The Legal Toolkit

The Legal Toolkit

Welcome to the Legal Toolkit, where you'll get the latest trends and business initiatives that help your law firm everyday. Hear from the experts setting the standards for the legal, insurance, and law enforcement industries. You're listening to the Legal Talk Network!

  1. SEP 19

    Integrating the Heck out of Your Software; Lame Legal Ethics Rules; & “Questionable Ethics”

    Dear lawyers, software integrations exist to help you make life easier, make work faster, and much more. So, get on board as Jared takes us on a magical journey of understanding, helping lawyers everywhere grasp the versatile, customizable integration possibilities in legal practice. Jared explains the differences between direct, indirect, and DIY integrations, and gives real-life, legal-centric examples of how to amp up the usefulness of your software in almost innumerable ways.  Next, there are definitely some issues with our current legal ethics rules, but is there really any way to clear up the confusion? Jared welcomes legal ethics expert Jayne Reardon to talk about some of the inconsistencies at play, antiquated rules, inconsistent enforcement, and all sorts of other ethics questions worth examining in view of the current climate of the profession and needs of consumers. While Jared wants to burn it all down, Jayne offers constructive criticism vital to the future of legal ethics. And, finally, the Rump Roast, of course! Jared and Jayne play a round of trivia called “Questionable Ethics”. Which philosopher had a penchant for being swaddled like a baby? Yikes. Jayne R. Reardon is a Partner and Deputy General Counsel at FisherBroyles LLP, a distributed global law firm. ----- This week, Jared shares the playlist he turns to for help making the "right" choice. Proceed with caution. ------ Our opening song is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing song is Something Else by Nu Alkemis$t.

    58 min
  2. AUG 15

    6 Under-The-Radar Software Tools Lawyers Need Right Now; Succession Planning for Law Firms; & “The Shitty Olympics”

    Too many law firms aren’t great at being productive, and downfalls in efficiency are often traced to attorneys using the wrong software, or none at all. Jared outlines six productivity-boosting software tools all lawyers should have in their toolkit.  Later, what’s going to happen to your law firm if something happens to you? Don’t wait until late in your career to establish your succession plan. Start early and communicate well to make a plan that protects your legacy and those you care about. Jared welcomes Ivy Slater to learn the ins and outs of succession planning.  And, last but not least, what past Olympic event involved two opponents whacking each other with canes? It’s that time of the quadrennial again—so “The Shitty Olympics” returns to the Rump Roast! Jared describes a variety of absurd former competitions, and Ivy must guess the events.  Ivy Slater is CEO of Slater Success, a consulting and coaching company focused on sustainable growth and leadership development for high level service-based businesses.  6 Under-The-Radar Software Tools Project Management Notion Taskade Trello Asana Basecamp AI Notetaker Zoom AI Companion Fireflies AI Fathom  Otter AI Features in Your Existing Software Duet AI for Google Workspace Copilot for Microsoft Teams Passive Timekeeping Apps Clockify Toggl Chrometa WiseTime Memtime (formerly TimeBro) Expense Tracking Expensify Automated Client Communications: Hona Case Status  ----- If these software tools aren't enough to give your productivity a boost, try listening to this playlist. ------ Our opening song is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing song is In Your Head by Reveille.

    45 min
4.6
out of 5
24 Ratings

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