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Back To Law (Practice) School: The Essential Skills You Didn’t Learn In Law School – Above the Law


There’s
really
nothing
like
law
school
for
teaching
attorneys
how
to
practice
law. 


But
once
you
get
out
into
the
world

especially
if
you
manage
your
own
law
firm

you’ll
find
those
lessons
lacking. 


That’s
all
right,
because
law
school
is
not
supposed
to
be
business
school. 


So
let’s
call
this
business
school
for
lawyers

in
podcast
form!


Joyce
Brafford


of



ProfitSolv


is
back
again
on
the
Non-Eventcast

as
co-host
of
this
set
of
special
episodes

to
talk
about
all
the
management
tactics
you
missed
out
on
in
law
school.


Episode
Highlights

In
this
episode,
we
start
with
a
return
to
“Cryptid
Corner,”
with
two
brand-new
cryptids
for
your
listening
pleasure!

After
that,
we
get
down
to
business
.
.
.
school.

We
start
the
conversation
by
addressing
lawyers’
issues
with
money
(10:41)
and
then
crack
open
a
three-pack
of
financial
strategies
for
attorneys,
focusing
on
why
and
how
it’s
important
to
build
a
rate
sheet
(12:00);
how
to
build
better
engagement
agreements
(14:30);
and
how
to
leverage
passive
timekeeping,
in
order
to
capture
more
time,
bill
more
to
clients
and
generate
more
revenue
(19:52).

Next,
your
instructors
focus
on
technology
management.
First,
we
cover
the
major
software
programs
that
attorneys
should
consider
implementing
(27:40);
and,
of
course,
how
to
effectively
leverage
the
tools
that
you
do
choose
(31:43).

The
third
period
begins
with
marketing
strategy
classes
addressing
how
law
firms
can
build
truly
comprehensive
marketing
plans
(37:11),
before
covering
how
important
it
is
to
utilize
customer
relationship
software
(CRMs)
to
manage
those
plans
(40:36).


This
is
the
ninth
episode
of
the
series,
hosted
in
conjunction
with
our
partner,



ProfitSolv
.  


This
episode
is
sponsored
by



TimeSolv
.  






Jared
Correia
,
a
consultant
and
legal
technology
expert,
is
the
host
of
the
Non-Eventcast,
the
featured
podcast
of
the
Above
the
Law
Non-Event
for
Tech-Perplexed
Lawyers.