In a perfect world, all lawyers would follow 100% of the Code of Conduct, 100% of the time. Why doesn’t that happen? The key to successful implementation of the Code by working lawyers is to translate it into a set of outcome-based objectives. And under each of those objectives is nested a set of supporting practices, which…
AvvyPro’s Professional Objective #4 for lawyers states: “Ensure that you have the necessary resources (time, finances, staffing, etc.) to fully prepare cases and offer thorough representation.“ Objectives are a desired outcome, or what needs to be achieved. And every good professional objective for lawyers also has supporting Best Practices, which fill in the how. Here are two of…
The stethoscope was invented by Rene Laennec in 1816. Imagine having one for your legal clients. What must every medical practitioner have felt hearing a human heartbeat up close and personal through a stethoscope for the first time? I’m sure their eyes were wide, and it would have changed the way they practiced medicine forever. The heartbeat…