Attorney At Work

1 week ago | attorneyatwork.com | Jared D. Correia

Before entering into another loosely defined relationship, consider these five smart upgrades to your client engagement agreements. Lawyers are uniquely situated to craft the parameters of the attorney-client business relationship, yet many forgo the opportunity, or, at least, leave much to interpretation and chance. Even when a fee agreement is in place, many rely on bare templates or the simplest of documents to memorialize what the attorney-client relationship means.

3 weeks ago | attorneyatwork.com | David Skinner |Karen Skinner

Flat fees only work when you manage the work well. That’s where these legal project management tips come in — to ensure flat fee profitability. We’ve been reading a lot lately about AI’s impact on hourly fees. When you sell time, being able to get something in 10 minutes that used to take you three hours isn’t really a benefit, is it? However, when you sell a transformation or a result — when your services have a value independent of time — it doesn’t matter how long you take.

1 month ago | attorneyatwork.com | Joan Feldman

How do you earn high marks for client service and responsiveness while maintaining boundaries? Here are a few tips for improving your client communication game. A few years ago, I found myself sitting at one of those generic hotel-lobby-breakfast-buffet tables, choking down a stale bagel, reviewing notes for my morning meeting and unsuccessfully suppressing a panic attack. I’d spent a sleepless night preparing, memorizing every question and every possible follow-up.

1 month ago | attorneyatwork.com | Joan Feldman

Thanks to modern technology and the freedom to work remotely, the freelance legal market is booming, making it an ideal time to launch a career as a freelance lawyer. But is freelancing right for you? Here are pros and cons to keep in mind. The legal profession has undergone a significant transformation in recent years.

2 months ago | attorneyatwork.com | David Skinner |Karen Skinner

Yes, you can use Chat GPT to streamline your tech stack audit, pinpoint overlapping features and help eliminate unnecessary spending for your law firm! Here’s how. Technology enables us to practice at our peak, but with legal technology platforms and productivity apps constantly adding new features, we started to wonder if we’re overpaying — and underusing what we had. Manually comparing everything in our tech stack seemed overwhelming.