Law Office Procedures Manual for Solos and Small Firms, Third Edition - Subscription
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Subscription Version - This new, revised edition of the Law Office Procedures Manual for Solos and Small Firms provides you with everything you need to establish an appropriate organizational structure to allow your firm to operate effectively, efficiently, and productively. It's a step-by-step guide offering advice and ideas for building and maintaining a thoroughly professional staff and practice.
You'll prepare a customized procedures manual that:
Presents a clear and accurate statement of your firm's purpose, goals, and credentials
Outlines personnel policies with clarity and sensitivity
Allows you to state expectations for employee attendance and behavior
Sets out standards for confidentiality and ethical conduct of employees
Establishes procedures for billing and record keeping
Specifies formatting of all practice documents and correspondence
Allows you to anticipate questions and implement policies for employee issues
Helps to ensure clients are treated politely and professionally
Entire Text on CD-ROM The accompanying CD-ROM contains the entire text of the manual in Microsoft® Word format, providing a user-friendly template for a written version of your firm¿s policies and procedures. Pick and choose sections that work for you, modify others, and discard what isn't applicable--a cookbook approach to tailoring a procedures manual to perfectly fit your office practice and setting.
New and Improved Edition Mr. Dimitriou has added new information to address the many changes affecting the practice of law. New forms and information has been added this time in all new chapters on starting and ending client relationships, client fee issues, and client confidentiality.