National Law Journal offers a wide range of free downloadable resources such as whitepapers, case studies, and targeted analysis provided by industry leaders. Browse content below from our sponsors and partners to find solutions to your most pressing business needs.
For more information on posting content or content syndication in the Resource Center, please contact Tracey Zwolak.
Whether you already accept credit card payments from clients or plan to, these two credit card authorization sample forms can be easily added to your intake paperwork to help protect your firm against payment disputes. READ MORE ›
When given a choice, 75% of people prefer to make payments with a credit or debit card. Payment disputes can be costly and time consuming. Take steps now to protect your firm against them, and provide your clients with an easy way to make payments.
To do this, you can add a credit card authorization form to your intake paperwork. Download this kit for two sample authorization forms to help you get started. Including:
Client authorization form, either to pay a current invoice or to authorize future scheduled payments.
A form to cover authorizations for friends and family members who are making payments on behalf of your clients.
Five global legal trends are testing the limits of even the best new business acceptance models. Explore their effects, get tips on how to adapt to them, and an assessment checklist. READ MORE ›
The business of law is changing, and literally no corner of a large law firm operates exactly like it did several years ago. The process for evaluating and onboarding new clients in law firms is no exception.
This eBook outlines why and how these big trends are causing shifts in law firm approaches, provides insights and practical tips on what firms must do to adapt their business acceptance models, and identifies specific areas where technology can help.
Download this eBook to learn about these trends and their impacts:
Law departments tightening terms with law firms
10 years of decreasing realization rates
All partners needing to be rainmakers
Strategic global business alignment
The privacy, cybersecurity, and anti-money laundering regulatory tsunami
Plus – get a checklist to assess the gaps in your firm’s acceptance approach in this changing landscape.
Learn five concrete solutions to turn common law firm inefficiencies into productive efficiencies that will boost your firm’s productivity. READ MORE ›
Business management training has never been a staple of the lawyer’s education. The good news is, lawyers can become better business managers, though it won’t happen overnight.
Tackling inefficiencies in law firm processes is an area of business management that will set you well ahead of the curve, and the results will show up on your bottom line. For the most part, law firms just do what they do, as they always have done; but don’t necessarily have an effective plan on how to do it.
Download this white paper to discover solutions that help you address the five common law firm inefficiencies:
Communication
Document management
Staff management
Payment processing
Collections
Start creatingefficiencies now to build effective habits that will save you time and improve your bottom line moving forward.
Learn what effective attorney-client communication looks like today, and practical tips for communicating with clients in ways that build trust, foster relationships, and strengthen your reputation. READ MORE ›
Your words, your tone, the way you present your ideas, how often you share updates—these things, large and small, can determine the success of your client relationships, and by extension, your practice.
Download this Guide to start forming strong client communication skills using habit forming processes. You’ll learn common communication mistakes, how to avoid them, and best practices for ensuring the most successful outcomes for your practice.
This guide covers:
How to make a positive, professional first impression
How to boost your interview skills to uncover insights and build trust
Set realistic expectations
The importance of empathy and emotional intelligence
Thinking of branching out and building your own law firm from the ground up? Use this eBook to guide you through the essentials of successfully launching your new law practice. READ MORE ›
Starting your own business can be simultaneously exciting and nerve-racking. It requires careful planning, commitment, longer hours, and usually a reliance on an unsteady income at first.
Yet, the prospect of being your own boss, setting your own hours, building a business, and carving your own path can be extremely rewarding.
Download this eBook for a step-by-step guide that walks you through all the essentials to launch a successful law firm in the Digital Age, including:
This kit contains five provisions to update your attorney fee agreements, service contracts, or retainer contracts to address today’s technology concerns. READ MORE ›
Modernizing your law firm requires more than just new technology. Updating your agreements to address today’s technology concerns is crucial.
Download this kit containing five optional provisions addressing a lawyer’s potential use of newer technology, billing, or legal requirements to secure private information, or to advise clients of file destruction policies.
Forms included:
Privacy Policy
Digital File Maintenance Clause
Disposition and Destruction of Client Files Clause
Disclaimer of Liability for Use of Cloud Storage or Technology Exposing Client Information to Hacking
Online payments are set to become the norm for the legal industry. Learn how adopting digital payments can save your firm time, increase efficiency, and provide an exceptional client experience. READ MORE ›
The Digital Revolution is reshaping the way the legal industry conducts business as more and more services become digitized, virtualized, and mobile. How clients pay for services is changing too.
Is your firm equipped to meet the digital payment demands of today’s business environment?
Learn how your firm can gain greater operational efficiency and significant time savings by offering modern online payment tools for your clients. Discover the benefits of embracing digital payment tools, and why they’re a key aspect of providing an exceptional, modern client experience.
Download this eBook for an overview of:
What makes a modern client experience
Traditional concerns with accepting credit card payments
How lawyers are optimizing cash flow and workflow with modern tools
Adopting online payments is no longer a question of if, but when, as more of your clients will choose competitors who do offer this option.
Search
Sign In / Register
Sign In
Follow Us
