LPM PUBLICATIONS CATALOG FALL/WINTER 2011
LPM PUBLICATIONS FALL/WINTER 2011 Welcome to the Fall-Winter 2011 Publications Catalog of the ABA Law Practice Management Section (LPM). We are pleased to feature our newest titles in our four core areas: marketing, management, technology, and finance. While this is just a small sampling of the outstanding books published by LPM, you can visit our website at www.lawpractice.org/publications for our entire line of books. LPM books are written by the leading authorities in the field. In this challenging economic time, we have included titles that will help you manage and market your practice, improve your productivity, and increase your bottom line. Our books contain real-world, user-friendly advice, and proven strategies to optimize your law practice. Enjoy! Sincerely, William D. Henslee, Chair, LPM Publications Board
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LPM BEST SELLERS
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LAW OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
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BILLING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
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MARKETING AND CLIENT RELATIONS
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CAREER RESOURCES
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ORDERING INFORMATION
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The ABA Law Practice Management Section (LPM) plays a unique role in the American Bar Association because its resources are targeted to every practicing attorney and legal professional, regardless of practice area. Members of LPM benefit from practical education and assistance for lawyers and firms in the core areas of the business of practicing law—marketing, management, technology, and finance. LPM publishes valuable periodicals including Law Practice magazine, LawPractice.news, and the Law Practice Today webzine. Discounts on LPM conferences (ABA TECHSHOW, ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop, and ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference), monthly CLE webinars, and teleconferences offer great opportunities for business as well as career development. Plus, you will receive special member pricing on a full listing of more than 80 LPM publications!
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LPM BEST SELLERS How to Start and Build a Law Practice, Platinum Fifth Edition By Jay G Foonberg
The ABA’s number one best-selling book has been used by hundreds of thousands of lawyers as the comprehensive guide to planning, launching, and growing a successful practice. Packed with over 700 pages of guidance, you’ll find the information you need to successfully launch your practice, run it at maximum efficiency, and avoid potential pitfalls along the way. This book will give you the expert advice you need to make your firm succeed for years to come. 1 2004 | 6 x 9 | 704 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110508
LPM Member Price: $57.95 | LSD Member Price: $27.95 | Regular Price: $69.95
iPad in One Hour for Lawyers By Tom Mighell
Whether you are a new or a more advanced iPad user, iPad in One Hour for Lawyers takes a great deal of the mystery and confusion out of using your iPad. Ideal for lawyers who want to get up to speed swiftly, this book presents the essentials so you don’t get bogged down in technical jargon and extraneous features and apps. 1 2011 | 7 x 8.5 | 106 pages
Paperback Product Code: 5110719 E-book Product Code: 5110719EBK LPM Member Price: $19.95 Regular Price: $34.95
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Google for Lawyers: Essential Search Tips and Productivity Tools
Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online
By Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch
By Stephanie L. Kimbro
In the decade since its launch, Google has become synonymous with Internet searches. This step-by-step guide explores Google’s most-popular features plus its newest and leastknown search features, productivity tools, and services. This book is written specifically for those in the legal profession, and it is an invaluable resource for both the novice and advanced user. 1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 544 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110704 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
Virtual law practice is revolutionizing the way the public receives legal services and how legal professionals work with clients. This complete guide will show you how to successfully set up and operate a virtual law firm that responsibly delivers legal services online to your clients. Case studies and client scenarios are included. 1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 230 pages
Paperback Product Code: 5110707 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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TECHNOLOGY The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft® Outlook 2010 By Ben M. Schorr
Outlook is the most used application in Microsoft® Office, but are you using it to your greatest advantage? This is the only guide written specifically for lawyers to help you be more productive, more efficient and more successful. From helping you log and track phone calls, meetings, and correspondence to archiving closed case material in one easy-to-store location, this book unlocks the secrets of “underappreciated” features that you will use every day. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 240 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110720
LPM Member Price: $41.95 | Regular Price: $69.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft® Word 2010
Microsoft® OneNote in One Hour for Lawyers
The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft® Excel 2007
By Ben M. Schorr
By Ben M. Schorr
By John C. Tredennick
Maximize your use of Microsoft® Word with this essential guide. Focusing on the tools and features that are essential for lawyers in their everyday practice, this handy reference includes clear explanations, legal-specific descriptions, and time-saving tips for getting the most out of Microsoft® Word—and customizing it for the needs of today’s legal professional.
