, do they […]
5 ways to boost your productivity that are backed by science [Updated]
Originally published December 15, 2015. Updated January 20, 2017. The internet is full of articles claiming to provide the secret to limitless personal productivity. If only we got out of bed earlier, organized our email more often, or divided our day into 25-minute bursts of activity followed by tiny little breaks. There’s even one study […]