Risk Management
Does your system for checking for client conflicts of interest need a tuneup? If you’re only screening for conflicts when you accept a new matter – and not doing it as the case pr… Read More
Education & Careers
Every lawyer – and every law student, for that matter – has had the experience of taking a big exam, or standing up in the courtroom, or facing a deadline on a critical project and… Read More
Business of Law
If you’re not convinced that diversity is vital to the success of your practice, you might want to ask your clients how they feel about it. Increasingly, clients – especially corp… Read More
Education & Careers
Everyone loves the good feeling you get when you check an item off your to-do list. But that oh-so-gratifying rush could be the very thing that’s preventing you from making more progres… Read More
Business of Law
In a marketing world where branding reigns supreme, law firms can take some lessons from how Dove, Dairy Queen and Disney do it. Dove’s emphasis on simplicity, for instance, is a messag… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re marketing on social media, you should follow the 80/20 rule: 80 percent of what you post should be useful and interesting to clients and prospects. Twenty percent or less shou… Read More
Education & Careers
A new support group is helping first-generation students navigate the bewildering – and often biased – landscape of law school. First Generation Professionals was founded at Bosto… Read More
Education & Careers
Here’s a modest proposal: instead of 12 hours of mandatory CLE each year, maybe the State Bar should require 12 hours of silence instead. It would be a triple win. The world would be qu… Read More
Education & Careers
Linh Schladweiler has been with Lawyers Mutual for over 20 years. Linh started as an accounting assistant before transitioning to the role of IT Systems Manager. He ensures that everything run… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re looking to land a job at a law firm, the best strategy is to get your foot in the door as a summer associate. “There are, of course, people I have known who have gotten … Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.