November 2007 VBA eNews
         VBA eNEWS February 29, 2008
         October 2007 VBA eNews

         Application to Serve as a VBA Mentor
         Request for a VBA Mentor

         What Does Your Client Want?
         Can You Get It Back If You Lose It?
         Multitasking Muddle

         Successfully Marketing a Solo Practice
         Developing a Marketing Budget: Dollar and Sense
         Law Firm's Blog Sets Its Marketing Tempo
         A Model Business Development Expense Reimbursement Policy for Your Firm
         Marketing Strategy: The Foundation to Building a Successful Law Practice
         Selling Your Firm to GCs Is Like Entering a Beauty Contest
         How Many Marketing People Should We Have on Staff?
         Awaken the Marketer in You
         Answer Questions in your Blog, and Risk Your Malpractice Insurance
         Ask Your Clients for One Word
         MySpace Helps Attorneys Find Clients
         Selling Your Law Firm's Tech
         What's on the Back of Your Business Card?
         Extranets 2.0: Using Extranets to Build Client Relationships
         Why Attorneys Should Be Working with the Press, Instead of Against Them
         Effectively Market to In-house Counsel Through Your Pro Bono Work
         Answer the Question!
         Online Legal Marketing Ethics: A Tangled Web
         Identity Theft Dangers
         Networking as a Team
         Is Voicemail Helping or Hurting Your Marketing?
         How to Differentiate Your Firm
         Martindale-Hubbell Expands Its Market to TV Ads
         Should You Shorten Your Law Firm's Name?
         Electronic Marketing: Harnessing the Web's Whizbang
         11 Ways To Build Relationships
         More Opportunities for Smaller Firms
         Press Releases Can Be An Effective Tool
         Monthly Marketing Brief: What Differentiates the Rainmaker?
         Scoring Big Points on the Telephone: Turning Frustration into Satisfaction by Making People Feel Important
         Lawyer Markets DUI Practice with Business Cards for Bar Patrons
         Of Course You Like Your Clients. Right?
         Rainmakers are Leaders in Organizations
         How Much Time Do You Spend On Developing Business?
         Building Relationships to Build Business -- and Using Facebook to Do It
         Report: Megafirms Have Mediocre Web Sites
         Getting New Business with Web 2.0
         Does Your Networking Generate Goodwill?
         Small Firm Finds New Ways to Encourage Business Development
         Turning a Battleship: Embracing Marketing at Your Firm
         Making the Cut: Combating Media Omissions
         What is the Best Way to Catch New Clients? Find Their Associations and Get Actively Involved
         How Your Business Card Can Make Someone Feel Special
         What Will It Take To Get Your Lawyers On Board The Marketing Ship?
         Drumming Up Business as a One-Man Band
         Why Lawyers Can't Ignore Facebook for Networking
         Another Resource With Business Development Opportunities
         Tips for Getting Published
         Low Cost, High Impact Strategies to Market Your Law Practice – Even If You Only Have Five Minutes!
         Search Engine Optimization (
         Is Networking Important For Reasons Beyond Marketing?
         How Do You Determine Your Marketing Budget?
         Lawyers Pay Big for Sponsored Links
         Google: The Only Law Firm Directory to Bother With
         Have You Thanked Your Referral Sources Enough ... or Ever?
         Is Your Marketing Creativity Stuck in the Mud?
         50 Ways to Market Your Practice
         Take a Fresh Look at Networking
         Using Trade Organizations to Network: Three Things You Should Know
         Law Firm Marketing for Tomorrow
         Bill Fewer Hours, Bring in More Business
         How are You at Selling a Preventive Law Practice?
         Is Your Dress Code Damaging Your Firm's Business Development Efforts?
         Advice From a Wannabee Rainmaker
         Keep Your Top Clients in 2008
         Network Your Way to an International Practice—A Roadmap to Global Client Development
         Safely Harnessing User Content
         Legal Ads Ring Up Phone Book Profit
         Tip of the Week: Do You Have Integrity?
         12 Steps for Law Firm Marketers
         E-Newsletters Have Many Advantages
         Work Your Network During the Holidays
         To Get Noticed Online, Blow Your Horn
         Advice From Top Marketing Consultants
         Even More Firms Dropping Out of Martindale-Hubbell
         Top 5 Web Mistakes by Personal Injury Lawyers
         Monthly Marketing Brief: Selective Media Relations
         Client Development: Keep 'Em Coming Back for More with Technology
         E-mail: The Hype-Free Tool to Market Your Firm
         
