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Archive for July, 2009
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When I started my current job a few years back, I was apprehensive about the workload. I knew the previous legal secretary had requested…
If you send docket entries using Outlook’s “Invite Attendees” feature, then you’ve probably had the daunting experience of seeing your inbox overflow with appointment…
Does your attorney insist that pleadings be scanned in for e-filing rather than printed directly as PDFs, just so her real signature can appear,…
I don’t like those outside copy service reps. In my book, they rank about half a rung above used car salesmen. They dress too…
You really can capitalize — or de-capitalize — blocks of text at once with MS Word. Simply select the desired text and click Format,…
A while back, I wrote about using Outlook templates to streamline the sending of boilerplate e-mails. Since then, I’ve discovered the joys of Outlook meeting…
In one of the cases I have coming up for trial this fall, the looming discovery deadline apparently took all the lawyers by surprise.…
The CM/ECF civil case search page (a few courts might still be using the old PACER interface, but the differences are mostly superficial) contains…
One important thing legal secretaries need to bear in mind when using ECF.Know how, when your lawyer sends out a letter with The Biggest…
A while back, opposing counsel in one of my cases electronically filed two documents in federal court — both within a week of each…
While planning a complex itinerary for one of my bosses, I discovered a nice online travel resource, iFly.com.While it appears to function somewhat like…
In response to a question regarding my post on calculating dates in Outlook:
“This works great when using the + but mine doesn’t work when using -. Why???”
Excellent question!…
Lifehacker recently posted this handy guide to setting up a healthy,usable workspace. Among the usual ergonomic workspace tips like “take regular breaks” and “do…
A while back, I found that I was sending the same conference call setup e-mail several times a month — sometimes several times a…
Acrobat Professional is a great program that lets you turn any PDF into a fillable form and print it, easy peasy. Does the court…
Hardly anyone — not even Google, according to the searches I did — knows Outlook can calculate dates. But the feature is a godsend…
Is your attorney chronically late getting to the airport, or does she just hate waiting in the security line? There’s a way you can…
Productivity blog Achieve-IT offers these 10 Ways to Have a Happy Workday. Some are conventional wisdom, others are more original, but they’re all good.
My…
