Advocate Nov21 cvr ezine

Articles in this issue:

You’re a good lawyer. Are you a good boss?

Building a better law-firm culture through being a better manager


Managing cash-flow

As a new firm, cash-flow is your lifeblood – learn how to project the income and manage the expenses


Danger ahead!

Non-lawyers owning, operating and advertising their “law” firms with devastating consequences for both lawyers and their clients


Leveraging the best in 21st-century tech

Ideal technology and software for the digital-age law practice


Running a multi-practice law firm

There are opportunities and unique challenges


Style, substance and social media

Harnessing the power of “social” to enrich your practice and fuel meaningful connections


Employment-law 101 for law-firm management

A summary of ethical – and legal – behavior as it applies to your law-firm employees


Branding your law firm

The differences between a personal brand and a firm’s brand, and how to start selling it


Taking your remote office to the next level

If you want to cut the cord on the office lease forever, here’s how


Paraprofessionals to provide “access to justice,” but for whom?

Insurers and other large corporations are funding this effort nationwide, with a plan to crush the lawyers who oppose their interests


The dollar cost of going to trial

A look at the common costs of a trial – and the very real cost of not going to trial


Court looks at [[case]]Sanchez[[/case]] and case-specific hearsay

Also, non-English speakers and English-language contracts; contingency-fee agreements


Recollection

Looking back 17 years and seeing CAALA’s future


A look at Biden’s judicial nominations

Also: COVID business-interruption claims take a hit at Ninth Circuit


The fight was won for non-economic damages to apply after death

Don’t neglect to take advantage of the new law


Our state organization is getting it done in Sacramento

Critical consumer legislation passed this year due to our collective efforts