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Helpful information for attorneys and paralegals who may be considering paralegal certification for career development. Read More +

Things to keep in mind for lawyers considering the sale of their law practice when they retire. Read More +

Tips to help a law firm defend against a variety of computer dangers. Read More +

The fish story of a client who got caught cheating and tried to get off the hook. Read More +

A discussion of how areas of practice, policy limits, and deductibles affect premiums. Read More +

A look at the ups and downs of upgrading to Windows 10. Read More +

Information to help maintain malpractice coverage so you're not exposed to a claim when leaving private practice. Read More +

Q&A with Camille Stell regarding best practices for a successful law firm succession plan and retirement. Read More +

Information regarding reviewing your firm's financial performance and establishing budget goals to be more profitable. Read More +

Suggestions for finding a staff member to lead the team in technology matters so that everything runs more efficiently. Read More +

Trust Account Maintenance is an ongoing job. Below are 5 steps to assist with that process. Step 1:  Review all outstanding checks.  This must be done before you can truly evaluate the client ledger balances.  A ledger with a $0.00 balance listing checks that have not cleared the bank is a prob… Read More +

North Carolina’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage, Amendment One, was struck down on October 10, 2014 by Judge Cogburn in Gen. Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Resinger. 12 F. Supp. 3d 790, 791 (W.D.N.C. 2014). Not a full year later, after working its way to the Supreme Court, Obergefell v. … Read More +

The fundamental principal of estate planning is to anticipate and prepare for the major life events, particularly, what will happen to one’s property upon disability or death.  The same line of thought can and should be applied to your law practice.  Preparing and implementing a plan for your pr… Read More +

We have all read articles about disciplinary action being taken against an attorney where the cause was listed as “clerical errors”.  We envision an unorganized desk, and a bookkeeper shopping online, or chatting on Facebook.   I know from experience that is not typically the case.&#… Read More +

Some of the most common practice management questions we receive at Lawyers Mutual relate to file retention and destruction.  New lawyers want to set up an organized, efficient document management system to meet the needs of their practice.  Retiring lawyers want to know what to do with all the paper … Read More +

Every Law Practice Has A Quantifiable And Marketable Value Of Its Own My law practice has value? Seriously? Seriously. Like any other business, each law practice has a separate and marketable value of its own. You have built and managed a proven business model. The tasks that were difficult years ago when you … Read More +

Have you ever worried about the security of your email? If you have, you are probably not unlike many people who transmit sensitive data electronically. Some of the most widely used types of email services use Transport Layer Security (“TLS”) to encrypt your message (Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook.com, Exc… Read More +

Do you need help deciphering marketing jargon and understanding analytics? Are you promoting your law firm on a shoestring budget? If so, register now for the DIY Legal Marketing Workshop to be held August 7 at Campbell Law School. Legal marketing professionals from the Triangle will be sharing tips designed f… Read More +

I met my newborn daughter in April of 2014.  Although I knew the approximate timeframe and duration I would be away from my firm for adoption/maternity leave, and I did what I could to plan accordingly, it was very challenging as a solo practitioner to manage everything while I was out of the office for ne… Read More +

Imagine a scenario where your only employee, your valued paralegal or legal assistant, is suddenly out of the office for an extended period of time. Where is the court calendar? How do you access your client database? How do you create month end bills in your time keeping system? Everything effecting your clie… Read More +