Each copy of Microsoft® Office 2010 sold now includes OneNote software, and its usage among lawyers is poised to skyrocket. With this guide, learn to use OneNote in your law practice to save time and increase productivity. Microsoft OneNote in One Hour for Lawyers will explain, in plain English, how to get started with the software, develop best practices, and become far more effective in your note-taking and research.
Did you know Excel can help you analyze and present your cases more effectively? This hands-on manual will show you how to take advantage of the software you already have. Bestselling author John Tredennick has produced a guide uniquely designed to help lawyers improve their efficiency and increase their productivity with the most common spreadsheet software on the market. Designed for beginners as well as advanced users.
1 2011 | 7 x 8.5 | 100 pages
1 2008 | 7 x 10 | 148 pages
1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 240 pages
Paperback Product Code: 5110721 LPM Member Price: $41.95 Regular Price: $69.95
Paperback | Product Code: 5110731 LPM Member Price: $41.95 Regular Price: $69.95
Paperback | Product Code: 5110665 LPM Member Price: $ 41.95 Regular Price: $69.95
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TECHNOLOGY Cloud Computing for Lawyers By Nicole Black
As more businesses move their IT systems into the cloud, lawyers need to ask if cloud computing is right for their firm. Cloud Computing for Lawyers features an overview of cloud computing fundamentals, reviews of legal cloud computing products, and step-by-step instructions for implementing cloud computing in your practice—including practical tips for securing your data. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110724
LPM Member Price: $47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
Find Info Like a Pro, Volume 1: Mining the Internet’s Publicly Available Resources for Investigative Research By Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch
Learn the secrets, shortcuts, and realities of conducting investigative and background research using the sources of publicly available information available on the Internet. The authors provide hundreds of free and fee-based Internet sites. The resources and techniques in this book are useful for investigations; depositions; locating missing witnesses, clients, or heirs; and trial preparation, among other research challenges. The CD-ROM included features clickable links to all of the sites contained in the book. 1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 378 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110708 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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Find Info Like a Pro, Volume 2: Mining the Internet’s Public Records for Investigative Research By Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch
Don’t waste time and money on hiring someone to do your investigative research when you can do it yourself. The second volume in this important series focuses on public records that are filed and stored with government agencies, which are accessible for public inspection. The authors address both paid and free resources on the Internet. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 280 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110709 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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TECHNOLOGY The 2012 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide By Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., John W. Simek, and Michael C. Maschke
This annual guide is the only one of its kind written to help solo and small firm lawyers find the best technology for their dollar. You’ll find the most current information and recommendations on computers, servers, networking equipment, legal software, printers, security products, smartphones, and anything else a law office might need. It’s written in clear, easily understandable language to make implementation simple. 1 2012 | 7 x 10 | 292 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110730
LPM Member Price: $ 54.95 | Regular Price: $89.95
The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists, and Guidelines
The Lawyer’s Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools
By Sharon D. Nelson, Bruce A. Olson, and John W. Simek
By Marc Lauritsen
The use of electronic evidence has increased dramatically over the past few years, but many lawyers still struggle with the complexities of electronic discovery. This book provides lawyers with the templates they need to frame their discovery requests and provides helpful advice on what they can subpoena. The accompanying CDROM features over 70 forms. 1 2006 | 7 x 10 | 776 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110569 LPM Member Price: $99.95 Regular Price: $129.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together
This essential guide is the only one of its kind written to help lawyers find and understand a powerful class of software tools that supports the work of legal professionals. The author discusses how technologies like work product retrieval, document assembly, and interactive checklists help lawyers work smarter. If you are looking for technology to help you work more efficiently, this book provides you with a clear road map.
By Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell
1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 244 pages
1 2008 | 7 x 10 | 314 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110706 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
This first-of-its-kind legal guide showcases how to use the latest Web based and software technologies to work collaboratively and more efficiently on projects, documents, deals, and cases with colleagues, clients, co-counsel, and even opposing counsel. The book provides a wealth of information useful to lawyers who are just beginning to use collaboration tools, such as Google, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat. Paperback | Product Code: 5110589 LPM Member Price: $59.95 Regular Price: $89.95
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TECHNOLOGY Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier By Carolyn Elefant and Nicole Black
Many lawyers view social media as a passing fad. But lawyers who dismiss social media do so at their peril. This cutting-edge guide shows lawyers how to use a practical, goal-centric approach to social media, with the purpose of enabling them to identify the social media platforms and tools that best fit their practice and to implement them easily, efficiently, and ethically. Written by experts in the field, Social Media for Lawyers is essential reading for both novice and advanced social media users. 1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 200 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110710
LPM Member Price: $47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Adobe® Acrobat®, Third Edition
The Lawyer’s Guide to LexisNexis™ CaseMap™
By David L. Masters
By Daniel J. Siegel
Increase productivity, decrease costs, and improve client services by moving from paper-based files to digital records. This revised edition focuses on the ways lawyers can benefit from using Adobe® Acrobat® 8 to create Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDFs are reliable, easy-to-use, electronic files for sharing, reviewing, filing, and archiving documents across diverse applications, business processes, and platforms.
LexisNexis CaseMap is a computer program that makes analyzing cases easier and allows lawyers to do a better job for their clients in less time. Many consider this an essential law office tool. Written in an easy-to-use format, author Daniel Seigel explains how to use all of CaseMap’s features with step-by-step instructions and illustrations. Designed for beginners as well as longtime users.
1 2008 | 7 x 10 | 280 pages
1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 240 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110588 LPM Member Price: $49.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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Paperback | Product Code: 5110715 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Practice Management Systems Software, Second Edition By Andrew Z. Adkins, III
This revised edition is your complete, howto guide to understanding, evaluating, choosing, and implementing a practice management system. Written by legal technology expert Andrew Adkins, this guide covers the entire gamut of the latest practice management systems software. You will learn how to obtain the software at the best price; set up the workflow in your office; obtain necessary training for staff; and much more. 1 2009 | 7 x 10 | 362 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110686 LPM Member Price: $89.95 Regular Price: $129.95
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FINANCE The Lawyer’s Guide to Increasing Revenue, Second Edition By Arthur G. Greene
The Lawyer’s Guide to Increasing Revenue, Second Edition offers practical tips and stepby-step plans for evaluating, tracking, and ultimately enhancing your firm’s revenue stream. Significantly updated and expanded to address issues facing law firms in the twenty-first century, this new edition demonstrates how to avoid short-term solutions, look beyond costcutting, and develop a multi-year strategy for achieving financial growth. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 194 pages | Paperback with CD-ROM | Product Code: 5110728
LPM Member Price: $59.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Creating a Business Plan Software: A Step-by-Step Software Package, 2012 Version
Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work, Third Edition
By Linda Pinson
This highly acclaimed book provides you with tools to implement and evaluate alternative billing methods, including real case studies of lawyers and firms successfully using alternative billing. The appendix contains sample agreements, forms, proposals, and client letters, which are included in the accompanying CD-ROM.
Learn how to establish workable plans for compensating partners, associates and other contributors in this complete and systematic guide. Discover how to align your firm’s compensation plans with your culture, business objectives, and market realities. You’ll find valuable data from leading legal consulting firm Altman Weil’s surveys on law firm performance and compensation, retirement, and withdrawal systems.
