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Legal Management

November/December 2006
Volume 25, Number 7

To read any of the stories in this issue of ALA’s journal, Legal Management, simply click on the headline for a downloadable PDF.











Table of Contents

Feature Articles

COVER STORY
Collection Cures: Best Practices for Getting Clients to Pay Your Firm’s Bills
Clients don’t pay bills for many reasons, including worries about cash flow, questions about bills’ accuracy and dissatisfaction with the quality of firms’ work. Legal administrators and law firm managers can follow several steps to collect money from clients and avoid problems with delinquencies.
BY LAWRENCE M. KOHN AND JAN C. GABRIELSON

  • With Bonus Feature: Ten Steps You Can Take Now for a More Profitable Year-End
    BY JAKE KROCHESKI

Resisting the Urge to Merge: Why Firm Consolidation Isn’t Always the Right Answer
Legal administrators can play central roles in developing and implementing strategic alternatives to mergers that yield more benefits to their firms.
BY MARK USELLIS

Costly Calls: Addressing Inherent Risks in Firm Cell Phone Use
The use of mobile phones for law firm business creates critical risks for lawyers and the firms they represent. Legal administrators can manage their firms’ exposure by emphasizing cell phone safety following through with appropriate policies and training.
BY PHILLIP M. PERRY

Columns and Departments

To the Point
Where Did the Year Go?
BY JOHN DELAVAN

Up Front
Practical News & Perspectives

Think Tank
Gain Respect: Overcoming a Disrespectful Staff
COMPILED BY AMY DVORAK

Best Practices
Getting It Done: Dispelling the Myths of Outsourcing
BY KUNOOR CHOPRA

LawBiz Coach
Mandatory Malpractice Insurance Disclosure: Who Benefits?
BY ED POLL

Big Ideas
Help on the Way: Using Temporary Lawyers Yields Many Benefits
BY HENRY J. MACCHIAROLI, CLM

Off the Shelf: Special Expanded Year-End Section!
New Products for Law Firms

ALA Update
News from Your Professional Association

Quick Connect
Legal Management Advertiser Information

Flashback
How Things Have Changed: ALA Has Evolved … and So Has the Industry
BY PATTI LANE, CLM


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