• How to Resign from Your Paralegal Job Without Burning Bridges

    BYTonya Pierce0 commentsParalegal news

    This is definitely a very difficult question to address.  If you are generally happy with your current job but a better offer comes along, you probably feel a little sad about leaving.  This makes it much easier to leave your job without burning bridges. However, if you are miserable, frustrated, and angry, it makes it […]

  • 2 Quick Tips to Improve Your Legal Writing

    BYJason Long0 commentsLegal hot topics

    Legal writing is all about strong language, and brevity. Here are some tips to improve your legal writing. Avoid passive voice when you can: Use active voice whenever possible. This not only sounds better, but it’s also more persuasive. It’s now commonplace to speak and write using passive language, but with a little bit of […]

  • Free Marketing Tools for Attorneys

    BYTeresa Shaw0 commentsMarketing Tips

    One of the best things about blogging with AgileLaw is that I am free to talk about and share the marketing information and tools that I think will help you the most without worrying about giving away too much. Because Agile Law isn’t a marketing company, there is no conflict of interest, so over the […]

  • Paralegal tips: My morning ritual

    BYTonya Pierce2 commentsParalegal news

    I realized early in my career that having a routine each morning made me more productive during the day. It became so important to me that I began arriving at work early just so that I could be alone to prepare for my day. On days when I was unable to follow my normal routine […]

  • Bill Cosby and settling before taking a deposition

    BYCyclone Covey0 commentsDeposition Tips

    Bill Cosby. All I can say is “WOW.” I haven’t seen the entire transcript, but the portions I have read are mind-blowing.This is the best link I can find summarizing some of Cosby’s most inflammatory testimony. I’ve been involved in lots of depositions and seen a bunch of incredible deposition videos, but this testimony is […]

  • Is it time to boost your online marketing budget?

    BYTeresa Shaw0 commentsMarketing Tips

    Do you hear that noise? That swoosh followed by the sound of a cash register? Do you know what it is? The sound of your competitors skirting by you in search engine results, social networking, and online brand awareness. It’s the sound of your competition reaching the clients that you’re qualified to represent. It’s a […]

  • 3 worst ways to break bad news to a client

    BYTonya Pierce1 commentsParalegal news

    Regardless of the type of law your law firm practices, you’ll occasionally be required to deliver bad news to a client. It’s never easy to give a client bad news (especially when you have no idea how they will react), but putting it off is never a wise choice. While you can’t change the circumstances, […]

  • AgileLaw E-Exhibits Wins LTN Innovation Award for “Best Mobile Tool”

    BYThomas Allen0 commentsCompany

    Last week, Legaltech News awarded us with the 2015 Innovation Award for “Best Mobile Tool” for our e-exhibit software. The LTN Innovation Awards “recognize outstanding achievement” from technology providers and tech-savvy lawyers, and we are honored that our hard work and dedication to making our product the best in its class was recognized with this […]

  • Should your firm engage in competitive keyword advertising?

    BYTeresa Shaw0 commentsMarketing Tips

    If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know how important brand marketing and awareness is to online marketing success. And you know it takes a lot of work to get ranked high in search engine results pages. What you may not know is that a good bit of that work involves analyzing […]

  • 10 ways to advance your paralegal career

    BYTonya Pierce2 commentsParalegal news

    If you search online for “how to advance my paralegal career,” the result will be pages and pages of paralegal programs and paralegal schools. There are also several exams offered by various paralegal associations to become a certified paralegal and/or certified in specific areas of law. Unfortunately, not everyone has the time or the funds […]