1 2008 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages
1 2010 | 7 x 10 | 186 pages
By Mark A. Robertson and James A. Calloway
The Lawyer’s Guide to Creating a Business Plan will guide practitioners toward actualized growth utilizing tested and proven organizational, marketing, and financial strategies. This software has been meticulously customized to address issues unique to law practice development and management. 1 2012 | CD-ROM
Product Code: 5110736CDR LPM Member Price: $189.95 Regular Price: $149.95
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110660 LPM Member Price: $ 74.95 Regular Price: $99.95
Compensation Plans for Law Firms, Fifth Edition Edited by James D. Cotterman, Altman Weil, Inc.
Paperback | Product Code: 5110702 LPM Member Price: $74.95 Regular Price: $99.95
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MANAGEMENT Financial Statements and Trust Accounts: Essential Forms, Checklists, and Guidelines By Gary A. Munneke and Anthony E. Davis
All lawyers can benefit from effective practice management systems. The book serves as a desk reference on financial statements and trust accounts, and is intended to help lawyers structure and manage their law practice to achieve two fundamental goals: provide ethical service to clients and make law practice profitable. Contains customizable forms, which are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages | Paperback with CD-ROM | Product Code: 5110722
LPM Member Price: $ 47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
Disaster Planning and Recovery: Essential Forms, Checklists, and Guidelines
The Lawyer’s Field Guide to Effective Business Development
The ABA Guide to Lawyer Trust Accounts
By Gary A. Munneke and Anthony E. Davis
By William J. Flannery, Jr.
Long-term profitable client relationships form the foundation for the enduring success of any law firm. Winning and retaining long-term, attractive clients doesn’t happen by accident. The author shares his practical, proven approach to acquiring and refining the face-toface skills necessary to developing a valuable client base.
Most trust account problems can be avoided by following some simple rules. There is no need for lawyers to risk their licenses for trust account rules violations. Lawyers must learn the stringent ethics rules that apply to setting up client trust accounts, keeping appropriate records for those accounts, and properly reporting the disbursement of the funds to their clients.
1 2007 | 5 x 7.5 | 164 pages |
1 1996 | 8.5 x 11 | 208 pages
Disaster planning is designed to mitigate the adverse consequences of events that we do not control. To the extent that it is possible, firms need to plan for disaster, and protect themselves and their clients against both natural and manmade disaster, including planning, response, recovery, and relief. Contains customizable forms, which are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110718 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95 10
Paperback | Product Code: 5110578 LPM Member Price: $49.95 | Regular Price: $59.95
By Jay G Foonberg
Paperback | Product Code: 5110374 LPM Member Price: $69.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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MANAGEMENT Law Office Policy and Procedures Manual, Sixth Edition By Howard I. Hatoff and Robert C. Wert
Every law office needs an office manual to formalize basic operating policies and procedures. This updated manual covers every facet of basic law office operations, and includes material on COBRA, stress injuries, social media and much more. The manual is provided on an accompanying CD-ROM, so you can easily create a complete, fully customized office manual for your firm. 1 2011 | 8.5 x 11 | 464 pages | Loose-leaf with CD-ROM | Product Code: 5110714LLF
LPM Member Price: $109.95 | Regular Price: $ 179.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Governing Your Firm By Arthur G. Greene
Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms, Second Edition
This is a valuable resource for firms that want to provide better client service, as well as improve the working environment for staff. It provides strategies to change the culture of the firm, boost morale, and effectively and efficiently manage and govern the firm. It provides guidance on leadership and partnership issues and basic running of the law firm, as well as how to properly budget and manage financials on a monthly basis.
