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Dealing with Emergencies

Dealing with Emergencies

So, you’ve received some bad news and its starting to look like you’ll need to be away from your firm for an extended period. You’re starting to panic because you do everything for your firm. You keep the books, answer the phones, service the clients, and file documents. And that’s just the first part of your Tuesday. How is your firm going to handle things while you’re away?

Time Management

Time Management

If there’s one skill that a lawyer needs when she hangs her first shingle, it’s time management. Increasingly, the skill is being taught in professional development seminars and law school itself. Regulators have pushed for the change as they’ve realized that many trust account violations and other competency failures have resulted, not from ill will, but merely from a lack of time on the part of the practitioner.

So how do you ensure that you’re managing your time effectively? Read on below to find out.

The Difference Between a Bookkeeper and Accountant

The Difference Between a Bookkeeper and Accountant

Let’s say that you’ve already got an accountant. You may wonder why you would also need a bookkeeper. Don’t they do the same thing? Isn’t an accountant an upgraded version of a bookkeeper?

In a word, no. Bookkeepers and accountants, while they both work with your books and finances, perform very different tasks. Read on below to find out why, even though you’ve already got an accountant, you still need a bookkeeper!