Law firm business development — tasks like customer relations, marketing and networking — is a task that requires a human touch. Unlike time-tracking, billing and managing your email — all of which are automated by Smokeball’s legal practice management software
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Attracting More High-Quality Candidates to Your Open Roles
High-quality job candidates are at a premium as employee turnover has hit record levels. Unfortunately, legal is no exception. Like many workplaces, turnover at small law firms has increased during the Great Resignation. Smokeball’s recent Law + The Great Resignation…
Family Law Attorneys: Make These Updates When a Client’s Child Turns 18
Family law attorneys are at the center of clients’ most personal conflicts. Negotiating a divorce, pre-nup or child custody and support can trigger deep fears, and client reactions can run the gamut from anger to despair. Much of your role…
2022’s Top 5 Legal Industry Trends: Employee Retention
The legal industry is transforming before our eyes. New technologies and workplace models are reshaping small law firms’ operations. In this five-part series, we’ll analyze the top 5 trends affecting the legal industry in 2022. This week: employee retention. Employee…
2022’s Top 5 Legal Industry Trends: The blockchain
The legal industry is transforming before our eyes. New technologies and workplace models are reshaping small law firms’ operations. In this five-part series, we’ll analyze the top 5 trends affecting the legal industry in 2022. This week: the blockchain. This…
Free Legal Webinar: Improve Efficiency + Productivity to Grow Your Law Firm
As firms across the country struggle to fill open roles and keep up with ever-growing caseloads, the idea of not just keeping up, but getting ahead, can seem impossible. Thankfully, technology like document automation, legal practice management software, workflow…
Check Financial Spring Cleaning Off Your To-Do List
It’s tough to spring forward when your finances are in disarray. That’s why financial spring cleaning is one of the most important tasks on your to-do list. Let’s get started. Check in on your firm’s reconciliation Failing to reconcile your…
How to Think Bigger about Law Firm Growth
Growing your law firm from small or mid-sized to a larger firm requires careful planning and strategizing. If you started your firm as a solo attorney, you may already have completed some of these exercises, but now it’s time to…
Add Tech Updates to Your Firm’s Spring To-Dos
As your law firm embarks on its spring-cleaning journey, don’t forget to add digital housekeeping, focused on tech updates, to the list. On average, firms spent $10,433 on hardware and $11,253 on practice management software in 2021. And while tasks like…
2022’s Top 5 Legal Industry Trends: Hybrid Work
The legal industry is transforming before our eyes. New technologies and workplace models are reshaping small law firms’ operations. In this five-part series, we’ll analyze the top 5 trends affecting the legal industry in 2022. This week: remote work. Just…