Unfortunately, Tom Mighell is no longer updating his pioneering legal tech blog, Inter-alia.net . He may be too busy with the excellent Kennedy-Mighell Report, but for whatever reason, his blogosphere voice is missed. However, the Inter-alia archives contain lots of useful materials, including last year’s thoughtful three part series , Getting and Using a
Stephen Terrell’s article in ABA’s Experience magazine has good advice on self-publishing, a topic discussed here previously. An excerpt:
What does it cost to self-publish a book? The surprising answer is not much. To actually publish a book both in print and ebook through Amazon’s KDP Publishing, there’s no up-front cost except for
I’m pleased to have known Kevin O’Keefe since way back when.
He made his first big splash on the Internet with Prairielaw, an innovative website based on the concept of lawyers networking directly with consumers of legal services. Conventional legal businesses that wanted to co-opt a potentially dangerous competitor bought him out. It was just
Are you admitted to the Virginia Bar? Or just interested in tech-for-lawyers? There is still time to register for the Virginia State Bar’s Techshow 2021 webinar on Monday, April 26 from 8:30 to 5:15. Not able to attend the live program on April 26? Register to receive the links for on demand CLE credit after
Conrad Saam‘s new book, Own the Map: Marketing Your Law Firm’s Address Online is now available from Amazon. It is the most important book on law firm marketing since Greg Siskind’s The Lawyer’s Guide to Marketing on the Internet (ABA 1996).
Our detailed review will be available soon.
Patrick Palace has some good ideas in his ABA Solo magazine article How to Use Bad Reviews to Attract Good Clients (ABA members only). The most important idea is that negative reviews can be a net positive–if you know how to respond. Here’s one specific tip:
Timely responses are even more important for negative reviews.
Other than some criminal defense, appellate, immigration and plaintiff’s trial lawyers, I don’t see many lawyers blogging with conviction. The numbers are lower in larger firms.
If you feel comfortable getting out
Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law: A Practical Guide for Law Firms, Law Departments and Other Legal Organizations, by Dennis Kennedy. 212 pages. Kindle and paperback versions are available.
The late World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer liked to say “When I play the Ruy, it’s like milking a cow.” What he meant was that when
Many lawyers contribute their time to worthy causes, but they are often not aware that they can and should get some benefit from their altruism.
Backlinks (links other websites build to yours) are critically important to search engine optimization (SEO). They are even more powerful when they come from websites (including blogs) geographically close to
I loved Dennis Kennedy’s new book Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law and I hope my review at LLRX.com conveys this. It deserves a wide audience. I received a free PDF copy to review but liked it so much I also bought a hard copy.