Don’t Miss These Upcoming Avvo Guest Webinars
Between now and the end of the year we have several outstanding guest webinars planned, covering a range of legal marketing and management topics. All are free to attend!
Thursday, September 30 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT: How a Cloud-Based Practice Management System Can Help You Run an Effective, Efficient, and Error-free Practice with Jack Newton of Clio
This webinar will be given by Jack Newton of Clio, a cloud-based practice management system. Topics will cover what is cloud computing, how to use a cloud-based practice management system in your own environment and the why you will reduce common ethics and malpractice related errors using the technology. Jack holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and holds three software-related patents in the United States and the EU. He has also spoken at CLE seminars across the United States about how cloud computing can help law practices run more effectively and efficiently.
Thursday, October 7 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT: Powerful Writing Techniques to Help You Persuade Judges and Win Clients with Lisa Solomon
The ability to write forcefully and effectively is critical to your success as a lawyer. In this webinar, lawyers will learn to write more persuasively by using the same powerful techniques that copywriters have relied on for years. Discover what these techniques are and how to apply them in both briefs and client-focused writing.
Lisa Solomon, Esq. provides comprehensive legal research and writing services for attorneys. Lisa is also the author of many published articles about appellate practice and procedure. A nationally-known legal speaker, she frequently presents CLE courses about legal writing to lawyers around the country.
Tuesday, November 9 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT: How to Operate a Virtual Law Office and Deliver Legal Services Online with Stephanie Kimbro
More clients are expecting the cost-savings and convenience that come from conducting business with web-based applications. Forward-thinking attorneys and law firms are beginning to offer some form of virtual law office component to their clients. Whether created as a completely web-based office or integrated into a traditional, brick & mortar law office, virtual law practice is being accepted as a form of law practice management that addresses the needs of both the clients and the profession.
In this webinar, Stephanie Kimbro, the founder of Kimbro Legal Services and a 2010 ABA Journal Legal Rebel, will provide a basic introduction to virtual lawyering that will cover the practical aspects of operating a virtual law practice and delivering legal services to clients over the Internet. The session will also include a discussion about unbundling legal services and the ability to use document assembly and automation to streamline the delivery to clients online while maintaining a high standard of quality legal services. Ethics concerns will also be addressed as they relate to the daily operation and best practices for a virtual law office.
Thursday, December 9 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT: How to Create Loyal Clients and Generate Referrals by Improving your Client Service Skills with Allison Shields
Are you delivering on your marketing promises?
Lawyers make big promises to clients in their marketing materials. They claim to focus on clients, deliver ‘excellent client service’ and top notch legal expertise. But how many of them really deliver? In this webinar, you’ll learn how to take a hard look at your practice to see how well you are delivering on your marketing promises. Is your practice set up to meet your clients’ needs? Are you focusing your efforts on the right clients and the right services? Are you setting clients’ expectations properly and articulating value? Do you communicate with the frequency and in the manner your clients prefer?
Hear from Allison Shields, a 12-year lawyer and founder of Legal Ease Consulting, a firm that works with solo and small firm attorneys to establish higher value practices by developing strategies to increase growth and profitability. She also talks about preventing the Lawyer Meltdown. In addition to providing services to her clients, Allison is a frequent speaker at bar association events and other legal conferences.
