Volume 9, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2011

In this issue:

• Is Your Law Firm Using QR Codes?
• Social Networking Boundaries
• Optimize the Right Keywords

Volume 8, No. 3 - July/Juillet 2011

In this issue:

• Give Your Vision Legs: Do You Believe in It, or Not?
• How Do I Ask for the Work?
• LPM Meets LPM

Volume 8, No. 2 - May/Mai 2011

In this issue:

• The Solicitor-Client Assessment Process as an LPM Tool
• The Photo Shoot: Don’t Be Too Creative
• Client Based Groups?
• Snap Judgments Matter
• Can Law Firms Really Innovate?
• Running a Law Firm Business: Turn Effort Into Distributable Profit
• Are You Marketing or Selling?
• Upcoming Ottawa Program: “Rainmaker” Skills for All Lawyers

Volume 8, No. 1 - December/Décembre 2010

In this issue:

• Sex, Branding and Other Lies
• From Client Satisfaction to Adoration
• Do Not Let Size Matter: Think Efficiency and Drive Value
• Brochuires: Make-Work or Sales Tool?
• The Case for Law Firm Performance Audit Committees
• Where Does New Business Come From?
• Breaking with Tradition and Adapting to Market Changes
• Why Do Many Client Management Programs Fail?

 

Volume 7, No. 1 - December/Décembre 2009

• In this issue:
• No More Pandering to the Poodles?
• Final Lesson in Law Firm Accounting: Establishing Fixed Fees
• Ten Tips for Top Cobblers
• Emergency Preparedness Checklist: Getting Your Clients and Yourself Through an Emergency

Volume 6, No. 2 - May/Mai 2009

In this Issue:

• It Is All About Metrics: So As You Value, So Shall You Go
• Speed: The Cost of Financing and the Unseen Competitive Advantage
• Susskind Speaks in Toronto and Becomes CBA's Special Adviser
• If You Know Any Innovative Management Practices, Nominate Them for an InnovAction Award
• Can Lawyers Make Rain in an Economic Drought?
• Law Practice Management Section Programs Focus on New Ways Lawyers Can Achieve Traditional Goals

Volume 6, No. 1 - November/Novembre 2008

In this Issue:

• Good Accounting vs. False Prophets and Bad Profits
• Leadership Education: What Is Needed and Why
• Law Firm Accounting Part IX: Beware of the Death Spiral

Volume 5, No. 4 - April/Avril 2008

In this Issue:

• Do You Know Where Your Knowledge Is?
• Law Firm Accounting Part VIII
• How is Your Firm Doing?
• Preparing to Meet the Press
• Evolution is a Croc: Law Practice Management and the End of Articling

Volume 5, No. 3 - January/Janvier 2008

In this Issue:

• Can You Pass the Listening Test?
• Law Firm Accounting Part VII
• Inject New Life into Ho-Hum Practice Descriptions
• What Young Lawyers' Division Membership Can Do for You

Volume 5, No. 2 – August/Août 2007 

In this issue:

• The Virtual Assistant: Every Lawyer Needs One - by J. Liz Saunders-McManus and Erica L. James
• The Big Advantage of Being Small - by Paul Kuttner
• Law Firm Accounting Part VI: Beware of Interesting Work - by David Debenham
• Make It Easier for Others to Refer Business to You - by Paul Kuttner
• Learn How to Keep the New Talent at Your Law Firm

Volume 5, No. 1 – July/Juillet 2007 

In this issue:

• Law Firm Accounting Part V: The Value Curve - by David Debenham
• Law Firm Profitability: Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail - by James Murphy
• Creating Law Firm Ads that Kick Butt - by Paul Kuttner
• Thoughts on Hiring a Marketing Consultant - by Paul Kuttner

  Volume 4, No. 4 – April/Avril 2007 

  In this issue:

  • Law Firm Accounting Part IV:  Information as a Strategic Tool - by David Debenham
  • Make Money, Not War - by Paul Kuttner
  • Outsourcing:  Handle with Care - by Aïda Van Wees
  • To Store or Not to Store:  Records Storage Cost-Cutting Tips - by Barbara A. Schwartz

    Volume 4, No. 3 - February/Février 2007
    
    In this issue:

    • Law Firm Advertising is No Silver Bullet - by Paul Kuttner
    • Law Firm Accounting Part III:  How Collections Affect Cash Flow - by David Debenham
    • Employee Work Ethic:  A Different Business Model - by Cindy Wahler
    • Get Business from Your Social Contacts - by Paul Kuttner
    • LPM Section Presents "How to Get More Out of a Business Lunch than Just Food" 

