Lawyers Right Hand » Excellence http://www.lawyersrighthand.com Tutorials, tips on career, excellence and work/life balance for legal secretaries Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Keyboard shortcuts galore http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/keyboard-shortcuts-galore.htm http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/keyboard-shortcuts-galore.htm#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:46:39 +0000 admin http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/?p=108 KeyXL.com offers handy keyboard shortcut lists for popular platforms and applications. Search (or surf the menus) for the application you’re using, and you’ll probably find it. The entire MS Office Suite is there, although WordPerfect isn’t. The site says to check back regularly,…

]]> http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/keyboard-shortcuts-galore.htm/feed 0 Stephen Colbert on e-mail etiquette http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/stephen-colbert-on-e-mail-etiquette.htm http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/stephen-colbert-on-e-mail-etiquette.htm#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:13:32 +0000 admin http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/?p=263

Lifehacker features this clip from the Colbert Report featuring e-mail etiquette author Will Schwalbe. In his usual fine form, Mr. Colbert expounds on his love of all caps and decries those e-mails that can

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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 a transfer within the firm because she felt overwhelmed. And, when I

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Roberta Gelb has written a terrific article over at Law.com, in which she warns law firms to Beware the Hidden Costs of Bad Formatting. Roberta explains how the incorrect (read: lazy) use of

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]]> http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/check-your-work-quickly-and-easily-using-a-recorder.htm/feed 0 The lawyer who has a lawyer for a client http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/the-lawyer-who-has-a-lawyer-for-a-client.htm http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/the-lawyer-who-has-a-lawyer-for-a-client.htm#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:02:37 +0000 admin http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/?p=47 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 requirements. You chose to take a case in this jurisdiction, so be accountable.

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]]> http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/the-lawyer-who-has-a-lawyer-for-a-client.htm/feed 0 Personal capital: Inspire confidence http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/personal-capital-inspire-confidence.htm http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/personal-capital-inspire-confidence.htm#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:26:22 +0000 admin http://www.lawyersrighthand.com/?p=38 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 rules.

None of this matters, however, if your lawyers don’t develop enough confidence in you to…

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