I just finished reading the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, which is written as a “leadership fable” – a story of a struggling technology start up company.… [more]
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The Traveling Lawyer and Taking Your Firm Virtual: Presentations From ABA Techshow
by Nicole Garton-Jones
March 29th, 2010
I just came back from a very successful ABA Techshow and had the opportunity to present on virtual law firms and technology for the traveling lawyer. Cloud computing received a… [more]
Commercial Documentation Automation Systems Available Soon in Canada
by Nicole Garton-Jones
March 26th, 2010
Legal Systematics is in the process of launching a series of practice systems, initially aimed at the Canadian market. The line of products, dubbed SpeedMatters, currently includes systems for accident… [more]
The ABA Techshow "tips" issue of Law Practice Magazine is live today. The Editor in Chief is Dan Pinnington, and the issue is full of practical technology tips. I am… [more]
Women Lawyers Forum Education Day – "Defining Moments – Leadership & Ethics"
by Nicole Garton-Jones
March 9th, 2010
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
I am excited to be able to participate in this year’s CBA BC Branch Women Lawyers Forum Education Day… [more]
Susan Cartier Liebel has written a thoughtful blog post on the high prevalence of depression in the legal profession.
The ABA reports that “about 19 percent of lawyers experience depression… [more]
Do the Number of Hours Billed a Year Determine Whether Someone Is a Good Lawyer?
by Nicole Garton-Jones
January 24th, 2010
I was a presenter to the CBA BC Branch Work Life Balance Section meeting on January 21, 2010, entitled "The Lawyer Management Challenge: Attracting and Keeping Great Talent."
The content… [more]
The Demographic Landscape of Law
The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows:
• Women have been entering the… [more]
Practicing Law on the Road: The Role of the Cloud and the Emergence of the Virtual Law Firm
by Nicole Garton-Jones
January 19th, 2010
Even as recently as the early 2000’s, the idea of achieving full in-office productivity while traveling on the road seemed difficult to imagine. The laptop, smartphone, cloud infrastructure, and internet… [more]
The professional services firm management guru David Maister, in the introduction to his latest book Strategy and the Fat Smoker, states as follows:
“In the last two-and-a-half decades, I have… [more]
Online Bibliographic Source for Conflict Resolution Research
by Nicole Garton-Jones
December 8th, 2009
I am currently taking a three day Advanced Civil Mediation course, taught by Gordon Sloan and hosted by CLEBC.
Reviewing the course materials led me to this wonderful online resource:… [more]
Like many lawyers, I am not really a numbers person. Despite its fundamental importance, financial analysis of our growing firm is something that I have found challenging. Combined with a… [more]
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