    Volume 4, No. 2 - November/Novembre 2006

    In this issue:
    
    

    • LPM Section to Host "How to Work a Crowded Room"
    • Law Firm Accounting Part II: When to Stop Collecting and Start Working - by David Debenham
    • Great, We Got Newsletters!  Who Cares? - by Paul Kuttner
    • Sell by Listening - by Paul Kuttner
       

    Volume 4, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2006

    In this issue:

    • A Managing Partner's Guide to Accounting Basics - by David Debenham
    • You've Ordered Lunch … Now What? - by Paul Kuttner
    • Delegation as a Partnership Skill - by Simon Taylor
    • Law Practice Management Section List Serve Wants You
    • OBA Offers Members Media Training
    • Lose a Friend or Loved One?

    Volume 3, No. 4 - June/Juin 2006

    In this issue:

     
    • An Orientation for New Lawyers - by Richard G. Stock  
    • Product Review: Interwoven's New Business Intake and Conflicts Manager - by Ginevra M. Saylor
    • An Effective Client Service Program - by Lori Brazier 
    • LPM Section to Host Live Program on Challenges for Law Firm Leaders 
    • Call for Section Executive Nominations 2006-2007  
    • Multimedia Products
    • Publications 
    • Section Executive 2005-2006 

Volume 3, No. 3 - April/Avril 2006

In this issue:

• Essential Security - by Stephen Bird  
• Good Management is Hard to Get - and Keep - by Richard G. Stock 
• Roman's Laws of Advocacy - by Andrew J. Roman 
• Upcoming Program 
• Call for Section Executive Nominations 2006-2007 
• Publications 
• Multimedia Products 
• Section Executive 2005-2006 

Volume 3, No. 2 - February/Février 2006

In this issue:

• Strategic Lapse - by Richard G. Stock  
• Do I Think and Act Like a Lawyer or a Normal Person? Can They Be One and the Same? - by John Starzynski 
• Legal Services in Mature Markets - by Richard G. Stock  
• LPM Section Survey Results  
• Upcoming Programs 
• Publications   
• Multimedia Products   
• Section Executive 2005-2006   

Volume 3, No. 1 - January/Janvier 2006

In this issue:

• A Plea for Clarity in Our Vocabulary for Marketing Legal Services - by Richard Potter, Q.C. 
• Actions Speak Louder Than Words - by Richard G. Stock 
• Effective Client Teams - by Lori Brazier 
• Upcoming Program 
• New Chair of Sections
• Publications 
• Multimedia Products 
• Section Executive 2005-2006

Volume 2, No. 2 - June/Juin 2005

In this issue:

• Leadership and Practice Group Management: The Key to a Superior Platform - by Richard Potter, Q.C.   
• Maintaining Yourself and Your Practice Through Personal Trauma - by Edward N. Levitt  
• Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional - Exploring New Potential for the PDF File Format - by Stephen Bird   
• How to Thank a Client - by Wendy Werner  
• Twenty Lessons for Lawyers Starting Their Careers - by Dennis Kennedy  
• Publications   
• Section Executive 2004-2005 

Volume 2, No. 1 - December/Décembre 2004

In this issue:

• Message from the Chair: Four Focal Areas for Law Practice Management - by Lori Brazier
• Investing (Time) in Your Clients' Businesses - by Richard Potter, Q.C.
• Wireless Networking 101 - by Dan Pinnington
• Is Yours an Under-performing Web Site? - by Richard Potter, Q.C.
• Overcoming FTI Disease - by Richard G. Stock
• Upcoming Programs
• Section Executive 2004-2005

 Volume 1, Issue 1 - Posted September 19, 2003

• Law Practice Management Section Launches First OBA E-Newsletter
• Your Law Firm: A Vehicle for Entrepreneurial Success - by Warren Coughlin
• Five Strategies for Alignment with Key Clients - by Lori D. Brazier
• Coaching 101: A Primer for Lawyer - by Joyce Kaplan
• Getting Maximum Value from Your Technology Supplier - by Karim Jinnah
• How Am I Doing? - The Top Ten Monthly Financial Reports - by Dan Pinnington and David Bilinsky
• Getting on the Partnership Track: It's All About Attitude, Initiative and Mentoring - by Kelly J. Smith
• Computer Viruses to Spyware: Things You Don't Want to Pick up Online - by Jim Calloway