Today dozens of legal apps can optimize your billable hours and better manage your time. Cloud based technology gives us access to remotely serve clients in real time. Making you more productive. Here are ten top apps that law firms utilize to improve the bottom line and make it rain. 1. Clio Rest assured...
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CLE: Ethical Marketing, Advertising, Social Media, Client Engagement and More to Grow Your Practice
Save The Date: Wednesday April 13, 2022 CLE: Ethical Marketing, Advertising, Social Media, Client Engagement & More to Grow Your Practice Description: Learn ethical marketing tips to help jump start your practice. What’s the right balance of advertising, social media, video and client engagement to grow your practice? What’s the difference between an advertisement and...
Law Job Do’s & Don’ts: Using Humor During The Interview
Humor helps build trust with personal relationships and can help influence attitudes at work. In fact Harvard Business Review recently published an article, Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User’s Guide to Humor at Work which weighs in on when and how to use humor. There are rules to follow and avoid when to...
Are Thank-You Notes Important?
I say YES! A common misconception is that once the interview is over, all you can do is wait for the phone to ring. Wrong. Sitting back and doing nothing may diminish your chances of securing the position. “As a legal recruiter, one of the most common mistakes candidates make is not following up...
Make It Rain: Top Twenty Books Lawyers Must Read
After decades of advising and coaching some of the top rainmakers in law, legal recruiter Shari Davidson shares her top self-development books every lawyer needs to read to make it rain. These must read books have paved the way to new opportunities, broken glass ceilings, revealed how to create an ideal career, rewrite the...
Post COVID Interview Questions Attorneys Must Be Able To Answer
COVID-19 has transformed how attorneys are recruited and hired. Law firms are continuing to do business remotely. Some firms are going back to the office while others have fully embraced the virtual world. Consequently, geographic barriers to recruiting top talent are breaking down. The good news is that law firms are drawing from a...
Reciprocity: Guide to states where you can practice law
Reciprocity Legal recruiters explore every best option when searching for a new firm for our attorneys. Looking out-of-state gives your search an edge, and opens up additional financial, lifestyle and several intangibles that are a good fit for you. There are several states where you may be able to practice law without having to...
Important Questions To Ask Before Working with a Legal Recruiter
Tough Questions to Ask Your Legal Recruiter Not all legal recruiters are created equal. The best recruiters have long standing relationships with law firms who trust the recruiter’s assessment of candidates. Placing a candidate is a time-consuming undertaking, both the candidate and the firm want a successful long-term relationship. First and foremost, find out...
New Normal: Know When to Go Before Your Firm Forces You Out
Lawyers are being let go for their inability to develop and cultivate new clients and sustain a book of business. Three of every four partners who have been pushed out reported hearing about their performance problems for the first time when asked to leave (ALM Legal Intelligence, November 2013). ”Firm’s business priorities change, if...
Rainmakers: Are you being properly compensated at the firm?
Legal Marketplace: Make sense as to the what you are worth. Every successful negotiation is a with more than the sum of its parts. Compensation packages can be structured very simply or tiered with several incentives that get to your number. Your base salary should be a third of the annual billings for a...