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A Guest Blog – A Blast from the Past but Still Relevant
I read a lot and some of the stuff can be pretty arcane and some of it is timeless. The other day while cleaning out some papers from my desk drawer, I came across a number of documents written by...
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“The Holidays” – A time for giving, sharing and rejoicing
Every year about Holiday time (being a Christian it is Christmas for me), I become very contemplative about a lot of things: the meaning of the season, commercialization, poverty, homelessness, the...
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Redefining worth, value and productivity
You all know that I am a social media junky and I mine many sources for inspiration, information and guidance as to how best to do my job as the CEO of ALPS. Today I struck the mother lode on a website...
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The Unbundling of Legal Services; Will Lawyers do it or Leave it to Consumers?
I just returned from the 2013 Western States Bar Conference where I participated in some of the very best CLE I’ve attended in a long time. The speakers engaged the audience’s minds, and the topics...
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To Retire or Not to Retire, that is the question
When I first started practice I never doubted that by the time I reached age sixty-five, I’d be retired and playing golf, traveling and generally enjoying life far, far away from the practice of law...
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Knowing When to Hold-um and When to Fold-um - A Dilemma for Boomer Lawyers
As most of you know by now, I stepped aside as ALPS CEO in favor of a young superstar, David Bell, and assumed the role of Executive Board Chair of ALPS. I wasn’t ready to hang it up just yet, but with...
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Malpractice Claims on the Rise
ALPS continually tracks our underwriting and claims performance against the broader market and looks for good information to help us keep the big picture in focus. Last week the Wall Street Journal...
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Independence Day or July 4th – What’s the Difference?
Independence Day is a momentous event in the history of our country and the JULY 4TH is simply a date on the calendar that we have designated to celebrate the anniversary of our Declaration of...
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Changing Perspectives: What Lawyers expect from Life and the Practice
Ron Fox, a recognized expert in career planning contributes regularly to our ALPS 411 blog and recently posted a great piece titled “Tasks to Accomplish for a Satisfying Law Career”. It started an...
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So Many Great Minds in One Room - ALPS 12th Semi-Annual Bar Leaders Retreat
Every other year ALPS brings the leaders of our endorsed and affiliated Bar Associations along with a few notable speakers and guests together in Missoula for three days of education, brainstorming and...
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Legal Education - A Futuristic Perspective
Over the past several months, ALPS Chairman’s Blog and ALPS 411 have explored issues surrounding legal education, the demand for lawyers and legal services, the cost of a legal education, and, at its...
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The Future of Legal Education: The ABA Steps to the Plate
A few weeks ago I published a blog on the future of Legal Education and offered a few perspectives on what it should look like. In that article I posited that the ABA Accreditation issue loomed huge in...
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Top 10 Ways to Care for the Attorney Soul
We all have a lot of stress in our lives and lives and the Holiday Season seems to bring it on in spades. If we don’t take care of ourselves it impacts everybody around us. A few years ago I wrote a...
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The Dreaded 'D' Words: Depression, Drugs, Drinking, Divorce, Disbarment
As I sat this morning contemplating all the things that I need to get done before the New Year, I thought about how so many people feel this time of year. So much to do and not enough time. I started...
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The Practicing Lawyer's Role in Providing Access to Justice
This is the last of my “oldies but goodies” recycled blogs this year, I promise. I plan to start the New Year with some interesting perspectives on lawyering in the next twenty years. For now,...
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