Resources
This section of the site has a host of resources for everything from law practice management to web design to research on the internet.
I hope what you find here is helpful. Topics are listed alphabetically.
Please check back often, as more resources are added frequently!
Computers
Online backups:
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:
- http://forums.thetechguys.com/index.php
- http://www.majorgeeks.com/
- http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/index.php
- http://rossipsa.com/index.php - blog on all things technology and practice management related from consultant and popular CLE speaker, Ross Kodner
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.
Proposed changes to New York rules on attorney advertising
http://www.nycourts.gov/rules/proposedamendments.shtml
Experts
- Expert witness database at www.jurispro.com
- www.expertpages.com - lists expert witnesses in 300+ areas
- http://daubertontheweb.com - discussion of Daubert with a section that describes how experts in various fields have fared in the courts since Jan 2000.
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 at http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/home.shtml
ABA Law Practice Management Section website: http://www.abanet.org/lpm/home.shtml 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
Solomarketing – formed as a splinter group from Solosez, Solomarketing discusses all aspects of marketing for your law practice. For information, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and search for Solomarketing.
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
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.lawtechnolgy.org (articles are free but access to certain archives require ABA membership)
Site-tation: Law Technology Resource Center's free newsletter highlighting new or useful websites of interest to attorneys. View archives and subscribe at: http://www.lawtechnology.org/site-tation
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 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.
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.
Medical Information
- www.rxlist.com - search prescriptions
- www.intellihealth.com - info on medicine, health care and drugs
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db+punmed - index of medical articles
Office Support
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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
Links to federal courts – www.law.emory.edu/fedcts
Research – www.findlaw.com
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 and Technology
www.science.gov – Science and technology information
Work/Life Balance
Free e-newsletter covering work-life balance and legal humor:
The Timesheet: http://www.thebillablehour.com/timesheet.php
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.
In no event shall Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. be responsible or liable for loss of profit, or any commercial damages, including, but not limited to, special incidental, consequential, or any other damages in connection with or arising out of the use of any of the above sites, services, vendors, or information.
Allison C. Shields
Legal Ease Consulting, Inc
Creating Productive, Profitable and Enjoyable Law Practices
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