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Growing Your Firm

Behind the Firm: A Human Approach to Legal Marketing

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May 20, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

The Diverging Values of Law Firms: Tech Advancement vs. Back to Office

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May 16, 2025

By:

Jordan Turk

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Law Firm Insights

Talk the Talk: Smokeball Helps New Lawyers Stay Connected with Clients

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May 2, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI vs. Traditional Legal Drafting: The Smokeball Advantage

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May 1, 2025

By:

Smokeball

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Law Firm Insights

New to Law? Here’s How Smokeball Helps You Escape the Admin Overload

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April 29, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Growing Your Firm

Behind the Firm: How One Family Law Firm Mastered Mentorship

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April 24, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

Mastering the Legal Circus: How Smokeball Supports Young Attorneys in General Practice

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April 23, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Productivity

How Smokeball’s Case Management Software Transforms Legal Practices Across Multiple Areas

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April 23, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Productivity

Track Personal Injury Claims and Deadlines Effectively with Smokeball

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April 21, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Billing

Law Firm Office Manager Billing Habits to Live By

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April 18, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Communications

Locking Down Family Law Data: Smokeball's Secure Client Portal

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April 16, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Productivity

Boosting Legal Firm Productivity with Smokeball Integrations

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April 14, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI For Law Firms: A Comprehensive Guide to Boosting Efficiency and Client Satisfaction

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April 11, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Automation

How Legal Drafting and Document Automation Software Are Revolutionizing Law Firms

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April 7, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Maximizing Alternative Fee Arrangements with AI-Powered Legal Practice Management Software

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March 26, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

How Law Firms Embracing AI have the Edge in Talent Acquisition

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March 24, 2025

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Stephen Embry

Productivity

Get Your Time Back: Smokeball’s Personal Injury Case Management Software Streamlines Documentation

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March 21, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Profitability

Achieve Seamless Real Estate Transactions with Smokeball's Case Management Tools

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March 20, 2025

By:

Smokeball

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Artificial Intelligence

10 AI Apps for Your Legal Toolbox

Updated:

March 18, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Automation

How Smokeball's Case Management Automation Boosts Efficiency in Family Law

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March 14, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

The Agile Practice: Navigating Tomorrow's Legal Landscape

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March 14, 2025

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Colin S. Levy

Artificial Intelligence

Meet Archie: The AI Matter Assistant Transforming Legal Workflows

Updated:

March 7, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Product

5 Benefits of Using 2FA: Protect Your Law Firm & Clients

Updated:

March 7, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Billing

Why Flat Fee Lawyers Are the Future: How to Make the Most of This Pricing Model

Updated:

March 7, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

The Cost of Law Firm Turnover: The Role of AI in Retention Strategies

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February 28, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Billing

What Percent of Lawyer Hours are Billable?

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February 26, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Law: AI for Legal 101 (Part 3): The Intersection of AI and Law: A New Era of Practice

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February 24, 2025

By:

Jordan Turk

Artificial Intelligence

Balancing AI and Ethics: The Human Touch in Legal Practice

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February 18, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Billing

How Half a Million Lawyers Now Have Access to Improved Billing and Trust Accounting

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February 11, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Billing

How Law Firms Make or Break Client Trust

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January 23, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Law: AI for Legal 101 (Part 2): Understanding the Legal Tech Revolution

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January 20, 2025

By:

Jordan Turk

Artificial Intelligence

Unlocking the Future of Law: How Smokeball's Generative AI Empowers Lawyers

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January 15, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Law: AI for Legal 101 (Part 1)

Updated:

January 10, 2025

By:

Jordan Turk

Growing Your Firm

Using Legal Software to Thrive as a Small Law Firm

Updated:

January 10, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

Navigating the Educational Journey to a Legal Career

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January 8, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

12 Tips to Transform Your Law Firm in 2025

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January 1, 2025

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Improving Legal Outcomes with Advanced eDiscovery Software

Updated:

December 30, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI and Law: Shaping the Future of Legal Innovation

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December 23, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Community

2024 in review: Celebrating a year of innovation and productivity

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December 19, 2024

By:

Smokeball

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Billing

Benchmarking Billable Hours: What Your Law Firm Can Learn from Industry Standards

Updated:

December 19, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Product

Beyond passwords. How 2FA protects sensitive legal data

Updated:

December 18, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

How to Use Smokeball Partner Briefpoint in Your Law Firm

Updated:

December 16, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI Legal Assistant: Your New Productivity Partner

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December 13, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

How to Use Smokeball Partner Foundation AI in Your Law Firm

Updated:

December 11, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Is AI the Taylor Swift of the Legal Industry?

