Legal Management

July/August 2006
Volume 25, Number 4

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Table of Contents

Feature Articles

COVER STORY
Taking Control: Lawyers and Substance Abuse 
Addressing substance abuse by attorneys is a key challenge for many law firms, and their legal administrators can – and should – play key roles in tackling the problem.
BY PHILLIP M. PERRY

Getting the Business: How Corporations Choose Counsel 
Savvy law firm managers must understand key trends in how corporations select counsel to ensure their firms make their all-important “short lists.”
BY AMY STICKEL

Getting the Help You Need: Making the Most of Outsourcing 
As more law firms shift from providing traditional legal services to more consultative services, they must look for new ways to effectively compete for clients. Outsourcing offers a measurable and cost-effective solution to providing firms the resources they need to drive their marketing and sales efforts and ensuring effective practice development.
BY WAYNE DAVIS, ESQ.

Time Is Money: Optimizing the Time and Billing Process 
Facilitating better time entry by attorneys ultimately increases revenues for law firms and decreases drudgery for legal professionals.
BY LINDA BROWER AND KIRK FACKRE

Knowing What to Do … and How to Do It: Developing Proper Policies and Procedures 
Legal administrators must ensure that their firms’ policies and procedures are well defined, articulated and understood to ensure that the business runs efficiently.
BY JULIANA B. BERRY, ED.D.

Columns and Departments

To the Point
Pros and Cons 
BY JOHN DELAVAN

UpFront
Practical News & Perspectives 

Think Tank
What Works: Finding the Right Time and Billing Software for Your Firm 
COMPILED BY THERESA RUBINAS

Best Practices
One Size Does Not Fit All: Choose a Digital-Dictation System Based on Your Needs, Not Your Vendor’s 
BY JOHN METHFESSEL

Big Ideas
The Case for Ownership: Why More Law Firms Should Purchase Their Office Space 
BY TIMOTHY P. FARRELL

Off the Shelf
New Products for Law Firms 

ALA Update
News from Your Professional Association 

Quick Connect
Legal Management Advertiser Information 

Flashback
Lifelong Leadership: Brad Hildebrandt Takes ALA from Humble Beginnings to Global Success 

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