Lawyer Time Management

The key to real productivity is identifying the most essential tasks that drive success, and working to de-prioritize or eliminate the rest.

Lisa Solomon outlines five useful things to know about hiring freelance lawyers for legal research and brief writing.

Analog Attorney | Some people organize better without dated pages. All we need is blank paper, a ruler and a vague idea.

How can a legal assistant prevent backlogs and priority conflicts in you law firm? Find out how they keep your law office running smoothly so attorneys can focus on practicing law. If you share a legal administrative assistant with two or more ...

Jay Harrington | I experimented with all kinds of productivity “hacks” and most were more trouble than they were worth.

Many lawyers fail to structure their days in a manner that allows them to manage the day’s distractions and get important work done early, rather than late at night. And it’s a big problem: There’s probably no bigger contributor to your ...

One way to increasing your efficiency is to learn a few handy Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts. So you can format as your fingers fly. One sure way to save time in Microsoft Word (in addition to letting Word fix your typos) is to keep your ...

You can’t burn the candle at both ends. It’s unsustainable. To be a better lawyer — and prevent lawyer burnout — start your day with a sprint. The early days of my legal career at a big firm involved lots of late nights at the ...

Ivy Grey | It may surprise you to learn that one minute can mean the difference between successfully completing two tasks or fumbling them both.

Ninety-five percent of us procrastinate. That's what professor Piers Steel reported in his book "The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done." So, the question isn't whether we procrastinate. The ...