Practice Management


Artificial Intelligence

NEW Podcast: How to Enhance Your Legal Services With Microsoft Copilot

Webinar: Combatting deepfakes: Safeguarding your law firm's reputation

 

Webinar: The Rise of AI in the Legal Profession

 

Podcast: How Lawyers Can Enhance Legal Services and Stay Ahead in the Industry with AI

Podcast: AI and ChatGPT’s Impacts on the Legal Profession

 

Building A Practice

Webinar: Adapting to Change: Profitability in the Digital Age

 

Firms in the digital age: Streamlining operations for enhanced efficiency

Office Sharing: Yours, Mine, and Ours

Ethical Considerations of Naming a Firm

Professional Employer Organizations and Law Firms: A Beneficial Partnership

Cultivate innovation mindsets to build your future

Webinar: Innovative Mindsets – Build Your Future Practice Today

 

Webinar: Creating a Practice You Deserve

 

Webinar: How to Run a Lean Law Firm

 

Conflicts of Interest

Conflict of Interest Flowchart

How to Identify and Avoid Conflicts of Interest

 

Human Resources

Michigan Bar Journal: Reducing attrition and increasing productivity by tapping into employee discretionary effort: Part II

Michigan Bar JournalReducing attrition and increasing productivity by tapping into employee discretionary effort: Part I

Michigan Bar Journal: The Great Resignation and its impact on law firms: Part I

Michigan Bar Journal: The Great Resignation and its impact on law firms: Part II

Webinar: Motivating and Maintaining During The Great Resignation

 

Insurance

Be Selective When Choosing an Insurance Carrier

Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance: Understanding Coverage Limits

Avoiding Gaps in Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Coverage

Cyber Liability Insurance Basics

Pay more, get less: A cyberinsurance nightmare for law firms

Podcast: Legal Malpractice Risk Control in the COVID Era

ABA Resources

State by State List of Insurance Carriers

Standing Committee of Lawyers’ Professional Liability

Risk Management Resources

 

Marketing

Practice Building (Part 1)
Getting a Handle on Marketing

Practice Building (Part 2)
Making the Most of Business Development

Grow Your Practice and Career with a Consistent, Dynamic, Equality-Based Brand

Google My Business Performance Tracking Guide

Business Development and Marketing During and After COVID-19

An Insider’s Strategy for Planning the Perfect Online Event

Podcast: Lunch Hour Legal Marketing
A Monthly podcast packed with tips and tricks for attracting more clients and business to your legal practice.

 

Policies & Procedures

Office Procedures Manual

Law Office Policies, Procedures, and Operations Manual, Seventh Edition Discounted for SBM members

 

Records Management

Record Retention & Destruction

A Sound Record Retention Policy

Record Retention Kit
A compilation of articles and ethics opinions from the State Bar of Michigan's Standing Committees on Professional and Judicial Ethics concerning a lawyer's duty to safe keep the property of clients and third parties.

How to Handle Requests for Copies

Going Digital: A Law Firm Road Map (Part 1)

Going Digital: A Law Firm Road Map (Part 2)

 

Transitioning a Law Firm

SBM Ethics Guidebook: Changing Firms-Ethical Responsibilities for Lawyers and Law Firms

How to value a law practice post-2020 and succession planning options for lawyers to consider (Part 1 of 2)

How to value a law practice post-2020 and succession planning options for lawyers to consider (Part 2 of 2)

Webinar: Successful Succession: How to Value, Sell & Purchase a Law Firm in a Post-Pandemic World.