Let's hear a rousing "thanks!" for hard-working office staffers: "Joyce Josaitis orders office supplies, fixes broken copy machines, administers employee benefits and trains new staff. She's also the first face and voice customers encounter at LaMont Title Corp. in Detroit. "Josaitis, 41, of Eastpointe is the office manager at LaMont, and, according to her boss, Catharine...
Don't let the headline confuse you (like it did me!), this is a fun article: "It's an old-school lawyer's paradise: Four rooms crammed with books bearing catchy titles like 'Corpus Juris Secundum,' 'Bender's Federal Practice Forms' and 'West's Annotated Mississippi Code.' "It's not the Ole Miss or University of Memphis law library, but the pink cottage at 2615 Panola Street in Hernando...
So, an organization sends a document to another without deleting the doc's metadata. And then it complains about that data being acessed! "When Florida Bar president-elect Henry Coxe III brought up metadata mining to the Bar's board of governors, some board members conceded they had never heard of the practice. "Coxe himself had only recently become aware that electronic documents could...
Excellent how-to info from Legal Times: "When most people use the term 'war room,' they might conjure up images of camouflaged men and the thud-thud-thud of helicopter blades. But in reality, a properly planned litigation war room can become a respite from the day-to-day grind of trial -- a place where, in addition to everything else, you can brainstorm new ideas and strategies with your...
Texas Lawyer says demographic changes forecast more age bias suits & showdowns over telecommuting: "Trends -- demographic, technological, cultural and political -- shape a general counsel's world. "Here are three inexorable trends guaranteed to impact a GC's life: an aging work force, a multicultural work force and a geographic migration . The businesses that GCs represent have yet...
Intriguing news from Canada -- paralegals may soon be regulated: "Across Canada, paralegals provide a variety of services for a fraction of the price lawyers charge, but they do it with no training standards, no regulations and no professional body to license or discipline them. "Ontario is set to change that. "Bill 14 will regulate paralegals for the first time in Canada. The...
Report of much-needed help coming from paralegals: "UNICEF will continue to protect children and women from sexual and economic exploitation in partnership with the Government of Malawi and NGOs. UNICEF will also continue to further enhance the partnerships with paralegals to monitor prisons and provide legal aid to children in conflict with the law, "The first phase of the Zero...
Lawyers need more spirituality so they won't be so miserable, so says this article from the Boston Globe. "Daniel Webster: You seem to have an excellent acquaintance with the law, sir. "The Devil: Sir, that is no fault of mine. Where I come from, we have always gotten the pick of the Bar. (Stephen Vincent Benet , 'The Devil and Daniel Webster') "The idea that lawyers need a dose...
Interesting approach to building legal teams: Lawyers function best as members of a team. No lawyer can do everything. A paralegal or administrative assistant whose qualifications and skills meet your needs will effectively extend the reach and quality of your practice. You can hire such a person to work full time, on your payroll. However, technology increasingly affords an efficient...
Another good article found & submitted to The Estrin Report by Celia C. Elwell, RP: "It’s no secret that lawyers and legal staff have high-pressure jobs. As if we were not multitasking enough, mobile technology makes us even more accessible to client service and other demands. Untamed, it leads to information overload, multiple interruptions throughout the day and more stress. ...