This section of the site has a host of resources for everything from law practice management to web design to research on the internet.
*Please note: this page may contain affiliate links. This means I may make a small commission if you choose to purchase one of the products or services listed here. There is no cost to you and you will not pay higher fees as a result of using one of these links.
I hope what you find here is helpful. Topics are listed alphabetically.
Please check back often, as more resources are added frequently!
Accounting and Finance
FreshBooks is an easy, low-cost cloud-based service to help with your billing, time-tracking, expense tracking, especially for solos or small firms. I even use it for my consulting business.
Computers
Online backups:
- www.ibackup.com
- www.cmsproducts.com
- www.backupsolutions.com
- Mozy (www.mozy.com)
- Carbonite (www.carbonite.com)
- Back Up My Info! (BUMI) http://bumi.com/
Restoring lost data:
- Easy Recovery (www.ontrack.com)
- GetDataBack (www.runtime.org/gdb.htm)
- Recover My Files (www.recovermyfiles.com)
- File-Recovery.net (www.file-recovery.net/service.htm)
- This one enables you to restore lost files through an internet connection.
Technology help:
Court information
To find court information online, look at the dockets database at www.llrx.com/courtrules/
Public access to the federal court docket database is available at http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
Domain Names
Search to see what is available at:
- www.godaddy.com
- www.namecheap.com
- www.domain-mainiac.com
- www.domainsbot.com
- www.nameboy.com
- www.dotster.com
Need to send large files? Check out:
Ethics
Hrcick.com
http://www.hricik.com/business.html
Links to ethics rules and opinions for all states in the U.S.
Experts
- Expert witness database at www.jurispro.com
- www.expertpages.com – lists expert witnesses in 300+ areas
Faxes (on line)
Government documents
Need to find government documents? Try www.firstgov.gov
Jury Verdicts
Find out what your case is worth by checking out online jury verdicts at www.morelaw.com
Law Practice Management
A great practice management publication is the ABA’s Law Practice Today
ABA Law Practice Management Division website provides news, tips, great CLE programs and more.
New York State Bar Association Practice Management Section site: http://tinyurl.com/rvopa
Legal Discussion Groups
Solosez – An ABA listserv for solo and small firm lawyers www.solosez.net
Lawtech – Informal e-mail discussion list focused on legal technology. Get tech help and find out about the latest technology trends. View the archives and subscribe at : http://mail.abanet.org/archives/lawtech.html
Legal Research and Writing
Lisa Solomon, Esq. www.questionoflaw.net
See also writing tools, below.
Legal Technology
The ABA’s Law Technology Resource Center provides a collection of technology resources and information for the legal professional. View current articles: http://www.lawtechnology.org (articles are free but access to certain archives require ABA membership)
Informal e-mail discussion list focused on legal technology. Get tech help and find out about the latest technology trends. View the archives and subscribe at: http://mail.abanet.org/archives/lawtech.html
Marketing Resources
Action Plan Marketing (Robert Middleton) – http://tinyurl.com/jzgz3
A great site for low cost information about marketing, article writing, web sites, and more.
Marketing Automation with Missinglettr – easily creates a whole year’s worth of social media posts from each blog post!
Easily create great-looking e-books from any blog, web page, or even from MS Word documents with designrr. Easy to use templates and tools. Use this to get more mileage from your firm’s blog, to create welcome packets for clients or materials for presentations from work you’ve already done. For even more features, choose designrr PRO, which lets you do things like generate a table of contents, create a 3D cover image, or export your project to kindle format.
Now that you’ve made those great e-books with impressive 3D covers using designrr, you might want an easy and professional-looking way to promote and distribute them (you might even decide to charge a fee for some of them). You can do that using Selz. With Selz, you can create an online store as part of your existing website, just for the purpose of selling or giving away your digital products.
Medical Information
- www.rxlist.com – search prescriptions
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db+punmed – index of medical articles
Office Support
Virtual Receptionist Services
Answer1: 24/7 virtual receptionists services with dedicated receptionists just for the legal market. https://www.answer1.com
Smith.ai Smith.ai goes beyond simply telephone answering to provide call screening, spam call blocking, client intake, call-backs and more. https://www.smith.ai.
If you’d like to sign up for Smith.ai or simply test it out with a 30-day/10-call free trial, you may do so online at https://smith.ai, by phone at (650) 727-6484, or by email at support@smith.ai. Use code LEGALEASE to receive $50 off your first month. This code can be used in combination with your free trial, for a total savings of $110.
