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TECHNOLOGY

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Considering a new case management system?

Is your firm looking for a new practice management system for your cases and other client work? Or are you starting out and determining what system meshes with how you work best? Affinity Consulting, our Practice Management Advisor partner, provides a comprehensive list of questions you and your partners should ask and answer before investing your money.


This article, normally restricted to VBA professional members on the VBA's Practice Management Advisor Manage: Case Management page, will be available to all lawyers for a month. (Affinity Consulting)

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ETHICS

WELLNESS

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How to conduct a conflict check



Conflicts of interest, and the failure to pick up on them before taking on a client, can create any number of headaches, from embarrassment from having to quit a case to an ethics complaint. There are tools to help. (Clio)


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Five tips for taking the anxiety out of networking


Networking for client development is a lawyer’s stock in trade. But it can be uncomfortable, too, and even a source of draining anxiety. This piece offers strategies for taking out some of the anxiety and making the process more enjoyable. (Law Practice Today)


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TECHNOLOGY


Five ways the best law firms use technology


Legal technology is constantly evolving. If your firm isn’t yet using technology to the best of its ability, the good news is that you can learn from the best practices other firms are using. (Law Technology Today)


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MARKETING


Law firm marketing strategy: 22 tactics for 2022


If you are still looking for a way to build your firm’s marketing plan for 2022, this article provides a wealth of suggestions, from website strategy to social media to working on building your firm brand. (Inbound Law Marketing)


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Monthly VBA Practice Management Live Chats continue May 13

Sign up today for the

VBA Practice Management Advisor Live Chat

via Zoom from 10-11 a.m. Friday, May 13.

Topics will include signing up for Medicare and the impact on a law firm, employment tips, the latest insights on retaining associates from our Managing Partners Roundtable and information on the VBA's new Small-Firm Managing Partners Roundtable.

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NEW! Monthly tech webinar for all lawyers - FREE

Client Portals: A New View into Case Information

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Coming May 23 at noon! More and more clients wish to see and interact with their files at law firms. Is your firm looking at how to provide a client portal? This seminar walks through the key features of client portals, how they work, what you can use them for and how different vendors' products compare.


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