Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on technology, research and practice.

Technology

Cool Pics of Cool Things on WhereCoolThingsHappen.com
Dan Pinnington

There are loads of photo sharing and collection sites on the web. One can spend many hours wondering around looking for great pictures. One site worth a visit is WhereCoolThingsHappen.com. It has collections of photos of “cool” places, stays, art, photos, gadgets, transport, outdoor advertisements, food and architecture. . . .

Research

Read About Clients
Shaunna Mireau

The best legal research output comments on how to apply the law to the facts and reaches a conclusion on how the client should be advised to move forward. Today’s Tip is a reminder to read about clients in order to wrap your legal research in the context of the present day story. Events that require intervention by lawyers do not take place in a vacuum. They are point in time, point in history, point in geography, point in life issues. Better advice is provided with context. Where can you find this context? . . .

Practice

Become a Leadership Incubator
David Bilinsky & Garry Wise

Jack Welch has been often quoted in terms of leadership and management for good reason: “Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.” How many of us work in environments where instilling self-confidence in others is seen by some managers as threatening? Management at times and in certain people’s eyes, is seen to be equivalent to control . . .