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December 4, 2024

By:

Jordan Turk

Artificial Intelligence

ABA Guidance on Ethical Use of AI for Lawyers

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November 20, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Billing

Mastering Law Firm Compensation: The Rule of Thirds and the Power of Legal Billing Software

Updated:

November 14, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

A Guide to Legal AI Tools

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November 14, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Billing

Rethinking Billing: The Law Firm's Most Tedious Task Is Ripe for Disrupting

Updated:

November 7, 2024

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Stephen Embry

Automation

Six Steps to Better Legal Document Management

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October 16, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Automation

Legal Workflow Automation: An Ultimate Guide for Law Offices

Updated:

October 16, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Time Tracking

Streamline Success: Law Firm Bookkeeping Essentials

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October 15, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI Glossary of Legal Terms

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October 3, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Billing

Billable Hours: Understanding How Law Firms Bill

Updated:

October 2, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Automation

Best Legal Document Automation Software

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August 28, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Profitability

Strategies for Getting your Law Firm Paid Faster

Updated:

August 23, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

Choosing the Best Law Practice Management Software

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July 19, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

AI, Hallucinations, and the Practice of Law

Updated:

July 17, 2024

By:

Jordan Turk

Awards

Celebrating lawyers' life-changing work with Smokeball's Beacon Award

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July 15, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Awards

Meet the 2024 Beacon Award Finalists

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June 24, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Cutting Costs, Not Corners: How AI and Automation Transform Law Firm Back-Office Operations and Boost Profitability

Updated:

June 14, 2024

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Stephen Embry

Billing

Maximize Efficiency with Top Attorney Billing Software

Updated:

June 10, 2024

By:

Smokeball

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Awards

Apply for Smokeball's community hero award

Updated:

May 13, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Meet Generative AI, Your New Summer Associate

Artificial Intelligence

AI in Law Firms: 4 Game Changing Examples to Boost Your Productivity Now

Updated:

May 3, 2024

By:

Jordan Turk

Artificial Intelligence

Meet Generative AI, Your New Summer Associate

Updated:

April 25, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Time Tracking

The Gilded Cage That is Lawyer Billable Hours

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March 6, 2024

By:

Jordan Turk

Billing

Law Firm Billing Guide: All You Need to Know

Updated:

March 6, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Billing

What Is an Attorney Trust Account?

Updated:

March 6, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

Transforming Legal Practice: Insights from 2024 Legal Conferences on Gen AI

Updated:

February 13, 2024

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Stephen Embry

Communications

Meeting Legal Client Expectations Should Be Easy, Right?

Updated:

February 8, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Legal Trends

Law Firm Growth and Challenges in 2024: Adoption of Legal Software

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January 19, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Growth and Challenges in 2024: A Global Survey, Pt I

Legal Trends

Law Firm Growth and Challenges in 2024: Marketing and Technology

Updated:

January 19, 2024

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence in Law Firms: Embracing the Future with Caution

Updated:

December 19, 2023

By:

Smokeball

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The State of Law

Navigating New Frontiers: Hiring and Retention Strategies for Law Firms in a Changing World

Updated:

December 4, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

The Power of Empathic Communication in Law

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November 28, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

6 helpful strategies to safeguard privileged and confidential information in a digital legal environment

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November 2, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

Law Firms Can Have Their Cake and Eat It, Too: Growth as a Client Centric Firm

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October 31, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Intake

Bringing Ease into Intake with Smokeball Legal Software

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October 12, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

Improving Attorney-Client Communications: How to Work with Difficult Clients

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October 10, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Member Benefit

Announcing New Member Benefit Partnership: Smokeball and the State Bar of Wisconsin

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October 9, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Artificial Intelligence

Will AI Replace Paralegals? How to Upskill in the Age of AI

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October 8, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

10 Best Practices for Transparent Client Communications

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October 5, 2023

By:

Custom/Guest Author

Stephen Embry

Legal Trends

Emerging Career Paths for Legal Professionals With Paralegal Backgrounds

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September 29, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Marketing

Data Driven Law Firm Marketing: Technology and Data Drives Results

Updated:

September 15, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Communications

Effective and Scalable Law Firm Communication Strategies

Updated:

September 6, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Growing Your Firm

Understanding Law Firm Compensation Models: Strategies for Success

Updated:

August 11, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Profitability

Mastering Law Firm Cash Flow: Strategies for Healthy Law Firm Finances

Updated:

August 4, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

Leveraging Data in Business Law for Profitability and a Positive Work Culture

Updated:

August 1, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Awards

Meet the 2023 Beacon Award Winners

Updated:

July 31, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Profitability

The Three Pillars of Law Firm KPIs to Thrive During Tax Time

Updated:

July 27, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Profitability

Mastering Financial Management for Law Firm Growth

Updated:

July 25, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

How Data Helps Create a Healthy Family Law Firm Culture

Updated:

July 19, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Maximize Estate Planning Law Firm Efficiency and Client Retention Using Data

Law Firm Insights

Boost Estate Planning Firm Efficiency and Client Retention Using Data

Updated:

July 12, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Automation

How to Organize Your Estate Planning Law Firm with Document Automation

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July 12, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law firm management goes beyond optimizing the legal workflows for your legal team's daily tasks and priorities. Here's how to plan for the unforeseen with an ethical law firm succession plan.

Growing Your Firm

Designing an Ethical Law Firm Succession Plan

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July 11, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Awards

Meet the 2023 Beacon Award Finalists

Updated:

July 10, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

Using Law Firm Data to Justify Billing Rate Increases and Legal Team Pay Raises

Updated:

June 27, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Gain valuable insights and optimize your real estate law firm's performance with essential reports and metrics. Streamline processes, attract more clients, and drive sustainable growth.

Law Firm Insights

Unlocking Real Estate Law Firm Performance: Essential Metrics and Reports for Growth

Updated:

June 23, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

6 Reports to Run to Understand Legal Business Performance

Updated:

June 16, 2023

By:

Smokeball

Law Firm Insights

How to Develop and Grow Your Law Firm as a Business

Updated:

June 13, 2023

By:

Smokeball

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