By Anthony E. Davis and Peter R. Jarvis
1 2009 | 7 x 10 | 240 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 511065 LPM/CPR Member Price: $79.95 Regular Price: $89.95
Paperback with CD-ROM Product Code: 5110684 LPM Member Price: $89.95 Regular Price: $129.95
Effective risk management is essential to providing high quality client service. This updated edition surveys the entire topic of risk management for law firms and serves as a practical tool to evaluate the state of risk management within a firm. Questionnaires are included on the companion CD. 1 2007 | 7 x 10 | 200 pages
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MARKETING Internet Branding for Lawyers: Building the Client-Centered Website By Jeff Lantz
Learn to brand your law firm online and create an appealing, functional website that will lead clients to your door. Internet Branding for Lawyers will help you construct a website based on your client’s needs, design a compelling law firm logo, increase your search engine optimization— and ultimately build your practice. Avoid the common pitfalls of law-firm websites and gain a competitive edge with this essential resource. 1 2012 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110734
LPM Member Price: $ 47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Building Your Practice with Referrals By Steven J. Shaer
For many lawyers, referrals are the best way to get the best clients. Gain clients and grow your practice with The Lawyer’s Guide to Building Your Practice with Referrals. This book provides step-by-step guidelines for building relationships with referral sources, getting and managing new referrals, developing networking skills, and transforming acquaintances into clients. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 140 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110733 LPM Member Price: $47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
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MARKETING Women Rainmakers’ Best Marketing Tips, Third Edition By Theda C. Snyder
Updated third edition marks 20th Anniversary of Women Rainmakers Success depends on innovative planning, but brainstorming for new ideas takes valuable time. In one quick read you can get dynamic, creative, and practical ideas that can work for you and your practice. Anyone involved in marketing a firm can learn from the down-to-earth advice in this book. If you are looking for a practical, realistic, and cost-effective approach to marketing, you’ll benefit from this pocket guide! 1 2010 | 7 x 8 | 172 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110712
LPM Member Price: $24.95 | Regular Price: $39.95
The Lawyer’s Guide to Marketing on the Internet, Third Edition By Gregory H. Siskind, Deborah McMurray, and Richard P. Klau
In today’s competitive environment, it is critical not only to have a presence online, but to have a comprehensive online marketing strategy. In this updated edition, you’ll discover the tools necessary to transform your firm through proven online marketing strategies. 1 2007 | 7 x 10 | 192 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110585 LPM Member Price: $74.95 Regular Price: $84.95
Selling in Your Comfort Zone: Safe and Effective Strategies for Developing New Business By Robert N. Kohn and Lawrence M. Kohn
Selling is an important skill because it can bring you greater income, better clients, and more freedom. But if you’re uncomfortable with selling, you may be skeptical about your ability to enjoy these benefits and increase your business. If you acknowledge the need to improve your selling skills, this book is the key to changing the way you feel about this challenging skill. 1 2009 | 7 x 10 | 230 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM | Product Code: 5110696 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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MARKETING The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice By Reid F. Trautz and Dan Pinnington
This convenient pocket guide is the “best ever” collection of practical tips, ideas, and techniques to help you survive, thrive, and find success in the practice of law. This guide focuses on eight key topics of interest and importance to all lawyers: client service, marketing and client development, technology, coping with e-mail, making (more) money, ethics and professionalism, firm management and operations, and strategy and planning. 1 2009 | 5 x 7.5 | 156 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110687
LPM Member Price: $19.95 | Regular Price: $34.95
FROM THE LAW FIRM ASSOCIATE’S DEVELOPMENT SERIES
The Law Firm Associate’s Guide to Connecting with Your Colleagues
The Law Firm Associate’s Guide to Personal Marketing and Selling Skills
By Barbara Miller and Martin Camp
By Catherine Alman MacDonagh and Beth Marie Cuzzone
The second volume in the Law Firm Associate’s Development Series will help you learn how to effectively work together with your colleagues to achieve high levels of productivity and success in your law office. The accompanying training manual puts the book’s ideas into action with practice exercises and techniques that can be customized specifically to personality type and experience level.
