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Room for Improvement  |  January 2016

6/1/2016

 
No matter how long you’ve been practicing law, there are doubtless areas in which you still have room for improvement.  If you need to work on clarity in your speech, you’ll appreciate Stop ‘Rough-Drafting’ and Learn to Speak with Precision. If you’re struggling with business development, the tips in Upping Your Marketing Game may help. And if you’ve taken on an enormous challenge but don’t know where to begin, start with How to Master Complex, Unfamiliar Tasks.
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But don’t try to do it all at once. As explained in Multitasking is a Major Mistake, your productivity and effectiveness declines when you try to do more than one task at a time.

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.

Risk Avoidance: Ineffective Counsel Allegations  |  December 2015

11/12/2015

 
Defending against allegations of provision of ineffective counsel is a risk that criminal defence lawyers, in particular, may face. Practical tips on how defence lawyers can protect can protect themselves against such claims is found in the post, Allegations of Ineffective Trial Counsel and the Importance of Documenting Your Files, published in the November issue of LIANSwers.

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.

Avoiding Imbalance  |  November 2015

27/11/2015

 
Lawyer wellness becomes a potential risk management issue in its absence. When lawyers are struggling with mental health, career dissatisfaction and imbalance, the risk that errors will be made increases. The following recent posts provide some helpful starting points for those who are finding themselves losing balance:
  • How to find work/life balance (really)
  • Why You’re So Unhappy
  • What can lawyers do to manage and conquer anxiety? (podcast)

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.

Before you hit “Send”  |  November 2015

10/11/2015

 
Although lawyers have been communicating with email for many years, like any form of communication, there is a tendency to ignore or forget the “rules” of email as time passes. Good manners, grammar, spelling, tone and more all have their place in email. If you (or a colleague!) need a refresher on how to write effective and appropriate emails, give a close read to Avoiding Cringeworthy Emails: Considerations Attorneys Should Make Before They Hit “Send”. You won’t regret the few minutes spent and those you email regularly may just thank you.

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.

Managing in a stressful work environment  |  October 2015

28/10/2015

 
​Dealing with the stress of increasingly complex legal problems in a competitive and high-pressure office environment will soon take a toll on even the most seasoned and resilient lawyer.
If finding a better way to manage the stress in your work environment is on your mind, these recent posts provide a helpful starting point:
  • Your workplace: Being happier where you are, or getting to a better place
  • 12 Ways to Get Your Head Straight
Then, consider reaching out to your local Lawyer Assistance Program. There are LAPs across the country with resources dedicated to meeting the needs of the legal profession. If you need help, please take advantage of these programs.

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.

Don't let your guard down  |  October 2015

7/10/2015

 
​The September fraud report from our colleagues at LawPro suggests the need for ongoing vigilance in law firms as both reports of fraudulent email schemes and their posts on new attempts doubled over the previous month. 
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Meanwhile, Lawyers Mutual of North Carolina has warned against ongoing attempts to defraud lawyers with last minute emailed changes in wiring instructions, purporting to come from the email address of one of the parties to the transaction in progress.

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.

More Tools for Law Practice Management  |  September 2015

23/9/2015

 
Legal Toolkit is a resource for lawyers and law firm managers on current issues and topics relating to law practice management. Jared Correia and Heidi Alexander, both practice advisors with Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, post monthly podcasts on topics including:
  • The Future of Law Firm Communication: Is email on the way out?
  • The Lean Startup: Eliminating Wasteful Practices in Your Law Firm
  • What Does the 21st Century Legal Career Look Like?
Legal Toolkit is part of Legal Talk Network, a site that also includes podcasts on a wide range of other topics of interest to lawyers.

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.

Available now: Summer 2015 Loss Prevention Bulletin  |  September 2015

9/9/2015

 
The Summer 2015 issue of the CLIA Loss Prevention Bulletin is now available online. Articles in Issue #63 include:
  • Bulletin #226 – Expecting the Unexpected
  • Bulletin #227 – Billable Hours: Is More Always Better?

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.

Mental Health & Wellness in the Legal Profession  |  August 2015

28/8/2015

 
The Canadian Bar Association recently rolled out a new and free online course for lawyers, Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession. Co-sponsored by CBA Wellness, Mood Disorders Society of Canada and Bell Let’s Talk, the course is available to lawyers regardless of whether they are CBA members and is described as:
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 …a national self-learning program designed to provide Canadian lawyers, judges and law students education, supports and resources to assist them in understanding mental health and addiction issues. In this program, you will acquire knowledge about mood disorders, causes, symptoms and treatment options, fostering positive prevention strategies, treatment and recovery strategies for depression, anxiety, addiction and stress, reducing stigmatizing behaviours, attitudes and effects, and offering support and resources for recovery and the maintenance of wellness.

The goal of the program is to expand individual’s knowledge about mental health issues and tocontribute to the building of a culture of wellness and self-care throughout the legal profession in Canada.

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.

Don’t Forget the Limitation Date!  |  July 2015

31/7/2015

 
Missed limitation dates continue to result in a significant number of malpractice claims against lawyers every year.  

In the post, Don’t Blow it with those Statutes of Limitation Dates, Mark Bassingthwaite writes:

“One would think that with the rise of computerized calendaring systems there would be a decrease in the frequency of these types of errors. Unfortunately, it hasn’t played out that way. In fact, now-a-days malpractice carriers classify some of these claims as a failure to respond to the calendar. The calendaring system worked; but for one reason or another, the attorney just didn’t get the job done.”
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If this rings at all true, whether for your own practice or a colleague’s, read Bassingthwaite’s six simple reminders for how to avoid missing limitation dates in your practice.

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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