         Legal Ad Police Say Yes to Lions, No to Pit Bulls and Background Noise
         When Does Advertising Lessen a Law Firm's Prestige?
         How Convenient is it for Clients and Prospects to Reach You?
         Martindale Enters the YouTube Era
         Business Development Is Still a Tough Sell
         Be A Brilliant Salesperson to Be a Brilliant Solo Practitioner
         Three Things Clients Look for on Law Firm Web Sites
         Is Your Marketing Budget Keeping Up?
         How is Your
         Word of Mouth Marketing - Dangers & Rules to Consider
         The Power of Storytelling in Your Legal Practice
         Some PR Advice to Law Firms Facing Bad Press: Be Honest, Tell a Positive Story

         Should Managing Partners Also Be Practicing Partners?
         Why Firms Should Want Their Own Lawyers To Have a Portable Practice
         Mandatory Retirement at Law Firms
         How Can Managing Partners Optimize Practice Leader Performance?
         When Resolving Your Clients' Legal Issues, Don't Forget the Court of Public Opinion
         Making Law Firm Leadership More Effective
         The Law of Agreement
         Asking the Right Questions
         Lessons From a Large-Firm Partner Who Set Up His Own Shop
         Is Software the Key to Streamlining HR?
         Nonpracticing Department Heads Leave Lawyers Free to Succeed
         Solo, Small-Firm Use of 'Prepaid' Plans Grows
         Does Your Law Firm Have What It Takes to Be Recession Resistant?
         Whom Do You Trust? Beware of Gray Areas Regarding Trust Accounts
         Bridging The Great Divide: Improved Communication Equals Increased Productivity
         Succession Planning Important to Viability of Midsize, Small Firms
         Case Selection Can Make or Break a Solo
         Mind the Gap: Train Today’s Young Lawyers to Become Tomorrow’s Rainmakers
         Law Firms: Use Competitive Intelligence to Make Better Business Decisions
         Atticus Provides Access to Nationally Recognized Expert in Practice Management at No Cost
         How Law Firms Can Achieve Optimal Procurement
         SOLOFORMANIA! New Site Offers a Wealth of Forms and Practice Tools for the Busy Solo
         Some Firms May Be Rethinking Retirement Policies
         Associate Salaries: Do We All Get What We Pay For?
         Divide to Conquer: Law Firms Use Strategic Teams to Master the Marketplace
         Don't Forget About Internal Marketing
         Praise the Lord and Pass the . . . (Client to Someone Else)
         Intergenerational Conflict? In Our Firm?
         The Billable Hour Must Die
         I'm a Solo Lawyer. Why Would I Need a Business Plan or Budget?
         Strategic Planning's Encounter with Reality
         Management Tips
         Cheryl’s Top 9 Characteristics of a Leader
         Closing Files, Destroying Files and Making Money
         Get Ready for the Coming Recession
         Winning the Battle for Legal Talent with Technology
         Recruiting Sites That Draw Thumbs Down
         Effective Risk Management Can Increase Your Firm’s Profitability
         When Results Matter: Does Your Culture Cultivate or Kill Contribution?
         Building Blocks: The Interpersonal Communication Toolbox
         Ten Golden Rules to Make Your New Client Happy
         Firm Videos Lacking Sense End Cent-less
         Mandatory Retirement: Pro or Con?
         Commentary: Elements of Effective Law Firm Orientation
         When Law Firms Say It's Time to Retire
         Diversity Expert: Change Legal Hiring System
         How to Make Associate Development Happen
         Are You
         Living with Integrity
         Advice From a Wannabee Rainmaker
         What Associates Want (It Isn’t Partnership)
         Even a Solo Needs a Crisis Management Plan
         Outsourcing Document Review to India Going Mainstream? Why Not Outsource to Qualified Law Students?
         Experts: Share-the-Spoils Model Better Than ‘Eat What You Kill’
         Sea Change in Legal Secretary Job Duties
         Are Bad Clients Keeping You Up at Night?
         Is Your World Flat?
         Deciding to Hire: When and How to Expand your Practice
         Law Firms Face New Rules on Retirement
         Law Firms Face Gray Area as Boomers Age
         Can Solos Benefit from Legal Process Outsourcing?
         Gain a Recruiting Advantage by Bringing Back Departed Lawyers
         Conducting Employee Background Checks: Navigating Current Rules
         A Look Into The (Legal) Office of the Future?
         Successful Solo’s Advice to Others: Save, Plan, Be Brave
         Smaller Firms Should Seek Outside Help for Leadership Roles
         Enforce Technology-Use Policies to Manage Employees' Privacy Expectations
         Crisis Communication: How to Manage Them Effectively
         Management Tips & Tricks: Avoiding Discrimination in the Law Firm
         An Expert Explains How to Delegate
         Boot These Five Dumb Office Practices
         The Case for Practice Management Systems
         Women and Law Firm Leadership
         How Not to Change a Potential Lateral Hire Into the One That Got Away

