A Legality member recently discovered how to deter her lawyers and coworkers from bothering her when she’s
Archive for April, 2009
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Lunch at your desk without getting pestered
I spent today thinking of things I wish someone had told me when I got my first legal job. A
Familiarize yourself with local rules. Look them up and/or seek advice from local counsel, and don’t make local counsel continually remind you of basic…
Great source for Excel tutorials
Geek site Tech on the Net has an Excel section that’s rich in short tutorials. It’s helpfully
Don’t like Excel’s default date format choices? There are other options. They just happen to be buried in a counterintuitive area of the cell…
Know Excel, love Excel
My favorite tech blog, Lifehacker, recently posted this Excel tips and tricks roundup. Tons of great stuff there,
Over at Legality, we’ve been comparing notes on what everyone got for Christmas from their lawyers.
Our
Many lawyers seem to think that commas are theirs to do with as they please. Not so. There are actually
E-mail is perhaps the most-used means of communication in today’s law firms. It’s the only contact some people ever have
You might be an error-free, 100-word-a-minute typist and a Microsoft Word whiz. You might have a photographic memory and an encyclopedic knowledge of court…
Outlook templates help goof-proof your docketing
Some judges have an annoying tendency to issue orders that effectively change the local rules as they apply to one
Psychology Today features a short, quick piece on negative psychology, which “is often used to make a
