How to Convince Your Firm Working Remotely is the Way to Go

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It's finally happened and it took a pandemic to bring it about: Law firms are finally recognizing that allowing employees to work remotely does work. Law firms have always been slow to change. That's a fact. Back in the days when computers were just coming about, lawyers felt they didn't want them because it would interfere with billable time. Fast forward several years later, and law firms did...

National Staffing Organization Opens MediSums, Medical Records Summarizing

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PRESS RELEASE National Legal Staffing Organization Announces Formation of MediSums, Medical Records Summarizing, Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic Estrin Legal Staffing Expands to Include Medicolegal Services in New Division   LOS ANGELES, CA – Tuesday, May 19, 2020 – Newly-formed MediSums, a division of Estrin Legal Staffing, adds chronologies and medical record summaries prepared by licensed...

Back to Work? 30 Top Tips for Your Firm to Keep You Safe

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 rgive on th. Editors Note: This was written before the vaccine.  Much of the information is still valid.  Having everyone, or mostly everyone vaccinated is one of the best tools to keep your team safe.  We've seen that many hesitant to get the vaccination are more willing with paid day off to get the vaccination or small cash bonus.  Think of ways you can improve on this list and...

Do you have a Plan B that rocks? How to protect your career in the Covid19 era.

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It's so tough out there right now! One day, we are not supposed to wear masks; the next, we should have been wearing them all along. One week, we are sure about a remedy based on the trials. The next week, it didn't work.  A few weeks ago, younger people were safe. That theory was based upon data from Europe. It turns out that in the U.S., younger people are just as vulnerable as...

How I Spent My Covid Staycation

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For those of us with stay-at-home orders, which is just about the entire world, there are little challenges that are coming up while we bravely wait out the end of the Covid-19 virus. I know these may sound petty in the scheme of things but having your world turned upside down with no end in sight can be pretty intimidating. It does, however, give you a new appreciation for what we take for...

Are You Willing to Die for Your Firm?

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Is your firm asking you to periodically go to the office? Among the many and varied serious situations brought about by the Covid-19 world crisis, are the growing number of employees asked by their firm’s partners to periodically and physically go to the office. I have heard from numerous legal professionals that they are expected to show up at the firm on a regular basis in order to gather the...