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Winter Survival Kit for Lawyers
Joshua Lenon Lawyer-in-Residence
Clio
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Winter Troubles
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2014 Winter Statistics
• Chicago - 67.9 inches of snow – 41.5 inches above normal
• New York – 4 feet of snow – 14 snowstorms this season
• New Orleans – First snowfall in 10 years – Temperature dropped below 23 degrees
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Winter Car Kit
You shouldn’t travel in winter without being prepared. You should also be prepared for winter’s impact on your practice.
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Lawyer’s Winter Survival
• When you must go out. • When you can’t go out. • Why go out?
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WHEN YOU MUST GO OUT
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1.3 Diligence
“A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.” [1] A lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a client despite opposition, obstruction or personal inconvenience to the lawyer, and take whatever lawful and ethical measures are required to vindicate a client's cause or endeavor.
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Make Sure You Have to Go
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Have the Right Gear
Galoshes (swims.com)
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Have the Right Gear
Professional dress layers • REI - Smartwool • Patagonia - Capilene • Uniqlo - Heattech
Photo%by%Sco*%Henderson%on%Flickr%under%Crea8ve%Commons%License%
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Have the Right Gear
Smartphone-enabled gloves
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Have the Right Gear
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WHEN YOU CAN’T GO OUT
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1.4 Communication (a) (3) keep the client reasonably informed about
the status of the matter;
(4) promptly comply with reasonable requests for information;
[7] A lawyer may not withhold information to serve the lawyer's own interest or convenience or the interests or convenience of another person.
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Pick Resilient Tools
• Tools that overcome: – Lack of Power – Lack of Physical Access
• Tools that let you communicate
• Tools that work together • Tools that you will use everyday
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Resilient Tools Pick technology that has its own power storage. Pick services over software to allow mobility.
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Resilient Tools Have multiple communication channels. Software and hardware should work together.
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Resilient Tools
Photo%by%Mark%Stevens%on%Flickr%under%Crea8ve%Commons%License%
Everyday use means no loss of productivity
in an emergency.
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WHY GO OUT?
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The same tools that let you stay productive on snow days work for personal days too.