Establishing positive client relationships is the key to success, whether a lawyer is just starting out or if they’ve had many years of experience. This first volume in the ABA’s Law Firm Associates Development Series will unravel the mystery with straightforward advice from the real-world. The training manual puts the book’s ideas into action with practical exercises and techniques that can be customized specifically to personality type and experience level. Sample checklists, worksheets, and forms are included with the main volume on an accompanying CD.
1 Main Volume: 2009 | 6 x 9 | 138 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110690 LPM Member Price: $44.95 | Regular Price: $69.95 1 Trainer’s Manual: 2009 | 6 x 9 | 56 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110691 LPM Member Price: $54.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
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1 Main Volume: 2007 | 6 x 9 | 160 pages
Paperback with CD-ROM | Product Code: 5110582 LPM Member Price: $39.95 | Regular Price: $49.95 1 Trainer’s Manual: 2007 | 6 x 9 | 64 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110581 LPM Member Price: $49.95 | Regular Price: $59.95
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CAREER How to Achieve Success After the Bar Exam: A Step-by-Step Action Plan By Joan R. M. Bullock
You’ve taken the bar; now what? This book provides a detailed road map for transitioning from law student to lawyer during the first months after the bar exam. The author, a seasoned law professor who has shepherded many students to successful careers, offers exercises and tips for professional networking, expertise building, and strategic planning for new lawyers. 1 2012 | 7 x 10 | 160 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110732
LSD/YLD Member Price: $29.95 | LPM Member Price: $39.95 | Regular Price: 49.95
Job Quest for Lawyers: The Essential Guide to Finding and Landing the Job You Want
The Lawyer’s Essential Guide to Writing: Proven Tools and Techniques
By Sheila Nielsen
By Marie Buckley
Job Quest for Lawyers provides step-by-step guidance that finally makes networking inspiring instead of a chore. The “quest” motif applies to each stage of the job search, and is used to help readers understand how to create a positive and effective networking experience. Unlike so many other career books, Job Quest for Lawyers is a process-focused book that is eminently applicable to attorneys at all phases of their careers, from new graduates to senior lawyers.
The Lawyer’s Essential Guide to Writing is a readable, concrete guide to contemporary legal writing. Based on Marie Buckley’s years of experience coaching lawyers, this book provides a systematic approach to all forms of written communication, from memoranda and briefs to e-mail and blogs. The book sets forth three principles for powerful writing and shows how to apply those principles to develop a clean and confident style.
1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages
1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 176 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110725 LSD/YLD Member Price: $29.95 LPM Member Price: $39.95 Regular Price: $49.95
Paperback | Product Code: 5110726 LSD/YLD Member Price: $39.95 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $79.95
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CAREER The Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Coaching: Leadership, Mentoring, and Effectiveness By Andrew Elowitt
Become more efficient and profitable in your law practice by employing a professional coach. This book will teach you to find, select, and work productively with the right coach for your needs—and transform your practice in the process. Learn how to get the most out of coaching, decide whether coaching is right for you and your firm, and use coaching skills when you manage, mentor, and collaborate with clients and colleagues. 1 2012 | 7 x 10 | 200 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110735
LPM Member Price: $47.95 | Regular Price: $79.95
Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers, Fourth Edition
Introduction to Law Firm Practice
Edited by K. William Gibson
Navigating your way through a law firm practice can be overwhelming, especially in larger firms. This new handbook offers a systematic study of how lawyers practice law at private firms and how a law firm operates. Whether you’re a law student interested in working in a law firm or a young lawyer who would like to gain a better understanding of how your law firm operates, this guide will provide you with the “ins” and “outs” you need to help you navigate your way through any firm and excel in your profession.
