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.
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.