Managing your Mental Health through COVID June 05, 2020 Shawn Erker A collection of resources to help lawyers stay mentally and physically healthy while social distancing.
Ten Tips for Effective Video-conferencing June 05, 2020 Shawn Erker Advice for using video-conferencing tools in your legal practice.
Small Tip: Improving mental health with less screen time April 02, 2020 Shawn Erker A short summary of the mental health implications of smartphone addiction and how it impacts a legal practice.
Legal Ethics Checklist April 02, 2020 Shawn Erker A five-point legal ethics checklist to help avoid impropriety and unintentional ethical breaches when undertaking legal matters.
A Place for Every Email and Every Email in its Place: Improving your inbox organization April 02, 2020 Shawn Erker A short guide to saving time in your practice by improving email and file organization.
Helpful Limitation Period Resources April 02, 2020 Debra Rolph Summary and links to helpful limitation period resources provided by LAWPRO.
Small Tip: Computing time in statutes and regulations April 02, 2020 Shawn Erker A short summary of advice for computing timelines in statutes and regulations.
Communicating like it's 1876: The continuing importance of telephone skills for lawyers April 02, 2020 Shawn Erker with content contributions from Deborah Glatter and Sandra Forbes Helpful advice for improving telephone communication skills - including five times it's best to pick up the phone, and six common bad telephone habits (and how to fix them).
Small Tip: Using Typefaces to Write More Persuasively October 29, 2019 Shawn Erker Why your choice of typeface may be affecting the efficacy of your legal writing.
Paying Attention to the Fraud Behind the Curtain: Don't Get Fooled by Spoofed Email Addresses October 29, 2019 Shawn Erker A true story of how one Ontario firm almost became the victim of spear phishing cyber-fraud, and six tips on how lawyers can protect themselves from such online fraudsters.