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Are Law Schools Catching On?
There seems to be an acknowledgement by certain law schools that the age-old model of law school curricula needs updating to meet the demand for practice ready associate attorneys. While many in the legal field cannot agree on what that … Continue reading
LPR’s Seminar . . . The Reviews Are In!
Elisa Eisenberg, LPR’s founder and CEO, conducted a seminar on November 13, 2013 for Live and Learn Bethesda‘s “lunch and learn” series titled Need A Lawyer? How to Navigate the Attorney/Client Relationship. The seminar focused on five topics: How to decide … Continue reading
Posted in Seminars
Tagged Awareness, Bev Amsterdam, Elisa Eisenberg, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, Live and Learn Bethesda, Seminar
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LPR Congratulates DV LEAP On Its 10th Anniversary
DV LEAP (Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project) celebrated its 10th anniversary last Thursday with celebrity keynote speaker Robin Givens. LPR’s founder and CEO, Elisa Eisenberg, attended the event and returned with raves about the organization and about Ms. Givens. … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Awareness, Domestic Violence, DV LEAP, Joan Meier, Justice, Legal, Legal Reform, Robin Givens, Water Cooler
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If It Can Happen To Tom Cruise . . . It Can Happen To You
So what does filing a lawsuit really entail? Well for starters, depending on the type of lawsuit and the allegations, it can entail getting grilled about intimate details of your personal life – just ask Tom Cruise. In response to … Continue reading
Posted in Vetting
Tagged Advice, Attorneys, In Touch Weekly, Katie Holmes, Lawsuit, Legal, Legal Practices, Life & Style, Litigation, Paula Deen, Settlement, Tom Cruise
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Should Lawyers Be Held Accountable For Results?
If you hire a lawyer to consult on a business or personal problem and they give you advice, do you expect that advice to lead to positive results? Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Schaffer Consulting, argues that business consultants should … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Accountability, Advice, Clients, Consultant, Lawyer, Legal, Project management
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So You Want A Divorce . . .
We get a number of inquiries about finding attorneys from people contemplating separation and divorce and many voice concern about the expense and emotional toll the process takes. Now there’s help, and it’s publicly available. Laura Wasser, a celebrity family … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Advice, Attitude, Child Custody, Client-Side Manner, Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, Laura Wasser, Legal, Mediation, Separation
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LPR Tapped To Give Seminar on November 13, 2013
Elisa Eisenberg, Founder and CEO of Center for Legal Practice Reform (LPR), has been tapped by Live and Learn Bethesda’s Beverly Amsterdam to conduct a “lunch and learn” seminar titled, Need A Lawyer? How to Navigate the Attorney/Client Relationship. The seminar … Continue reading
5 Questions To Ask Before Filing A Lawsuit
The thought of filing a lawsuit may seem empowering because you feel you have been wronged and want your day in court, but the reality of litigation is rarely understood. Before stepping into the litigation arena, we suggest there are … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Awareness, Deposition, Expert Witness, Judges, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Litigation, Second Opinion
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“Setting Your Expectations”
Common sense – one of the legal consumer’s best tools for navigating the attorney client relationship – can be found in the unlikeliest of places, even in a home remodeling magazine: No matter where you are in the home remodeling … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Budget, Clients, Home improvement, Ideal Consulting Services, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Lorraine Hart, Project management, Remodeling Today, Renovation
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Is Your Lawyer Guilty Of “Punchbowling”?
On legalproductivity.com, in an August 19, 2013 post titled, The Worst Business Lawyer Habit: “Punchbowling,” author Mike Moore told the story of an in-house attorney who turned a simple two-page contract to engage outside counsel into “an 8 page single-spaced monstrosity.” The in-house attorney’s … Continue reading
Posted in Vetting
Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Business Law, Clients, Commercial Law, Contracts, Legal, Legal Consumer, Mike Moore, Over Billing
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