         Can a Solo Practitioner Go Mobile for $10K?
         Dennis Kennedy's Legal Technology Trends 2007
         Law Firms Face Storage Challenges
         How to Untangle 'Strings' of E-Discovery
         A Handy Electronic Discovery Slide Chart
         Another Review of Windows Vista
         Ten Must-Have Apps for the Solo Practitioner
         Can a Solo Practitioner Go Mobile for $10K?
         Can Data Have a Life After a Death?
         Signing Adobe Documents
         Ten Tips Leading to Efficient and Effective eDiscovery for the Small Law Firm
         Getting a Grip on Case Management
         PowerPoint 2007 Takes On the Fear Factor
         Green Legal Technology: Is the Time Ripe?
         Don't Get Burned in Hotspots
         Discovery Savings: Going Native
         Legal Wikis Are Bound to Wow You
         How to Secure Your Wireless Network
         Seven Legal Technology Trends for 2007: Widening the Digital Divide in Law Practice
         Recovering the Costs of Electronic Data Discovery as Part of a Bill of Costs
         Still Using Version 1.0? Here's What's New in Trial Presentation Software
         Beyond Digital Dictation
         There is a Lot More Data Out There...
         Digital Cameras for the Office
         Nine Things You Should Know About Selecting a Web Host
         Beware the Hidden Costs of Bad Formatting
         Talk to Your Extranet to Manage Your Cases
         Cartoons Add 'Pow' to PowerPoint
         Eek Is for E-Mail
         Climbing Aboard 'Software as a System'
         Enhancing Expert Witness Trial Testimony: Collaboration Between Testimony and Technology
         Is Ubuntu the Linux OS for Law Firms?
         Lock Up Your Computer When You Leave
         The Time Is Now for Mobile Time Entry
         Beware of the Dangers of
         The Tao of Paper LESS
         Ethical Issues for Law Firm Websites
         Lawyers Collaborate With Wikis
         Searchable PDFs - Less Pain, More Gain
         The Natural Selection of Document Collection
         Office Open XML v. Acrobat PDF and Mars
         Skype to the Rescue
         Time for Lawyers to Collaborate in Real Time
         How to Develop an Online Brief Bank
         Don't Let Your E-Evidence Get Trashed
         Storytelling With High Tech
         How to Survive the Worst PC Disasters
         Disaster! Losing Important Client Data
         Mitigating VoIP Security and Privacy Risks
         Preventing Mobile Security Disasters
         By Request: Can You Suggest an RSS Reader for My Treo?
         Electronic Case-Filing Systems Have Lying Eyes
         What's New on the Legal Web
         Check Out the Law Technology News Resource Guide, Now Online!
         Covering the Bases of Electronic Discovery
         Xerox Rolls Out Semantics-Based Search
         Ready for an IPhone? Tips to End Your Existing Cell Contract
         Sneak Peek: Top-ranked EDD Vendors
         Google to the Rescue: A Go Tech Virtual Office on a No Tech Budget
         Setting Up a Mobile War Room
         New Technology Alters the Terrain on Accessibility of Backup Tape Data
         Review: Microsoft Office Live
         Dealing with Foreign Language Documents: A Primer (Part 1)
         FRCP And MetaData - Avoid The Lurking E-Discovery Disaster
         Finding Fast, Flexible Litigation Support
         Meet the 'IPhoney': How to Roll Your Own IPhone
         Top 10 Tips from TECHSHOW
         What Technology Magazines Do You Read?
         Embracing Intangible Law Libraries
         Follow the Mail
         AC Power in Your Car
         Do-It-Yourself Forensics
         Saving ESI With 'Litigation Hold' Letters
         Presumptuous Computing - A Trend to Reverse
         Building Up In-House Technology
         The Virtual Assistant: Every Lawyer Needs One!
         Using Data Classification Solutions for Legal Regulation Compliance
         Spam Filter Traps Law Firm: You Can Avoid This Trap
         Cutting Trial War Rooms Down to Size
         YouTube Video Alerts Class Action Members
         Talking Storage . . . Enthusiastically
         Are More Firms Using Macs? An Update One Year Later
         New Tool for People Searches
         Mitigating Liability From Employee Use of Technology
         Technology: A Court Reporter's Ally?
         Hello, I'm a Lawyer With a Mac
         How Lawyers Can Improve Search Results
         Gain Advantage With Real-Time Transcripts
         Lawyers Find Real Revenue in Virtual World
         Ab Initio: Practical Technology Advice for the Newly Solo or Small Firm Lawyer
         Digital Edge Podcast: Courtroom Technology: Lawyers Go Hollywood
         Fixing Text Reflow Issues When You Copy and Paste Text from PDFs
         Get Back to the REAL World of Security: Ensuring Proper Physical Data Security and Destruction Throughout the e-Discovery Process
         Searching Foreign Language: A Primer
         Litigation Holds: Best Practices for Protecting Your Company's Email Data from Inadvertent Loss and Spoliation
         Electronic Discovery Trend to Watch: Technology Counsel
         Web 2.0 Won't Eat Your Mouse
         HP Scanjet 7650n Slows the Paper Chase
         FYI: Starting a Website
         Winning the Race to a Paperless Office
         Thirty Dirty Tricks for Adobe Acrobat
         Tech Tools Fill in Recruiting Blanks
         Competitive Intelligence: Brave New World
         eDiscovery Sanctions - Staying out of Harms Way
         Have the Security
         Digital Edge Podcast: Better than Batman's Belt -- Our Favorite Utilities
         Outsourcing for the Small Law Office
         Keep Your E-Secrets Well Contained
         Getting a Grip on European Data Transfers
         Legal Talk Radio on Demand: Podcasting for Lawyers - Past, Present and Future
         Appliance Solves Large File Pileup
         Offsite Backups - Smart, Yes - But Prudent?
         Defuse Firm Fear and Disarm EDD Vendors
         Defuse Fear and Disarm EDD Vendors Pt. II
         E-Discovery Looks Like Risky Business
         Voice-Activated Technology for Lawyers
         Selecting and Implementing the Best Collaboration Tools for your Practice
         Time to Stop Time Recording:
         Examining E-Discovery Chain of Custody
         Myth-Busting Software Patent Trolls
         How Smart Should Your Phone Be?
         Technology Traps a Technologist
         
