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Understanding the new workforce will greatly improve your ability to lead this new group of workers. This is all part of what has become known as a high performance team, where all members of the workforce are partners in the firm’s success. Several factors come into play:

Corporate litigation is often inevitable, but preparation for that inevitability is controllable. Why, then, during a meeting involving corporate litigation are the legal and IT teams introducing themselves across the table? The truth is that successful companies have embraced the brotherly bond that IT and legal departments share in this age of technology. IT and legal teams should be talking every day. It’s crucial to avoiding document retention problems, e-mail archiving and a host of other complex issues that are crucial to managing discovery.

By Jane Pribek [email protected] Go ahead – get rid of that inclined leather chair. Sure, it looks cool. But it’s an instrument of torture for your back, if you regularly spend time using a computer. So says Patricia Seeley, a ...

By Camille Stell, Special to CPN Leadership books are available by the dozens and are authored by everyone from corporate titans to record-setting basketball coaches. Here are leadership lessons drawn from closer to home, from leaders of our local and ...

By Gina Drew, Special to Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication of Carolina Paralegal News I am generally an early adopter of technology, and, admittedly, a bit of a gadget snob. I can’t believe this little gem escaped my radar for ...

By Tony Ogden, Dolan Media Newswires Thanks to a new iPad app, lawyers and paralegals can now safely bring all their client information with them wherever they go. iClient for Attorneys is the latest addition to the iPad-equipped practitioner’s repertoire.  ...

By Cheryl Leone, Special to CPN Law firms tend to focus on the skills of firm members: lawyers, managers and paralegals. That attitude is changing, as firms are realizing that skill, although always of extreme importance, will not alone lead ...

Lawyers seeking to optimize their work by making use of typography can look to the recently released "Typography for Lawyers" as a guide. Matthew Butterick, a civil litigator in California with a visual arts background and experience as a font designer, argues that typography matters because it can help hold readers' attention. An attorney making an oral argument wouldn't dress in jeans and sneakers and speak in a monotone, he analogizes; it's not just the words, it is the presentation as well.

Paralegals who want to be leaders must rely on good relationships, not just rank Any paralegal who wants to advance in today’s law firm must understand and demonstrate leadership at the highest level possible. But understanding what leadership is, and ...

Marketing is crucial to law firm success. Knowing this, firms advertise utilizing multiple media resources and spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars annually on these marketing efforts. These same firms may be overlooking important low-cost, even no-cost, marketing resources sitting at desks down the hall - paralegals.

As more lawyers go mobile and into the cloud, they are increasingly using their web browsers as personalized, take-it-with-you toolboxes. By customizing your web browser to give you access to more software directly through your browser page, you can work seamlessly on all your computers and avoid multiple software downloads and patches.

Do you have what it takes to be an effective leader? Before you decide to serve in a leadership position, you should examine your skills to see which ones you already have and which ones you need to develop.

  By Camille Stell, Special to CPN  In order to find renewed inspiration at work or to take your career to the next level, we have discussed working with a career coach. In my November column, I shared the experience ...

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By Cheryl Leone and Dave Favor Special to CPN As we teach leadership to lawyers and non-lawyers, we find it interesting the many misconceptions people have when it comes to understanding true leadership. It is gratifying when we see leaders ...

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By Howard Rubin and Don Stait Dolan Media Newswires In May 2008, Congress enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. It prohibits employers from using genetic information to make employment decisions, restricts employers’ use and disclosure of genetic information, and prohibits ...

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