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Client Communication Tips: The Power of Returning Clients' Calls

2 weeks 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.
Here's What You Need to Know About Being a Freelance Lawyer

3 weeks 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.
How to Use ChatGPT to Audit Your Tech Stack (and Save Money)

1 month 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.
ABA Silver Gavel Awards Shine a Light on the Best in Legal Media

1 month ago | attorneyatwork.com | Joan Feldman |Jay Harrington

This month, the American Bar Association announced the 24 finalists for its annual Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. Since 1958, the award has recognized outstanding work that “fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system.” Whether you are looking for motivation, further education, a good read or an excellent gift idea, these finalists represent the best work in the field.
Stop Wasting Time: How to Run More Efficient Law Firm Meetings

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

Are your meetings helping or hurting your firm? Try these five strategies for making your meetings more efficient and valuable … and see how much time you save. Meetings are a necessary part of running a law firm, but let’s be honest: most of them are a colossal waste of time. According to the recent Fellow Report on the State of Meetings, the average person spends over 11 hours a week in meetings.
Valentine's Day Emergency? Five Sweetheart Ideas for Busy Lawyers

Feb 13, 2025 | attorneyatwork.com | Joan Feldman |Jay Harrington

The Friday Five Valentine’s Day. You could opt to ignore it: the silly love songs, cheesy Netflix playlists and chocolate-dipped sentiments. Or, you could embrace it. Wholeheartedly. At Attorney at Work, we are all in. Because in the wise words of Sir Paul McCartney, love isn’t silly at all. Here’s a Friday Five filled with sweet ideas (and plenty of puns) to celebrate love. And what’s wrong with that? Or have you been so busy you forgot?
Email Delegation for Lawyers: 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Time

Feb 6, 2025 | attorneyatwork.com | Karen Skinner |David Skinner |Jay Harrington

By creating a clear process for managing your inbox, you’ll be able to delegate the work confidently and effectively and save yourself hours of time every day. How many emails do you get every day? According to research, the average person gets over 120 emails a day and spends over 15 hours a week dealing with them all. By delegating email management, you can dramatically reduce the time you spend in your inbox and free up hours a day for higher-value work.
Generative AI for Lawyers: From Fear to Functionality, How Lawyers Can Ethically Integrate AI into Their Practice

Jan 29, 2025 | attorneyatwork.com | Mark Palmer |Jay Harrington

Ask the Experts at 2Civility.org When it comes to generative AI for lawyers, it’s less of a “what” problem and more of a “how” problem. From developing policy to exploring new uses, focus on the value, not the fear. QUESTION: I’m hesitant to adopt generative AI tools due to ethical concerns and skepticism about their functionality. How can I begin to overcome these fears and ethically embrace AI in my practice?
Top Wellness Trends for Lawyers in 2025: Achieve Mental, Physical and Emotional Health

Jan 24, 2025 | attorneyatwork.com | Jamie Spannhake |Jay Harrington

Lawyer Wellness Struggling with stress and long hours as a lawyer? Explore 2025’s top wellness trends, including VR meditation, biofeedback and ergonomic innovations, to improve your mental, physical and emotional well-being. Maintaining well-being has always been challenging for lawyers because of our long hours, high-stress work and demanding clients.
Law Firms Groaning at the Need to Incorporate Generative AI into Cybersecurity

Jan 14, 2025 | attorneyatwork.com | Jay Harrington |Michael C. Maschke |Sharon Nelson |John W. Simek

In a never-ending game of cat and mouse, cybersecurity software and hardware companies are using AI to help combat the world’s increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. It’s a modern-day version of who can one-up the other: cyberattackers or cybersecurity companies. Table of contentsGenAI ExplainedMuch has been written about artificial intelligence over the past few years, together with insight into how it will impact and transform the world for better or worse, including the legal sector.