eBooks & guides
We offer the knowledge and tools you need to elevate your legal practice.
The Beginner's Guide to AI for Law Firms
Understanding AI basics, use cases & best practices for law firms.
The Lawyer’s Guide to Best Billing Practices
A practical guide to law firm billing, pricing models, and cash flow strategies.
The California Lawyer’s Guide to IOLTA Compliance
Stay compliant, protect client funds, and make trust accounting stress-free.
The Lawyer's Guide to Disaster Planning
Preparing for unexpected events is essential for protecting your law firm and your clients.
The Lawyer's Guide to IOLTA Compliance
Stay compliant, protect client funds, and make trust accounting stress-free.
Smarter Growth Marketing for Law Firms of All Sizes
Grow your law firm with Smokeball’s G.R.O.W.T.H. Framework—smarter marketing, more clients.
Smokeball AI Prompt Writing Guide
Learn how to get better results from Archie with smarter, faster AI prompt writing. Download now.
Legal Billing that Works
Actionable tips and proven techniques to boost cash flow and strengthen client relationships.
The Law Firm Guide to Changing Legal Software
A step-by-step guide to implementing new legal software.
Why Lawyers Need to Care About AI
AI is no longer a concept; it's here and making waves in our industry.
AI Glossary: Terms and Definitions for Lawyers
Master AI terminology with Smokeball's comprehensive AI glossary.
AI 101: The Legal Edition
Get AI ready with Smokeball's comprehensive AI guide.
See How Smokeball Will Transform Your Law Practice
Run your best firm and live your best life, with Smokeball
How to Optimize Communication with Your Legal Colleagues
Effective communication within your legal practice isn’t just a nicety – it’s crucial.
Using the “Easy Button” to Meet Client Expectations at Your Law Firm
Give your clients the best experience with your firm while not overburdening your staff.
Smokeball Clients vs. Other Law Firms
How are they unlocking growth in 2024?
2025 State of Law: Adapting for Resilience and Growth in a Tech-Driven Age
Smokeball's exclusive annual survey.
Texas State of the Law Report
A Smokeball exclusive survey for Texas lawyers.
The Ultimate Guide to Law Firm Intake
Stand out online and effortlessly turn more leads into clients.
Tech-stacked Law Firm Report: How Technology is Changing the Legal Industry in 2023
In this report, we share our findings about how law firms use technology today, and so much more.
Essential Business Law Firm Workflows Checklist for Attorneys
Streamline your business law practice with automated workflows.
Workflow Checklist for Estate Planning & Probate Matters
Implement processes that will streamline operations and guarantee quality services for your clients.
Workflow Checklist for Real Estate Transactions in Illinois
Streamline and scale your processes and button-up legal team collaboration.
Workflow Checklist for Family Law Matters
Streamline your family law workflows and become a more productive practice.
State of the Law 2023: The Great Automation
Download Smokeball's exclusive survey from 2023.
Workflow Checklist for Personal Injury Matters
Streamline your personal injury workflows and get the most out of your time and resources.
Double Your Billable Hours, Work Less
Fix the billing problem you may not know you have.
Get Paid Faster with Automated Billing and Payments
Get more money in the door with automated billing.
Ultimate Guide to Small Law Firm KPIs
Learn how to apply KPI data to your practice.
The Three Pillars of Successful Small Law Firms
When it comes to building a successful law firm, there are three pillars that must stand strong for your firm to succeed: Organization, Productivity and Profitability.
Hiring and Managing Staff to Increase Law Firm Profitability
Download our free e-book "Hiring and Managing Staff to Increase Law Firm Profitability" to learn tips on growing your practice and finding new levels of profitability.
The Illinois Attorney’s Guide to e-Filing
Download our free guide "The Illinois Attorney’s Guide to e-Filing" to learn tips on increasing productivity with a seamless e-Filing process.
The Definitive Guide to Better Legal Billing
Learn how with the "Definitive Guide to Better Legal Billing, Collecting Client Payments and Driving Law Firm Profitability" from Smokeball + LawPay.
Law Firm Document Automation: The Basics
Learn how automating standard documents improves every aspect of your firm's practice.
Essential Guide to Law Firm Succession Planning
Smokeball’s e-book, "The Essential Guide to Law Firm Succession Planning," puts planning for the future into perspective.
21 Days to a Healthier Practice
Tactics for personal health and professional strength.
Valuing Your Time as a Family Law Attorney
For family law attorneys who want to maximize their law firm profits, time is the golden goose that must be nurtured.
Social Media for Personal Injury Attorneys
Our e-book by social media expert and attorney Scott Malouf explores the highs and lows of using social media to market a personal injury law firm.
The Ultimate Guide to Cloud-Based Legal Software
This simple guide offers explanations to what Cloud-based software is, what benefits and drawbacks may exist, and tips for understanding the best match for individual law firms.
Is Legal Practice Management Software Worth It?
This free e-book, "Is Legal Practice Management Software Worth It?", not only answers its titular question, it gives you a ready-made rubric to use when researching legal software, and a ready-made argument for when you finally make the case to…
Choosing the Right Remote Cloud
We’ve designed this guide to ensure that you only entrust your firm to a cloud platform that protects you, your colleagues, and your clients from further disruption.
Future of Law
This free e-book lays out the biggest forthcoming changes to the legal field, some of which are already on the horizon.
Rethink Your Law Firm Now
A FREE checklist to emerge from the crisis or the crowd.
Investing in Your Law Firm
Legal Software Buyer's Guide
The Healthy Remote Lawyer
This guide is designed to add new tools to your remote-work toolbox, helping you assess your wellbeing, set boundaries and improve your quality of life.
Legal Practice Management Software Buying Guide
Solve your small law firm’s pain points + meet your goals
Your Smokeball 2022 Spring Cleaning Checklist
Set your firm up for your most productive, profitable year yet
How to Grow Your Law Firm: A Business Development Cheat Sheet
A step-by-step guide to mapping, tracking and delegating your law firm's business development.
Smokeball's Job Interview Checklist
Ask the right questions and hire great law firm candidates.
Smokeball Exclusive Survey: Law and the Great Resignation
Download the Smokeball exclusive survey.
Smokeball’s Law Firm Hiring Guide
Tips + trends to help you hire great attorneys + staff
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity
How to safely and successfully transition to remote or hybrid work.
Guide for Law Firms with Remote or Hybrid Work Environments
alk you through the software solutions and processes needed to run your best remote or hybrid firm.
What is Case Management Software?
Learn how law firm technology has evolved and what adds up to great case management software.
The Solo and Small Firm Billing Problem
Are fee-earners really only billing 2.5 hours a day? And if so, how can we solve the problem?
Guide to Implementing or Changing Legal Software
Learn how to transform your law firm's technology.
The Great Resignation: Law Firms and Technology
How legal technology helps firms of any size adapt and thrive.
Smokeball's Behind the Times Report
Smokeball’s cloud-based legal case management software helps your law firm become more productive and profitable.
Getting Automated: An End-to-End Guide to Law Firm Automation
Save time and become more efficient and productive.
Before & After Implementing Legal Document Automation
Say goodbye to find and replace and hello to accuracy and efficiency.
8 Benefits of Automated Time Tracking with Smokeball
Capture all your billable time and grow more efficient and profitable.
Social Media Workbook for Attorneys
How to put your best foot forward online.
How to Automate Legal Documents with Smokeball
Create Your Legal Documents in Seconds
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Smokeball’s Approach to Cybersecurity
Learn about the security of the client lifecycle with and without Smokeball.
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Case studies
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