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8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Treating Your Practice Like a Client - Part I
>> Optimizing The Firm From the Start
>>> Articles of Organization – Form Books and Templates
>>> One Sentence That Could Save You Six Figures
Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
>>> Shared Office Space
ABA: Keeping Your Office Sharing Arrangements with Other Lawyers Squeaky Clean Under the Ethics Rules
>>>> Shared Office Space – Notification
>>>> Shared Office Space – Acknowledgement
>>>> Shared Office Space – Signage
>>>> Shared Office Space – Notification When Attorney Leaves
State Bar of Arizona Ethics Opinions
99-14: Withdrawal from Law Firm; Communication with Clients; Advertising and Solicitation 12/1999
T60:S60:E8:P0
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Treating Your Practice Like a Client - Part II
>> Follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
>> Systems
>>> Trust Accounts
>>>> Third-Party Review and Reconciliation
>>>> Paper Checks and Statements
T120:S60:E8:P0
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
Sponsor Feature: Meet Abacus
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Treating Your Practice Like a Client - Part III
>>> Hiring
Half, Robert, On Hiring
>> Outside Business Interest
>> Dissolution and Ouster: Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to Be Hard To Do
ABA: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Ethics Concerns When Your Firm Splits Up or When a Lawyer Leaves for Another Firm H. Identifying Hidden Enemies
>> Identifying Hidden Enemies
Kiehl, Kent A., Psychopath Whisperer: The Science Of Those Without Conscience
T180:S60:E8:P0
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
Signature Sandwich
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Craft Work-Life Blend
>>Life-Work Blend
>> Plan Tomorrow Today
>> Manage Interruptions and Distractions
>> Plan Tomorrow Today
>> Manage Interruptions and Distractions
>> Mind
>> Manage Meetings
>> Delegate
>> Reduce or Suspend Your Practice
>> Health
T240:S60:E8:P0
Posts:
Why You Should Get Up Earlier and How To Actually Do It
by Timo Kiander
14 Essential Steps for Taking Action Now!
by Timo Kiander
Books:
The Anxious Lawyer by Jenna Cho and Karen Gifford
Mindset by Carol Dweck
The Insomnia Workbook by Stephanie Silberman
Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Build a Culture of Compliance
>> Ambulance Chasing – A Case Study
>> How Could You Not Know?
>> Don’t Assume That Just Because There Is a Clear Rule – Everyone Will Follow It
>> Additional Steps to Ensuring a Culture of Compliance
Websites:
KnowBe4 | Human Error Conquered
T300:S60:E60:P0
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
Sponsor Focus
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Craft Client Community
>> Alternatives To Client Community
>>> Traditional Advertising
>>> Social Media Advertising
>>> Decreasing Efficacy Encourages Unprofessional Solicitation
>> Craft Your Client Community
Websites:
Abacus Next, Law Office Management Software, Stores client email communications and makes billing them optional. Call (800)726-3339 for more information.
>> Grow Your Client Community
>> Scale Your Client Community
Books:
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
>> Scale
7L: The Seven Levels of Communication: Go From Relationships to Referrals by Michael J. Maher
T360:S60:E8:P0