Keeping overhead low is one of the most important things a new solo can do while building a practice. While there are lots of ways to save money — from your office choices to technology — something we shouldn’t limit is our education. That is, staying updated on the law and learning how to run …
Free Adobe Webinars and Tutorials
For last Friday’s Off the Clock we participated in an Adobe webinar concerning Acrobat 9 for Legal Professionals. There are a few more free Acrobat webinars coming up in January and February. You can sign up and watch from your home or office. Many legal professionals use Adobe Acrobat or Professional to maintain a paperless office …
A Client Trust Accounting Guide for GnuCash
While practicelaw has several hundred practice forms and resources, very little of it is developed with or directed toward open source software. We use Dreamweaver to design and manage the site, Microsoft Word (see “Kicking This Word Addiction Ain’t Easy”) and Adobe Acrobat for our forms, and other proprietary software, such as Lexis-Nexis’ HotDocs product. …
Law School Graduation Reflections
It’s May and even if you are not a graduate or don’t know a graduate, May must stir up memories of law school graduation. The last graduation before you really worked, right? And surely you are moved by at least one commencement speech, whether by Barack Obama or Steve Jobs or some young fresh-faced kid. Do …