Suppose next week begins with one of your top paralegals or legal secretaries giving you two weeks’ notice. Maybe they are moving to another location or another local law firm. But now you have an opening to fill.
The first
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New York Times Piece on Using AI to Study Rather Than to Cheat has Great Lessons for Lawyers
By Jim Calloway
As we enter the Artificial Intelligence Age, there is a lot to think about in many aspects of law and society. I encourage you to read Brian X. Chen’s piece in the New York Times Don’t Use A.I. to Cheat…
What’s the Best Legal Pad for You?
By Jim Calloway
I must confess that, although the Attorney at Work website is one of my top resources, some posts there by Analog Attorney. Call it “digital bias” if you will. But sometimes the pieces seem to strain to do something the…
A Non-Hysterical Guide to ChatGPT for Lawyers
By Jim Calloway
Attorneys need to know about ChatGPT and other AI tools because your clients will use them and at some point there will be a legal issue. So it’s important to understand the basics.
Some lawyers tell me they have never…
Thoughts on Availability Retainers and Subscription Legal Services After ABA Formal Opinion 505
By Jim Calloway
Prepaid legal fees and refundability of those fees was the subject of American Bar Association Formal Opinion 505. Yesterday I did a blog post about that and noted it tracked the opinion of the Oklahoma Supreme Court released in…
Retainers, Advances or Deposits? ABA Ethics Panel Says the Label Doesn’t Matter Because All Must be Held in Trust
By Jim Calloway
Prepaid legal fees and refundability of those fees was the subject of American Bar Association Formal Opinion 505. The recently released opinion states that under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a fee paid to a lawyer in advance…
Tech for the Ideal Home Office — LTRC Roundtable
By Jim Calloway
This month”s LTRC Roundtable focuses on Tech for the Ideal Home Office. I joined five others to discuss what are the best and sometimes the worst about our home office tools. There are several great home office topics covered…
Law Firm Staff Hiring Procedures. Something Else More Complicated Than It Used To Be.
By Jim Calloway
Suppose next week begins with one of your top paralegals or legal secretaries giving you two weeks’ notice. Maybe they are moving to another location or another local law firm. But now you have an opening to fill.
The first…
What do you print on the back of your business card?
By Jim Calloway
I’m certain the majority of lawyers would say they don’t print anything on the back of their business cards. That is fine.
A lawyer from southeastern Oklahoma showed me what she prints on the back of her business cards. This…
How to Record a Phone Call on Android
By Jim Calloway
Approximately one year ago, it became more challenging to record phone calls on Android phones. In April 2022, Google announced Android apps in the Play Store could no longer use Android’s accessibility APIs for non-accessibility purposes. Since that was how…