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Ten Questions to Ask Your Potential Lawyer

Lawyers will often provide a free or very low-cost consultation to discuss the details of your situation and give you an opportunity to ask some basic questions

How to Hire An Attorney

Maybe you’re buying or selling real estate, trying to resolve a dispute with a neighbor, starting a business, or going through a divorce. When life gets legal, you’ll likely need access to a good attorney. But there’s a lot to think about when hiring the services of a lawyer, especially if you’ve never retained one […]

I Have a Case But I Don’t Have Money to Hire an Attorney?

If you do not have the funds to hire an attorney, you may still obtain the legal representation you need through a contigency fee agreement.

ASK SCORE: Hiring an attorney? Ask questions [Column]

Finding and selecting an attorney is not a matter that should be treated lightly.

Top 10 Mistakes Made When Hiring a Lawyer

Hiring a lawyer is an intensive process. You will often hear people complaining about their relationship with their attorney. Issues can be circumvented if you make a concerted effort to avoid the following common mistakes when hiring an attorney. Not checking a lawyer's area of expertise. Some attorneys can do well outside of their area of expertise, but many do not know the nuances in other areas of the law. Therefore, if you need a contract lawyer, do not hire a divorce attorney…

Confused Law Student Applies For Job With Federal Court That Doesn’t Exist

27 technology terms every legal professional should know

Legal tech is moving so fast. Make sure you know the latest terms with this list of technology terms every legal professional should know.

Five Tips for Creating a Marketable Legal Professional Resume

Most people can agree that it is a difficult task creating a marketable resume. How does one decide what to include, or determine what to take out? How is it possible to get everything on one page?…

Knowing when to take a break as a legal professional

Be on the lookout for these signs that you might be approaching burnout in your profession and prepare the best way to take a restorative break.

5 essential questioning techniques for legal professionals

In addition to what you’re asking, how legal pros ask questions can make all the difference. Learn more about 5 essential questioning techniques.

How Land Records Digitization Benefits Citizens & Government Offices

Land records digitization helps citizens complete land deals swiftly and avoid frauds. Speak to DRS for efficient land records digitization & management.

Which Skills Make Legal Professionals Attractive for Legal Technology Jobs

How can you keep your legal career from becoming stale?

8 Tricks To Seamlessly Become Both A Business And Legal Professional

Tips for anyone seeking to bridge the industry divide -- both lawyers seeking to break into business, and business professionals seeking to break into law.

Printing tips, tricks, and hacks for legal professionals » One Legal

Optimize your paperless and papered workflow with these printing tips and ways to avoid printing altogether. Save, send, sign, and print with ease.

Legal Professionals Find Serious Success with Content Marketing

Businesses everywhere are benefiting from including content marketing in their approach to attracting new customers, and the legal profession is leading ...

eLearning and Online Solutions for Government Offices

Adventfs provides a variety of unique cloud-based solutions to government agencies across the country. These technology-based solutions include evidence-based education programs, restorative justice, billing and payment and a document management systems.

Mindfulness Becomes a Growing Priority Among Legal Professionals

Mindfulness doesn't care about class, education, status, wealth, said Don Swanson, an e-discovery and privacy consultant with Five Star Legal and Compliance Systems. When you walk into mindfulness, none of that matters. It's just brain yoga.

Legal Professionals Want to Keep Working From Home, but Will That Last?

A new study by Loeb Leadership finds that 67% of lawyers and staff want to continue to work remotely, even when it's safe to return to offices. But there are risks to firms and employees in that approach.

Legal Business Development: Social Media... What NOT To Do!

Sometimes it's important to know and understand what NOT to do. Considering the deluge of information on social media it's good to have the "Do NOT...