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Welcome to
www.calbar.ca.gov/lpmt
the website for the
Law Practice Management
and Technology Section
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 Register now for the largest gathering of California
Lawyers and Legal Professionals:
The 82nd State Bar of California
Annual Meeting
September 10-13, 2009
San Diego
- Earn up to 18.5 Hours of MCLE
- Strategic Solutions to Practicing Law
- Thought-Provoking Discussions with Lawyers and Judges
- Expand and Build Networks
The Annual Meeting willl feature 130+ legal education courses,
exhibit hall, and more! CLE programs at the Annual Meeting are
organized across four distinct content tracks, For full
information, see State Bar of California Annual Meeting.
The Law Practice Management and Technology Section is
presenting:
- Program 55 -- Financial Practice
Management in a Down Economy
- Program 67 -- Employing Paralegals:
Essential Do's and Don'ts
- Program 139 -- New Strategies for Winning
The Document Production War
Now Available: The California Guide to Opening
and Managing a Law Office
 The California Guide to Opening
and Managing a Law Office, newly written and published by the State
Bar of California, is now available for purchase online. As a sole
practitioner or the head of a small firm, you must act as so much
more than just CEO; you also must also wear the hats of Chief
Financial Officer, Human Resources Director, Chief Technology
Officer, and more. This is the guide, created by experts, to help
you with all the roles you must undertake and tasks you must
accomplish to make your practice flourish. See the Sections Bookstore for more details.
 ABA Books at a Discount
- Plus Special Reduction for All Section Members
Members of the State Bar can now recieve a 15%
discount on any ABA book (or books) and all Section members receive a 35% discount on
any ABA book (or books). This is a great benefit for
all Section members as the savings on even a single purchase could
be equal to or even exceed the cost of an annual Section
membership. For instance, the savings on a purchase of $200 would
be equivalent to $70. Here’s how the ABA discount program
works:
- All Section members are
eligible for a 35% discount. The Section Member Discount Code can be found
on a special "member-only" page accessible to all Section members.
Once you have the discount code simply visit the ABA web bookstore
at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, select any book (or books)
for purchase and during checkout, enter the special 35% discount
code. To access the 35% discount code,
click HERE. You will need to log into your State Bar
Profile to access the link.
- Non-Section members
can obtain a 15% discount. Visit the ABA web bookstore at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, and select any book (or
books) for purchase. During checkout, enter the special 15%
discount code PAB6ECABPW1 at
checkout.
There is a wide range of books available at the
ABA web bookstore including practice related books and law practice
management books focusing on finance, technology, management and
marketing.
There are even ABA books written by your State
Bar of California colleagues, from Jay
Foonberg (How to Start and Build
a Law Practice, 5th Edition) to Edward Poll (Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of
Law, 2nd Edition and Collecting
Your Fee: Getting Paid From Intake to Invoice) to Carole Levitt (The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the
Internet, 3rd Edition).
Note:
Discount does not apply to ABA-CLE iPod products.)
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The Bottom Line on
CD-ROM. The Section is pleased offer 24 years of articles on
CD-ROM free to members! The Bottom Line is the official publication
of the State Bar of California Law Practice Management &
Technology Section.
The LPMT Exectuvie Committee has created a
CD-ROM containing a full-text searchable archive of articles from
all available issues of The Bottom Line as an added benefit
exclusively for members of the Section.
- Full-text archive of Bottom Line articles
- More than 100 issues from 1979-2002
- Browse Individual Issues by year
- Keyword search the entire archive
Current, active members of the Section received
a complimentary copy of this CD-ROM included in the envelope with
the August issue of The Bottom Line. For questions regarding the
use of the CD, e-mail lpmt-cd@netforlawyers.com.
For More
Information on Using Your New CD, Click Here
Free MCLE for Section Members.
Non-Members Pay Only $20/hour
Every issue of the Law Practice Management
& Technology Section newsletter, The Bottom
Line, contains an article and quiz that can be submitted for
one hour of MCLE credit. This credit is available free to LPMT
section members and is only $20 for non-members.
We now have available a large assortment of
online tests (pdf format), including in all of the MCLE subfields.
It's easy to get credit: Simply read the article, complete the
short quiz, and follow direction on the quiz to submit answers to
the Section.
We offer tests in the following areas:
Books
Authored by Current and Former LPMT Executive Committee Members
- Carole A. Levitt (former
Chair of the LPMT Section and current Advisor)
- The Cybersleuth's Guide to the
Internet: Conducting Effective Investigative & Legal Research
on the Web, 9th edition, IFL Press 2008. See
http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
- The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding
on the Internet, Third Edition by Carole A. Levitt and Mark Rosch has recently been published by the
American Bar Association. Written especially for legal
professionals, this newly revised and expanded 640-page edition is
a complete, hands-on guide to the best sites, secrets, and
shortcuts for conducting efficient research on the Web. The book
describes the difference between legal research and fact-finding,
demonstrates the distinction between the "visible" and "invisible"
Web, and illustrates how to find information on each. For more
information, contact Carole Levitt or go to www.internetfactfinder.com.
- Ed Poll (former Chair and current Advisor of
the LPMT Section) has written many books. For more information, see
http://store.lawbiz.com/books.php.
- Law Firm Fees & Compensation:
Value & Growth Dynamics: A LawBiz® Management
Special Report
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
Planning for Law Firms: A LawBiz® Management Special
Report
- The Successful Lawyer – Banker
Relationship: A LawBiz® Management Special
Report
- More Secrets of The Business of
Law®
- Business Competency for Lawyers: A
Lawbiz® Management Special Report
- Selling Your Law Practice: The
Profitable Exit Strategy
- Collecting Your Fee: Getting Paid
from Intake to Invoice
- Attorney & Law Firm Guide to The
Business of Law: Planning and Operating for Survival and Growth,
Second Edition
- Secrets of The Business of
Law®: Successful Practices for Increasing Your
Profits!
- The Profitable Law Office Handbook:
Attorney's Guide to Successful Business Planning
- Carol Langford (former Chair
and current Advisor of the LPMT Section) co-authored two books:
- Legal Ethics in the Practice of
Law
- The Moral Compass of the American
Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power, and Greed
- Coming soon: Russell Jackman and Alex Lubarsky "Electronic Discovery".
SAVE MONEY WITH CEB
 Continuing Education
of the Bar, California (CEB) is extending some special discount
offers to our section. As a member of the Law Practice Management
and Technology Section, you're eligible for:
- 10% off selected CEB print or online books
- A rebate on your section dues that can be applied to the cost
of a CEB Gold CLE Passport or a CLE program ticket
A complete list of the products eligible for a discount is
available on a CEB web page accessible through our Members Only Area. Information about the section dues
rebate program can be found on the CEB Web site.
PUBLIC AREA
SERVICES
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Recent Articles -- Selected recent articles from the Law
Practice Management & Technology Section's "The Bottom Line"
newsletter. Every member of the section receives a complimentary
copy of this newsletter. Non-members can earn one hour of MCLE
credit for only $20.00. This credit is free to Section
members.
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Education -- a calendar of Section events and information about
ongoing opportunities for MCLE, including online audio and video
and self-study by audiocassette.
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Section Executive Committee -- The full roster of the Section's
Executive Committee is available here.
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Section Membership Information
LPMT Section, 180 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-538-2520 , FAX
415-538-2368
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