Legal Transcription and Off-site Secretarial Services LegalTypist has been providing legal transcription and customized off site secretarial solutions to sole practitioners, multiple attorney firms and companies working within the legal industry since April of 2001. http://www.legaltypist.com.
Postage
www.stamps.com –
Eliminate the need to go to the post office – do it all from your desktop
Netpost – http://tinyurl.com/xvdp
Create and send postcards and letters right from your computer. You can also upload flyers, booklets and other materials and send them without ever having to go to the post office.
Press releases
- www.PublicityHound.com Information and free newsletter
- www.MarketingProfs.com Lots of information
- www.PRWeb.com A site that provides free press release distribution services and information about writing press releases
- www.PressEqualizer.com Software that automates the process of submitting press releases to the free services. Includes a primer on writing effective press releases.
Printing
Business cards and other business printing needs:
Netpost – http://tinyurl.com/xvdp
Create and send postcards and letters right from your computer. You can also upload flyers, booklets and other materials and send them without ever having to go to the post office.
Shipping labels: www.goodlabelsforless.com
Research
Need to find old web pages, or old versions of current sites? Look at www.archive.org
Don’t have a regular subscription to a research service like Lexis? You can get some opinions on an hourly, daily or weekly basis through www.lexisone.com
Public records – to research public records, try Search Systems at www.searchsystems.net
Full text sources – www.law.cornell.edu
Need a law librarian online? Here it is – for a small charge www.lrsionline.net
Legal research newsletter and links to “sites worth visiting.” – www.inter-alia.net
Alert service for legal news – www.law.com
Bill texts, summaries and status, Congressional record, the Constitution and more information can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov
Bills, Congressional record, laws, US Code, CFR, Federal Register and the U.S. Supreme Court – www.gpoaccess.gov
Find all kinds of information at – www.refdesk.com
Surveys
Take one of my surveys to get you thinking about your practice:
Law Firm Report Card: http://www.assessmentgenerator.com/H/cRacshields1139246260.html
Law Firm Survey: http://www.assessmentgenerator.com/H/cRacshields1133385230.html
Solo Survey: http://www.assessmentgenerator.com/H/cRacshields1133384524.html
Science
www.science.gov – Science and technology information
Technology
The Legal Technology Resource Center of the American Bar Association includes all kinds of information related to legal technology, including a buyer’s guide, publications, a legal technology blog, a yearly report on legal technology, and more.
Websites
Amicus Creative Media LLC is a leading law firm website design and marketing company made up of a talented group of professionals including attorneys, web developers, graphic designers and marketing experts who have come together to create the most comprehensive, feature-packed attorney website system available today.
Taking over 750 law firms to new heights since the company’s inception in 2007, Amicus Creative offers firms a completely custom website solution which increases visibility, generates new business and supercharges referrals. All of the sites they develop include a stunning design, unlimited revisions and site pages, an extensive content library and integrated site tools such as click to call technology, integrated blogging, a comprehensive newsletter system and online event management designed to engage clients, prospective clients and colleagues.
To learn more visit amicuscreative.com or call one of their marketing consultants at 877-269-0076
Websites For Lawyers is a full-service web design and Internet marketing company specializing in designing, developing and enhancing customized, results-driven websites for solo practitioners, small and medium-sized law firms. Their SEO and local marketing services help attorneys gain exposure to potential clients at the very times they’re seeking legal help and advice online. Websites For Lawyers is a sister site to WebsiteDesignandMarketing.net, which helps local business owners extend and enhance their local Internet presence.
Contact them at:
Gary Victor (New York)
(516) 238 5252
Gary@WebsitesforLawyers.net
Work/Life Balance
Free e-newsletter covering work-life balance and legal humor:
The Timesheet: http://www.thebillablehour.com/timesheet.php
Helping a Friend or Family Member with Depression or Bipolar Disorder
Writing Tools
Grammar and spell check in MS Word only go so far – and they are limited to documents you create in Word. Grammarly is The World’s Best Automated Proofreader. Not only will it help you in Word, but it will also proofread what you write anywhere else – in your emails, on the web, and more. Once it is installed on your computer, it will follow you to make sure you don’t miss a single typo or grammar error.
Please note that the sites and references contained here are for informational purposes only. Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. does not make any warranties, express or implied, about the accuracy or suitability of the sites, services, vendors, authors or information listed herein. This page contains affiliate links; Legal Ease Consulting and/or Allison C. Shields may receive a small commission if you click on a link and purchase the product or service offered at that site, however, there is no cost to you and the products/services will not be more expensive by using these links.
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Allison C. Johs
Legal Ease Consulting, Inc
Creating Productive, Profitable and Enjoyable Law Practices
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