Effectively Staffing Your Law Firm (ABA)

About the Editor

• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• About This Book
• Afterword

About the Contributors

• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• About This Book
• Afterword

About This Book

• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• About This Book
• Afterword

Part I Going It Alone

• 1 The Solo Lawyer's Dilemma: Doing It All Without Staff

Part II Finding the Right Fit for Law Office Staff

• 2 Suite Alternatives to Staffing
• 3 That Is the Question
• 4 Outsourcing Work to Freelance Lawyers
• 5 Kellie: Our Special Employee

Part III Your Staff, Your Team

• 6 Support Staff: Opportunities and Challenges
• 7 Is Your Office Ready for a Modern-day Della Street?
• 8 A Blueprint for Marketing with Staff
• 9 Keys to Success: Leadership, Attorney/staff Relations, and Simplified Action Planning
• 10 How to Succeed with Staff
• 11 Motivating Lawyers and Employees in the Small Law Office
• 12 Care and Feeding of the Law Office Staff
• 13 Keeping the Team Happy
• 14 Delegation Dynamics

Part IV Paralegals and Legal Assistants

• 15 Paralegals—you've Come a Long Way
• 16 Outsourcing to Virtual Paralegals
• 17 The Ethics of Working with Legal Assistants

Part V Rules of Engagement

• 18 Technology Policies for the Small Law Office
• 19 Beyond the Employee Handbook: Personal Issues
• 20 Legal Staff Evaluations: a Generational Issue as Well
• 21 How to Handle a Problem Employee
• 22 You're Fired
• 23 Workplace Security for Solo and Small Firm Staff

Part VI It Never Hurts to Know the Law

• 24 Employment Law in the Solo and Small Firm

Afterword

• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• About This Book
• Afterword