Whether you’re thinking of going solo, new to solo life, or a seasoned practitioner, this comprehensive guide provides timetested answers to real-life questions. With practical advice from a variety of contributors, this book includes guidance that can be easily implemented into your practice. A wide range of issues are addressed, including: finances, operations, technology, marketing, client relations, and much more. 1 2005 | 7 x 10 | 704 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110527 LPM Member Price: $79.95 Regular Price: $99.95
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By Michael P. Downey
1 2010 | 6 x 9 | 270 pages
Paperback | Product Code: 5110703 LPM Member Price: $47.95 Regular Price: $ 79.95
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CAREER How to Build and Manage a Personal Injury Practice, Third Edition By K. William Gibson
Written by a personal injury lawyer who has been practicing for over 30 years, the book is for lawyers interested in starting a personal injury law practice, as well as for lawyers currently practicing P.I. who are interested in strengthening their practices. The author discusses the basic differences between personal injury law and other types of law practice and provides guidance for avoiding common pitfalls. This invaluable resource includes numerous worksheets, flowcharts, checklists, and “fill-in-the-blank” forms all on a CD-ROM. 1 2012 | 6 x 9 | 200 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110729
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The Legal Career Guide: From Law Student to Lawyer, Fifth Edition
Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers, 5th Edition
How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times
By Gary A. Munneke, William D. Henslee, and Ellen Wayne
By Sharon D. Nelson, James A. Calloway, and Ross L. Kodner
Learn to identify specific career goals and evaluate opportunities as they arise, reflect on changes in your personal situation that affect your aspirations, and assess new trends within the profession. You will learn how to get from start to finish in the career choice process; how to honestly and effectively assess your personal and professional skills; how to successfully study and evaluate the market; and much more.
If you feel it’s time for a change from your legal career, this revised guidebook will show you what you can do with your law degree, besides practice law. More importantly, this book will illustrate how to use your legal skills to rise above the competition. The authors lead you step-by-step through the process of assessing the special skills that legal training provides.
Worried about the economy? Are you a lawyer out of work? Are you afraid you will be laid off? Are you struggling to manage your firm through a down economy? In a single volume, How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times will provide you with a wealth of tips, resources, and tools to help you survive in bad times, as well as teach you the management, finance, marketing and technology essentials necessary to succeed.
1 2008 | 6 x 9 | 385 pages
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By Gary A. Munneke and Ellen Wayne
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1 2006 | 6 x 9 | 209 pages
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CAREER Careers in Animal Law: Welfare, Protection, and Advocacy By Yolanda Eisenstein
The first book of its kind, Careers in Animal Law will help you: gain an overview of the field from a practicing animal lawyer and professor of animal law; forge a successful animal law career with firms of all types and sizes, government agencies, major corporations, or nonprofit organizations; strike out on your own as a solo practitioner of animal law; learn career tips from a series of animal-lawyer profiles; and understand evolving trends in the discipline. 1 2011 | 7 x 10 | 145 pages | Paperback | Product Code: 5110723
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Making Partner: A Guide for Law Firm Associates, Third Edition
Partner Departures and Lateral Moves: A Legal and Ethical Guide
The Lawyer’s Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition
By John R. Sapp
By Geri S. Krauss
George W. Kaufman
Becoming a partner in a law firm is a goal of many lawyers. Most lawyers think they will make partner eventually, but in reality, many never reach this level. Do you know what you should and should not be doing? This concise, straightforward book looks at all the variables and provides detailed advice on how to create your own strategic plan for success.
Once it was the exception for a partner to leave a firm. Now “the revolving door” of partner departures has been deemed a “modern-day law firm fixture.” What steps can a departing partner or an acquiring firm take to minimize risks and reduce potential liabilities? This essential guide answers those questions. With years of experience, Geri Krauss provides guidance for both the partner and the acquiring firm in connection with exploring a new affiliation.
If you are dominated by work from the moment you arise until the moment you turn off the lights at night, you are not alone. Years of narrow focus, hard work, pressure, and endless striving for material reward are the hallmark of many lawyers’ lives. This newly updated and revised Second Edition is written specifically to help lawyers achieve professional and personal satisfaction in their career.
1 2009 | 7 x 10 | 110 pages
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1 2006 | 7 x 10 | 250 pages
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