         Mind the Ethics of Online Networking
         An Outlook Keyboard Shortcut You Should Use Every Day
         Law Firm Plans Real-Life Practice at Virtual ‘Second Life’ Office
         Law Firm Launches Web ‘Chat Service’ for Potential PI Clients
         Examining Source Code Evidence
         Your Office: Don't Leave Home without It
         The Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Computer Forensics
         Abracadabra: Document Creation You Can Really Use
         Best Buys Among Digital Cameras For Your New Law Office - Part 1: Digital Single Lens Reflex and Ultrazoom Cameras
         Implementing Large-Scale Extranets
         Keeping Up With EDD Blogs and Tools
         Laptop Mobility Means Vulnerability
         Google Desktop Broken in Firefox
         Step Right Into EDD
         Is Your Firm Ready for a New Desktop?
         Safeguarding Privacy on the Public Internet
         Safeguarding Privacy on the Public Internet
         Tip of the Week: PC Pitstop Erase
         Best Buys Among Digital Cameras For Your New Law Office - Part 2: Compact and Ultracompact Cameras
         Back Up to Backup: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
         Podcast: Tech Toys for the Holidays
         The Trouble With Time Zones: A Tough Problem for Litigation Support Professionals
         Measuring the Wealth of Backup Tapes
         Putting a Lock on Data Liability
         Virtual Data Rooms 101
         Buying and Using Greener Computers
         Power Passwords
         SaaSsy Litigation Support
         The Dangers of Virtual Cocktail Parties
         'Auld Lang Syne' for Dictation
         Simplifying E-Mail and Group Scheduling
         Ask and Answer the Right Questions in EDD
         Taking a Firm Completely Electronic
         A Mini Strategic Plan for Your Tech Purchases in 2008
         How to Increase Traffic to Your Web Site
         
