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Legal Consumer Tip #9 – Have An Estate Plan? Get It In Writing!
So you’ve had a will prepared, and maybe included a trust or two, with the intent of making the process of distributing your estate as smooth as possible for your heirs after you pass. Maybe your intent is to limit … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Caveat Emptor, Estate Plan, Last Will and Testament, Legal, Probate, Trust
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New Year’s Resolutions For Attorneys
No matter how smart, savvy or successful you are as an attorney, a truly great attorney is first and foremost an adept service provider. Begin 2015 by resolving to be the best provider of legal services you can be with these resolutions … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Holiday, Legal, Legal Consumer, New Year, Resolutions
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Legal Education for Legal Consumers?
We have suggested in many of our posts that legal consumers should educate themselves on the law in an effort to level the playing field with their attorneys and the legal system. But short of applying to law school, how … Continue reading
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Tagged CLE, Continuing Legal Education, Harold Kent, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Education, New Haven Register
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Legal Consumer Tip #8 – McElhaney on Litigation
We’ve blogged before about certain of Jim McElhaney’s articles for the ABA Journal and about self-help resources for legal consumers. After reading many of the almost 100 articles Mr. McElhaney wrote, we believe that his “advice” for lawyers also qualifies … Continue reading
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Tagged ABA Journal, Jim McElhaney, Legal, Legal Consumer, Litigation, McElhaney on Litigation, Self-help, Self-representation
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Attorney Tip #10 . . . Legal Consumer Tip # 7 – Better Brief Writing
Last week we posted a tip for attorneys about brief writing. This week, we stumbled upon an article by Bryan Garner providing tips for “better” brief writing. On October 1, 2014, Mr. Garner wrote an article for lawyers in the ABA Journal titled, … Continue reading
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Tagged ABA Journal, Attorney, Brief Writing, Bryan Garner, Lawsuit, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, Litigation
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Attorney Tip #9 – Brief Writing
In an ABA Journal article titled “Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways to Write a Really Bad Brief,” Jim McElhaney writes about the “ordinary sins [of bad brief writing] that even good lawyers commit everyday.” According to Mr. McElhaney, they include: Make it … Continue reading
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Tagged ABA Journal, Attorneys, Brief Writing, Clients, Jim McElhaney, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, Litigation
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Attorney Tip #7 – Be Empathetic
Most attorneys will feel empathy for their own when they read a story about a BigLaw partner getting sued for malpractice over a botched patent application. But LPR challenges those attorneys to see the situation from the client’s perspective. Debra MacKinnon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Bernard Codd, Joseph Gioconda, Lawsuit, Legal, Legal Practices, Litigation, McDermott Will & Emery, New York Daily News, Work Ethic, Zephyr Inc.
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The Supreme Court’s Role In The Judicial System
We stumbled upon Katie Couric’s recent video interview of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in which she addresses (among other topics) her 35-page dissent to the recent Supreme Court’s opinion in the Hobby Lobby case. And it got us thinking that it may … Continue reading
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Tagged C-SPAN, Hobby Lobby case, Judges, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Katie Couric, Legal, Legal Consumer, Supreme Court
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