Today’s tip is about time. But maybe not time as you’ve been accustomed to thinking about it in your practice. Instead of thinking about time as a commodity that you sell, I want you to think about ti...

It’s time for our monthly writing tip. The astute among you will notice we skipped February—apologies for that—but we’re back in the routine again.

As I’ve said before, bad writing costs you time and...

Welcome to our monthly legal writing tip. We’re continuing our series on editing. You may know that I take a three-step approach to editing: diet, exercise, and polish. You can learn more about my ...

Today we’re talking about how batching your work can actually slow you down. I know…it seems totally counter-intuitive. But completing a whole stack of work before passing any of it on actually slows ...

Today, we look at some of the common mistakes lawyers make when running a law practice. We’re all prone to making these mistakes, but they’re particularly troubling for those of us who practice in sma...

Hello and welcome to this week’s tip. Change is hard, so today, we’re giving your four tips for building the good habits you need to make your improvements stick. Want to watch this tip instead?

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Hello and welcome to the Christmas edition of our Tip of the Week. Want to watch this tip instead?

I’m David Skinner. I’m a lawyer and process improvement expert.

Throughout December, we’ve been giv...

Welcome back to our December practice challenge series. Two weeks ago, I challenged you to eliminate redundancy in your writing. Last week, David challenged you to take one small step towards efficien...

For the month of December, we’re giving you a challenge each week. Last week Karen challenged you all to eliminate redundancy in your writing. Today, we’re challenging you to boost the profitability p...

Time for our once-a-month writing tip. We waste too much energy on inefficient writing in law. Fix your writing and you’ll save time, effort, and frustration.

Last month, we talked about writing for ...

Last week we featured Karen’s monthly legal writing tip. And she really brought her training as a professional editor to the game, providing simple and clear advice on how to write for the way people ...

This week, in the true spirit of Halloween, we’re talking about zombies…and billable hours. As my friend Peter Carayiannis says, “The billable hour is a zombie…We can’t actually kill it. Every time yo...