In-House Counsel: Here’s How to Demonstrate Your Worth

1 March, 2021

As an attorney, I’ve always seen a job as in-house counsel as a sweet gig. There’s no need to trawl for new clients or chase overdue invoices. You have only one client and they always pay on-time. And best of all, no more tracking and reporting your work in six-minute segments. The downside to bein...

Tools to Tame Your Unruly Email Inbox

16 February, 2021

‘Manage’ has one of the weirder etymologies. It comes from an Old French word meaning ‘horsemanship.’ The 16th-century French art of manège is a form of complicated horse-dancing, ancestor to modern dressage.With that kind of history, how can we even think of ‘managing’ email? Some days, email feels...

Filevine's Equal Match Donation for the Equal Justice Initiative

12 February, 2021

Dear Partners, Friends, and Customers,Every February and July, nervous law students and aspiring lawyers across the United States sit down at similarly worn desks. In front of them sit stacks of papers that will conclusively decide if the test-takers years of dedicated study and labor were worth it....

What’s the Future of COVID-19 Liability?

29 January, 2021

In the last year, COVID has led to state-wide lockdowns, converted tens of millions of employees into remote workers, pushed millions more into unemployment, drastically altered how businesses operate, and wrecked our favorite holiday traditions. Lawyers from a host of practice areas also have th...

The 2021 Law Firm Preparedness Checklist You Need

8 January, 2021

The year’s headed off to a wild start. Protect your firm and give your clients what they want with this preparedness checklist. Here are 8 things your colleagues and clients need from you this year: 1. Text your clients If you haven’t added texting into your communication structure, what...

The Understated Power of ‘the Nudge’

31 December, 2020

New York City had a problem. People weren’t showing up to court to address allegations of low-level offenses. To punish this neglect, courts sent out arrest warrants. As a result, defendants fell deeper into the web of the criminal justice system, damaging their lives and bringing higher costs to...