Clear and effective communication is a necessary tool in the risk management toolbox. You have a professional responsibility to be civil in all your communications, but you also need to know how to handle difficult conversations, whether with angry clients or fuming colleagues. These recent posts each contain valuable communication tips for every lawyer: The Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association provides loss prevention information solely for the benefit of CLIA insured lawyers. The content and links provided in Loss Prevention eBytes are intended as resources to qualified lawyers who should exercise due care and their professional judgment in adapting or making use of any content.
The latest issue of CLIA’s Loss Prevention Bulletin (Winter 2016, No. 65) explores the idea of intentionally incorporating redundancies into your practice management systems as an effective tool to manage risk, particularly in the area of tracking limitation periods. The issue also includes an article on the practical use of checklists and suggests lawyers would do well to incorporate the practice of using checklists into their legal processes. The Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association provides loss prevention information solely for the benefit of CLIA insured lawyers. The content and links provided in Loss Prevention eBytes are intended as resources to qualified lawyers who should exercise due care and their professional judgment in adapting or making use of any content.
There are many sources for reliable risk management resources for law offices. One of the most reliable in terms of quality of content is the Attorney at Work Daily Dispatch. The recent three-part series on the topic of avoiding chaos and getting a grip by Dustin Cole exemplifies the consistently helpful content you can expect from this collaborative blog:
The Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association provides loss prevention information solely for the benefit of CLIA insured lawyers. The content and links provided in Loss Prevention eBytes are intended as resources to qualified lawyers who should exercise due care and their professional judgment in adapting or making use of any content.
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