Looking back at 2019 we covered a lot of ground. From posts on your career and well-being to eCourt, court procedures, finances, security, technology, and more. Here’s the recap:

Career

• Learning the Business of Being a Lawyer
• Why Law School is More Than an Investment in the Law
• Why You Should Set up a Rural Practice
• Why Young Lawyers Should Go Solo

eCourt and Court Procedures

• Capture Text Messages for Use in Court
• Filing Fees and Other News
• Phishing Scam Hits OJD Users
• NextGen CM/ECF for Federal Courts
• Proposed 2019 UTCRs

Finances

• Abandoned Funds: Trust Account Dilemmas
• Client Bills Should Tell a Story
• Getting Paid
• June is the Time to Identify Abandoned Funds
• Quick Tip: Who Gets the Money?
• Remote Deposit Capture for Law Firms
• Tiplet: Bank Holds on IOLTA Deposits

Security

• A Scam in Time for Christmas
• Astonishing Admission from Amazon About Your Data
• Cybercrime: An Ongoing Threat to Law Firms
• Ethics of Disaster Recovery and Data Breaches
• Imposter Fraud
• Phishing Scam Hits OJD Users

Technology

• 4 Easy Steps to Page Numbering in Word
• 10 Products, Platforms, and Services for Lawyers
• 20 Apps for Lawyers
• 21 Key Takeaways of Electronic Storage
• 2019 ABA TECHSHOW Tips
• AI and Law Firms
• Automate Something – Anything!
• Capture Text Messages for Use in Court
• Legal Trends
• Texting Services for Law Firms

Well-Being

• Coping with Holiday Stress
• Law Student Mental Health
• National Survey of Judges Released
• Practical Time Management
• Six Steps to Reduce Stress
• Stress in Life and the Law
• Well-being Template for Legal Employers
• You Can Take a Vacation

Workflow and Office Systems

• Organize with OHIO
• Regain Control in 2019
• Virtual Mailbox Services

Odds & Ends

• Access to Justice
• How to Terminate an Employee the Right Way
• Should MCLE Requirements Follow Emerging Trends?
• Quadripartite Relationships
• When Former Client Conflicts are Disqualifying

Happy (almost) New Year’s Eve and Happy New Year!

All Rights Reserved 2019 Beverly Michaelis

Our “year in review” actually began two weeks ago when we focused on lawyer well-being. A worthy topic indeed! As I said then: everyone needs a pressure relief valve. Maybe yours is learning how to say no, deploying strategies to take back your schedule, or finding time to get away from the office for a while. 

Today I present a more traditional “year in review” list touching on eCourt, eService, finances, technology, workflow, and more. Happy new year’s eve and happy new year!

eCourt and eService

• Asked and answered: Oregon eService questions
• Revisiting eFiling tips
• The case for Oregon eService
• Tiplet: proposed judgments and orders

Finances

• Billing practices and lawyer compensation
• Credit card surcharges revisited
• Get your fee agreements here!
• Time to begin year-end tax work

Technology, Data Security, and Workflow

• Bidding Adieu to TECHSHOW
• Collaboration tools in Microsoft Word
• Don’t copy and paste
• Focus on security – more from the 2018 ABA TECHSHOW
• Obstacles to improving workflow
• See the data Apple has collected on you
• The best of 60 in 60 from the 2018 ABA TECHSHOW
• The best password generators for the new year
• Tiplet: Anti-virus software and assistive technology
• Tiplet: Using your iPhone as a magnifier

Odds & Ends

• 2018 CLEs – best practices for eService, workflow, trust accounting and beyond
• Are you an effective negotiator?
• Commit to your goals to achieve marketing results
• Digital file retention
• Engagement letters are your friend
• Legal news: Mandatory liability coverage in Washington / free access to PACER
• Mastering motions to compel
• Nonlawyer ownership of law firms
• Starting your own for-profit referral service
• Using contract lawyers
• When opposing counsel doesn’t respond

All Rights Reserved 2018 Beverly Michaelis