         Solving Problems in Multilingual Litigation
         Mapping Global EDD Strategies
         Handling Information Overload
         Marshaling Firm Resources With SharePoint
         Choosing Your Cordless Mouse
         New Service Allows Posting of Documents to Your Web Site
         Sophisticated Legal Search Tool Muscles In
         Paperless Home and Paperless Office
         Tech Round Up for Solos
         Recommended Digital Audio Recorders
         Protect Yourself From Data Armageddon
         New Legal Ethics Minefield: Metadata
         PowerPoint Tips and Resources
         Teleconferencing Gets Ready for Prime Time
         Are You a Mac or a PC Lawyer?
         What’s in My Electronic Toolbox?
         The Most Important Button on Your Mobile Phone
         8 Legal Technology Trends for 2008
         Top Blogs Hit All the Right Links
         Smaller E-Discovery Costs for Small Biz
         Is Your Data Wide Open to Your Opponent?
         How About
         Staying in Sync
         E-Discovery Guru Not Yet Wed to XML
         Coming to Terms With Case Management
         Encrypted E-Mails Can Protect Your Firm
         Go Beyond PowerPoint to Make Your Case
         How to Safeguard Your Firm's Mobility
         Carry Your Office in Your USB Thumb Drive
         BlackBerry Clicks Can Up Company Costs
         Selling Your Firm on Disaster Recovery
         Are You Litigation-Ready?
         Smarter, Faster Ways for Law Firms to Create and Share Documents
         Showtime at the Courthouse: High-Tech on a Low Budget
         The Bottom Line on Client Analysis
         Wikis Put Lawyers on Collaborative Path
         Free Tools to Encrypt Your Sensitive Data
         The Verdict's In on ABA TECHSHOW
         Document Imaging: Keeping It Simple

         Managing People, Process & Strategy for Increased Profitability: How Human Resource Departments Can Leverage Technology to Become a Strategic Profit Center
         Is FreshBooks a Friendly Billing Alternative?
         Selling Inside the Red Zone
         Flat Fees and Contingency Fees – Do They
         A Business Plan and Budget: The foundation of a successful and profitable practice
         Is Value Billing
         Lockstep Compensation. Does it Still Merit Consideration?
         What Every Lawyer Should Know About the Economics of a Law Practice
         Control Cost of Health Insurance Using Consumer-Driven Healthcare and Wellness Programs
         Firm Capitalization
         Dealing With Law Firm Merger Financial Data
         Time Again for More Criticism of the Billable Hour
         Planning for Legal Technology in a Recession
         An Accountant’s View: Financial Trends that Affect Law Firms
         How Law Firms Can Stay Afloat When a Recession Strikes
         Is the Check REALLY in the Mail? Only If You Bill the Right Way!
         Two Techniques to Dramatically Improve a Law Firm's Net Profit

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         When Hanging a Shingle, Solos Are Reluctantly Solo
         Who'd Want This Job, Anyway?
         When Is It Quitting Time?
         Some Job Hunters Are What They Post
         Preparing to Survive a Dead-End Job