Videos

Each year, the State Bar of California’ Office of Chief Trial Counsel, the bar’s prosecution unit, receives over 2,000 reports of bounced checks from banks holding law firm trust accounts. Some of these may be innocent error, but the public is also reading high profile articles about trust account abuse. To add to the complexity, some law firms experience the opposite ...

Cash flow is widely considered as the key to running an effective business. Many lawyers prefer to bill a client another $200, rather than call about the past-due $2000 bill with that same client. If your practice currently maintains a significant outstanding amount of receivables, then you are effectively extending credit to your clients! Are your billing practices harming your ...

From individual clients to business clients, most of the people you do business with will want to pay by credit card. Why? Because they like the convenience of paying online, having a 30-day float, and they’re tired of hearing “cash or check only.” However, we all understand that accepting credit cards as an attorney can be a true battle. In ...

In this video, you will discover how legal technology has reached a tipping point. Innovations in security, accessibility, communications, automation, and flexible cloud environments are rapidly disrupting known law practice management paradigms. Today’s legal technology trends are moving the entire industry towards rapid adoption of new systems and services that will affect the collaborative tools that you employ, how you interact with clients, protect ...

In this video, we will discuss new trends in Google search and how lawyers should be optimizing their PPC strategies to reach prospective clients. Learn how your prospective clients are searching online, the steps they are taking to reach you or your competitor’s website, and how to be there in the moments that matter. We will also cover specific action items ...

Touchpoints are critical to client trust. In this video, we will take a deep dive into specific touchpoints and how they directly affect that trust. Developing trust with clients may seem like a given, but you will come to find that there are various ways to inadvertently have a negative impact. Once these negative areas are identified, you will learn ...

As an attorney, you meet with clients, deliver the work as promised, and then, eventually, you send out an invoice. We understand that dealing with bills is not why you became an attorney, but in order to get paid and continue to practice law, you need to focus on billing just as much as practicing your passion. In this video, ...

Although they cannot be directly relied upon as legal authority, secondary sources may reflect the prevailing view on how courts interpret primary sources, with some secondary sources so authoritative that courts themselves rely on them in their rulings. Secondary Sources on Westlaw combines expert authors and an unmatched collection of leading and premier analytical materials with a deep tradition of excellence ...

Technology adoption has evolved from a risk averse and late adopting mindset to a forward looking, security focused embrace. Third Party network infrastructure has been replaced by a law office located in the cloud and proactively managed 24/7/365 by a partner with technology and security expertise. In this video, you will grow your understanding of how cybersecurity, record retention, disaster ...

Sometimes it seems like there’s a regulation governing every dollar you bring into your practice. That goes double for money that needs to go the other way — just think about your vendor bills, 3rd party lien claims, and the rest. It’s not enough to have money in the bank to cover your checks. You need an adequate accounts payable ...