Are you ready to learn how to get firm management and partners to see that running a law firm is a business? Learn how to overcome the political and cultural hurdles associated with the introduction of timekeeping best practices. You will hear how to develop approaches that make time entry an easy, daily function and still be seen as providing assistance without overstepping your bounds.
Objectives:
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Establish a culture to make time entry a daily event
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Determine the signals that there may be a client relationship issue when the attorney stops billing
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Identify the risks and rewards of staying on top of billing and collections
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Create reports that shows the BIG picture to firm stakeholders
CLM Credits: (Note that only the CLM credit available for this webinar is stated below. If a credit is not stated, it is not available for this program.)
CLMSM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Financial Management (FM)
CLMSM App Credit for Functional Specialists (who are not Finance Specialists): 1 hour in the subject area of Financial Management (FM) towards the additional hours required of Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application.
Beth Keno, CPBA, CPMA, Keno Consulting, LLC, delivers strategic and results-oriented client solutions focused on small to mid-size law firms. Keno owned and operated Juris® Midwest which provided back office law management software and consulting services to more than 100 law firms. Working with Juris clients allowed her an opportunity to improve their operational performance and bottom line profitability. As a result, she founded Keno OR™, an operational assessment designed specifically for law firms.
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