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Professional Development: Developing Charisma

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

How to gain charisma to help your business prospects.

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Business of Branding: Smart Marketing in 2014

Jeff Roberts

In 2014, you will have to market smarter and make strategic investments to meet your firm's goals.

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Boosting Business by Helping Entrepreneurs

Nancy Kostakos

How one firm decided to enhance its online presence with a one-stop resource for founders of new companies and start-ups.

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Nurture Internal Relationships

Debra Forman

It is much easier to build a relationship with, and get work from, someone you know and who knows you and your capabilities than going after someone with whom you have no bond at all.

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Subjective and Objective Compensation Systems

Michael Short & Joseph Altonji

Data from the authors' recently published (yet still open to late-comers) Partner Compensation System Survey.

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Alternative Fee Agreements

Kris Satkunas

There have been a spate of reports the last few months on alternative fee agreements that have stirred a tremendous amount of conversation in the industry. Some of the conversation is helpful, some of it is constructively critical, and some of it is quite simply confusing.

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Best Practices for Formatting Word Documents

Roberta Gelb

Most law firms will say that their users "know" Word. The reality is that most of the documents we have seen could be improved dramatically. Unless you lift the veil and look beyond the printed document, you won't know that you have a "bad" document.

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Redesigning Your Firm's Website

Julie Gurney

As the appetite to consume and share content grows ' and our world becomes more and more mobile-connected ' law firms must work to improve the user experience of their sites to fit these evolving needs.

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Law by the Numbers

Ed Poll

Every law firm is a business and every business should know where it's going. Lawyers who understand statistical analysis of their firm's operation can explore operating efficiencies, gauge the firm's performance relative to its financial goals, and better assess and reflect value to clients in their bills.

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Federal Healthcare Employer Mandate Delayed: Now What?

Kevin Adler

With a one-year reprieve from the implementation of the employer mandate under the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), announced by the Obama Administration in early July, franchisees and small franchisors can breathe a sigh of relief.

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