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Discover essential tips from Hal Davis on enhancing law practice management by embracing standards and technology. Instead of the traditional legal path, consider diverse career options, and streamline your processes with checklists and templates. Focus on doing things right the first time and use tools like Excel, Quickbooks, and digital dictaphones to minimize paper clutter. Leverage technology to collaborate effectively and utilize resources like listserves. This comprehensive guide will help you maximize efficiency, reduce redundancy, and elevate your practice to new heights.
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Practice Management Tips By Hal Davis
Look at the bright side! • Instead of a lawyer, you could be …
1. Standards are your friend • Hardware • Software • Checklist • Forms
2. Use YOUR lowest common denominator • Word processor • Spreadsheet • Voicemail • Accounting
3. Do it right the first time … or • Do it over … • And over … • And over … • And over
4. Get religion … use a bible • Become a slave to the system • Checklist • Forms
5. Essential practice components • Bible (checklist and forms) • Contacts • Calendar • Task list • Filing system • Notes
6. Accounting • By hand • Excel spreadsheets • Money by Microsoft • Quicken by Intuit • Quickbooks by Intuit • Legal billing system
7. Scan everything • Not paperless! • Less paper!
8. Use templates, not macros • It is easier to delete than create • Make templates complex • Keep macros simple
9. Don’t create documents one at a time • Use merge feature • Use section feature
10. Use autotext • Addresses • Letterhead • Case headings • Certificates of service • Jurat
11. Use these nifty tools • DYMO labelwriter • Scanner • Thumb drive • Mirrored hard drive • Digital dictaphone • Emporer’s copy machine • Emporer’s fax machine • Emporer’s credit card reader
12. No man is an island • Technolawyer • Listserves