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"Pzizz Offers Help for Power Nappers"

May 31, 2007

Helpful "be more productive at work" find from the folks at Web Worker Daily. Yeah, actually napping at your firm during the day might not be a good career move. But what about all-night document productions? "We’ve written before about the benefits of an afternoon “power nap” in helping you get through the day and attack problems with renewed energy. But some folks have trouble getting to sleep in a limited time slot. For reluctant nappers, the downloadable application pzizz promises help. It runs on either Windows or Mac systems, and I had a chance to give it a spin... Read more →

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Posted at 04:54 PM in New products, Productivity, Web/Tech | | Comments (1)

"Biglaw Plods Towards Mastodon's Fate"

May 29, 2007

Goodness, gracious, this is a remarkable discussion about the future of big law firms! Thanks to lawyer, author, & blogger Robert J. Ambrogi for highlighting it in Legal Blog Watch: "When the general counsel of a major corporation says that the current model of the large law firm is heading towards extinction, ears perk up throughout the legal industry. That is precisely what happened after Sun Microsystems GC Mike Dillon wrote on his blog last week that Biglaw is going The Way of the Mastodon. His thesis is that large law firms exist primarily as aggregators of specialized legal expertise... Read more →

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Posted at 03:53 PM in Corporate law departments, Law firm management, Law firm staffing, Law firm trends, Productivity, Web/Tech, Weblogs | | Comments (0)

"Beware the Hidden Costs of Bad Formatting"

May 08, 2007

Pretty poor reaction to need for increased training given that documents produced by law firms are so important! "When talking to law firms about training, I often hear the following statements: 'It's so easy, you don't need training'; 'If you can't learn it in an hour, it's not worth knowing'; and my favorite, 'We're getting documents out the door.' "Law firms often use arguments like those mentioned above to skimp on training. However, there can be real bottom-line consequences to this kind of thinking. Training your users on proper document formatting can mean the difference between a document that will... Read more →

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Posted at 12:41 PM in Document creation, Legal secretaries, Legal writing, Office management, Productivity, Tech support | | Comments (0)

Optimize Information Management Operations with Interwoven

May 08, 2007

Good old index cards are surely not of much use for law firms or legal departments with thosands & thousands of files. Read how Frost Brown Todd upgraded to Interwoven: "...Frost Brown Todd LLC, an AMLAW 200 law firm, has adopted Interwoven Records Manager to enable comprehensive information management. "Combined with Interwoven WorkSite, the industry-leading document management solution, Interwoven Records Manager enables law firms to optimize their file room operations and bring together paper and electronic documents and e-mail under a uniform information retention policy. The solution is seamlessly integrated into the user's working practices, allowing professionals to participate and... Read more →

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Posted at 11:05 AM in Law firm management, Legal vendor, Productivity, Records management, Software | | Comments (0)

"The Problem with Time Management"

Apr 26, 2007

Ah, the "trying to do my job, but people keep interrupting" problem. Do you have time management on the job under control? "If you've been living in the corporate world for some time, you've probably attended a training session where one of the exercises was to conduct a 'time spent' analysis in order to increase your efficiency. You cracked open your calendar, reviewed how you spent your time for the past week, and identified black holes that were wasting your energy. Maybe you even went so far as to break your activities into categories, separating the 'urgent' things from the... Read more →

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Posted at 11:22 AM in Efficiency, People management, Productivity, Time management | | Comments (0)

"Quick naps do the job at this law firm"

Apr 23, 2007

Calling all workaholics! Be smart & take some time off for a rejuvenating nap..at work! "The Power Room at one Raleigh law office isn't a place where high-profile deals get done or important meetings occur. "It's for snoozing. "As workers log in longer hours, there is increasing interest in the revitalizing power of naps. One company in New York sells 20- minute sessions in nap pods. A recent study in Greece showed that regular naps can reduce the risk of heart attacks. "Honestly, who hasn't had stressful workdays when an afternoon siesta would have hit the spot? "Put the partners... Read more →

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Posted at 03:59 PM in Employment trends, Human resources, Law firm trends, Life-work balance, Productivity | | Comments (0)

"Why Do You Always Need This Yesterday?"

Apr 08, 2007

How many times have you asked this question when handed a new assignment? LawCrossing looks into why this happens & how paralegals can handle these situations: "Some projects—especially the most urgent ones—seem to demand time traveling as a requisite skill. Everyone wants work done ASAP, but there's only one you and 24 hours in a day. What's to be done? "Paralegals are the workhorses of the legal world. Unlike the attorneys they assist, paralegals and legal support professionals play a largely behind-the-scenes role. While feats of productivity and grace under fire can force many paralegals to take on superhero proportions,... Read more →

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Posted at 09:40 PM in Efficiency, Law firm staffing, Paralegal utilization, Paralegal-lawyer partnership, Productivity, Time management | | Comments (0)

"Document Imaging: Keeping It Simple"

Apr 03, 2007

Author Tony DeLoera, the chief technology officer at Ice Miller, describes how to manage document imaging the right way: "Simplicity. This was the guiding principle in our selection of a document-imaging system. In early 2005, Indianapolis-based Ice Miller was overrun with paper. With 225 attorneys, and three branch offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Naperville, Ill., we decided to leverage the decision to change our office copiers as an opportunity to gain more control over our workflow. "We needed a document-imaging system that our attorneys and other professionals could use with little or no training. We wanted our users to... Read more →

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Posted at 04:50 PM in Document management, Efficiency, Legal technology, Legal vendor, Office management, Productivity, Records management | | Comments (1)

"One Calendar to Rule Them All"

Mar 12, 2007

Whenever -- & those times are frequent -- a paper calendar just won't do [links below in the original Web Worker Daily blog post]: "Some problems just seem to get harder the longer we work on them. Take keeping track of appointments, for example: you’d think by now we’d have that one all figured out. But somehow, between being online and offline, having multiple computers and mobile devices, it’s become harder than ever to know where you’re supposed to be and when you’re supposed to be there. Some people have come up with elaborate schemes to keep all of their... Read more →

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Posted at 04:39 PM in New products, Organization, Productivity, Web/Tech | | Comments (0)

"Legal Departments Tell Firms: Get on the Tech Train"

Mar 09, 2007

Well, that sure sounds like a smart slap at not-so-tech-savvy firms, huh? "When Aon Corp. slashed its outside counsel roster from about 400 to 23 law firms in 2005, it quizzed the firms about their tech offerings. 'We asked them about extranets, e-billing and litigation management,' says David Cambria, director of legal operations at the Chicago-based insurance giant. "But Cambria says that he didn't really care whether firms had all of those products. He had another agenda: 'I wanted to know if [the firms] were playing in the same pool as me,' says Cambria. When they crafted the tech section... Read more →

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Posted at 01:30 PM in Corporate law departments, Efficiency, In-house law department, Law firm trends, Legal technology, Productivity, Software , Web/Tech | | Comments (0)

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