TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming today to SmallLaw: Because lawyers don't use PowerPoint as often as Outlook and Word, it doesn't get the attention it deserves. In this issue of SmallLaw, legal technology consultant Ben Schorr ends this information drought by discussing several best practices for creating and giving PowerPoint presentations — from what to place on each slide to using animations and much more. Ben groups his tips into five succinct categories. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for caveats to consider before growing the size of your law firm.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Robin Meadow, Review: ActiveWords vs. QuickJump

Patrick Stiehm, A Home Law Office Depends on Your Practice Area

Harold Goldner, Review: Jaybird Bluebuds X v. Jaybird Freedom Sprint

Harold Burstyn, Tip: How to Obtain a Discount on WordPerfect

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Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Jonathan Burnett, Review: Zenesi Viewer (Organizing and Tagging Email and Documents)

Neal Frishberg, How to Append, Insert, Overwrite in Your Dictations

Paul Harte, Review: Dragon Remote Microphone (Plus Samson Meteor)

Steve Long, Book Review: Formatting Legal Documents With Microsoft Word 2010

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Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 62 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

I Blame TV Shows for My Disappointed Clients

Jay Foonberg on Starting a Law Firm (Podcast)

Five Endangered Marketing Metrics

The Inherent Weakness of Lawyer Bios

Congratulations to Wisconsin Lawyer on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Practicing Law Without a Face

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BigLaw: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the inside baseball announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

This week's inside baseball sections link to:

101 press releases about lateral hires, mergers, internal promotions, and all other significant business news.

87 press releases about notable law firm and practice group accolades.

61 press releases about notable individual lawyer accolades.

Congratulations to Frank Strong of Business of Law Blog on winning our BigLaw Pick of the Week award: Good News, Bad News: Fees and Discounts Rise at Large Firms. Here's a sampling of of some other industry analysis from this issue:

Loeb & Loeb's Chicago Office

The Am Law Second 100 Loses Ground

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Coming today to LitigationWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 80 articles from the past two weeks worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week.

Bidding Against Yourself for Fun and Profit

The Importance of Polish and Attention to Detail

Presenting Numbers and Calculations at Trial

You Need Not Always Use Your Software

Congratulations to Ted Brooks of Court Technology and Trial Presentation on winning our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week award: Laptop Recommendations for Trial Presentations

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All practice areas evolve, but none faster than litigation. Written by successful litigators and other litigation experts, LitigationWorld provides you with practical tips related to electronic discovery, depositions, litigation strategy, litigation technology, and trial presentations. You'll also receive in-depth litigation product reviews as well as links to the most noteworthy articles in other online litigation publications so that you'll never miss anything. The LitigationWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Steve Long, How to Create Numbered Lists in Microsoft Word

John Matthias, Review: Sennheiser ME3 Headset With Dragon 12.5 Premium

David Hudgens, An Update to My PCLaw Review

Harold Burstyn, Meeting With Clients in a Home Office

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive Fat Friday
Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Joni Mueller, Defending WordPress Plus How to Write Your Blog

Ben Ballard, Review: Acronis Professional and Crashplan

Robin Meadow, Review: X1 for Desktop Search

Antoinette Bone, Review: LogMeIn iPad v. Parallels Access; Outlook on iPad

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Answers
Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BigLaw: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the inside baseball announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

This week's inside baseball sections link to:

44 press releases about lateral hires, mergers, internal promotions, and all other significant business news.

188 press releases about notable law firm and practice group accolades.

56 press releases about notable individual lawyer accolades.

Congratulations to Kalia of Think and Question Big Law on winning our BigLaw Pick of the Week award: A Refresher on Ethical Billing Practices. Here's a sampling of of some other industry analysis from this issue:

Pricing Managers Are in Demand

Large Firms Bulk Up Intelligence Analysis

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BigLaw keeps you apprised of lateral hires, internal promotions, mergers, new offices, accolades, and other inside baseball at America's 300+ largest law firms by linking directly to their press releases. Thanks to a clever design, BigLaw takes just a few minutes to scan yet its comprehensiveness makes it the only source you need to stay on top of this self-reported news. Each issue of BigLaw also links to insightful articles, statistical reports, podcasts, and videos about large law firms published elsewhere as well as to our detailed product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The BigLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 61 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

The Supervision Buck Stops With You

Three KPIs to Make a Law Firm More Profitable

Myths About How People Share Content Online

Tips for Lawyers Too Busy to Blog

Congratulations to Jared Correia of Attorney at Work on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: The Top 10 Clients From Hell

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.