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"Too Busy to Notice You’re Too Busy"

Mar 31, 2007

Does this New York Times article sound like anyone you know? Yourself perhaps? "RECENTLY I’ve found myself annoyed by how busy my friends seem. Putting aside the possibility that they are avoiding me, some are so on the go that they barely have time to tell me they do not have time to talk. Every phone call, no matter how short, seems to be interrupted by several others. That is, of course, if I actually get a live person on the other end of the phone. [snip] "Edward M. Hallowell, a psychiatrist and author of CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked and About... Read more →

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Posted at 08:58 AM in Efficiency, Life-work balance, Time management | | Comments (0)

"Women's Work: Never Too Nice"

Mar 22, 2007

So, are you too nice at work? Or not nice enough? This article explains the drawbacks of both: "Working women were once kept beneath the glass ceiling because they were considered 'too nice.' Now they're being held back because they aren't nice enough. "In an effort to erase gender discrimination, many companies have been abandoning their emphasis on stereotypical male qualities like assertiveness, and seeking workers with interpersonal sensitivity and people skills. Or 'qualities usually associated with women,' says Peter Glick, a professor of psychology at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Ironically, what he calls the "feminization" of companies may work... Read more →

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Posted at 07:41 PM in Careers, Discrimination | | Comments (1)

"Firms Predict More Work, Less Equity"

Mar 22, 2007

What does this news mean for paralegals? I'm guessing higher required billable hours & maybe higher salaries too: "Although law firm leaders at a recent conference publicly pooh-poohed predictions that industry profitability would stumble, in a new survey they say increasing expenses will cut into their bottom line this year. "Lawyers can expect to be pushed for more billable hours while facing a harder struggle to make equity partner. And the ranks of associates and nonequity partners will rise much faster than any increase in equity slots, law firm leaders said. "The first managing partner confidence index [be sure to... Read more →

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Posted at 04:59 PM in Associate attorneys, Billing, Compensation trends, Law firm management, Law firm trends, Paralegal utilization, Partnership decisions | | Comments (0)

"24 Time Management Tips"

Mar 22, 2007

These helpful, common-sense tips come from Beth Dargis, a certified life coach & simplicity consultant: "Planning is the best time saver there is. At the beginning of the week jot down your goals that you want to accomplish, fun things you want to do, work that needs to be done, and appointments to keep. Then write out a loose schedule for the week ahead, balancing it out between work, family, home, self and your other roles. [snip] "My weekly planning session usually takes less than thirty minutes. My planning session includes gathering my papers and going through the in-box to... Read more →

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Posted at 10:01 AM in Efficiency, Life-work balance, Organization, Time management, Tips | | Comments (0)

"Does a Provocative Pose Help or Hurt a Job Search?"

Mar 21, 2007

Well, this is an interesting question. Legal blogger Carolyn Elefant pointed it out on Legal Blog Watch. [Links below from original post.]: "Over at Counsel to Counsel, Stephen Sackler wonders whether a law firm will hire the photogenic female law student who posed for this photo that's now permanently cached on the Internet. [snip] "...Personally, I've always thought that a job applicant's good looks and sex appeal, (particularly, when the applicant is female) are an asset in getting hired. Down the line, perhaps, good looks can prevent career advancement because purportedly, employees do not always take attractive people, particularly, women... Read more →

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Posted at 08:31 PM in Current events, Discrimination, Employment trends, Job searches | | Comments (0)

"E-Lawyering Requires Rethinking Technology and Law"

Mar 21, 2007

Great article about the new federal discovery rules, describing these changes in an understandable, even humorous way: "This changes everything." "Those three words, wafting on the familiar, buoyant tones of the actor saying them, have staying power. No survivor of the dot-com boom of the 1990s could forget William Shatner's ubiquitous ads on behalf of a certain online travel company. "Indeed, online booking did change the travel industry. When was the last time anyone had a paper ticket, or called a human travel agent just to check flight times? Buyers and sellers of books, music and news all have seen... Read more →

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Posted at 07:50 PM in Discovery rules , Electronic discovery, Federal rules, Legal technology, Litigation support | | Comments (0)

Five Strategies Key to Reducing Litigation Costs

Mar 19, 2007

Yay! Having several methods for cutting the costs of litigation is good news indeed: "Smoking-gun documents and emails have been at the heart of the world's best known corporate legal battles, but the risks of information in litigation have suddenly grown with new U.S. Federal guidelines for e-discovery. How can companies get a handle on the exploding volume of online content to better address the costs and risks of litigation? Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a leading provider of software that helps companies manage their growing stores of emails and documents, today released a list of five key... Read more →

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Posted at 05:00 PM in EDD, Electronic discovery, Email communication, Litigation support, Records management, Software | | Comments (2)

"Keeping Track of 'Track Changes'"

Mar 16, 2007

Very helpful post by by Robert J. Ambrogi to Legal Blog Watch: "Every lawyer [& paralegal] who uses Microsoft Word should take a few moments to read 'Staying on Track with Track Changes,' by legal bloggers and technology pros Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy, appearing in the current issue of Law Practice Today. As they point out, the 'track changes' feature in Word is an enormously useful tool when lawyers are collaborating on a single document. But it amazes me how many lawyers fail to realize that this entire history of collaboration can end up being stored invisibly in the... Read more →

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"Too Many Laws, Not Enough Lawyers"

Mar 16, 2007

I'm thinking this article means it might be a good time for SOX paralegals to seek raises: "With business booming at the nation's law firms, the fees they charge will climb steadily. Expect the cost of corporate legal services to continue to increase an average of one and a half times the rate of inflation in coming years. The trend will vary widely by region, with the largest jumps likely in major metropolitan areas. "What's fueling demand? The explosion of new corporate compliance regulations, spawned in large part by the Sarbanes-Oxley reform law, means businesses have a lot more legal... Read more →

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Posted at 04:03 PM in Compensation trends, Corporate, Law firm trends, Paralegal utilization, Sarbanes-Oxley | | Comments (0)

"Survey: Admin. assistants important"

Mar 16, 2007

Okay, that's the good news. The bad? In this article, paralegals are equated with administrative assistants: "Eighty-five percent of U.S. executives believe their administrative assistants are important to their success, a nationwide staffing-service survey says. "Of 150 senior executives at the nation's 1,000 largest companies surveyed, 48 percent said their administrative assistant's role was very important to their success, the OfficeTeam survey said. [snip] "OfficeTeam noted Administrative Professionals Week would be observed in the United States April 22-28. Many executives that week recognize the work of clerical employees such as administrative assistants, receptionists, paralegals and others." Read more →

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Posted at 02:54 PM in Employment trends, Human resources, Legal secretaries, Paralegal utilization | | Comments (0)

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