CPM ICYMI 5/20/2022
Catherine Reach
Director, Center for Practice Management at North Carolina Bar Association
Rebecca Howlett and Cynthia Sharp writing on the Legal Burnout Solution, a community dedicated to the well-being of lawyers, share their thoughts on suicide, firsthand experiences, and supply warning signs and how to help yourself and others.??
Are you on Facebook? Did you notice everyone changing their profile pictures to an artist rendering? You probably had one of two reactions – “neat” or “I can’t believe they fell for that”. If you are in the latter camp, it is likely because the thought of uploading your picture to unknown parties seems like a bad idea. Despite the app NewProfilePic turning out to be more benign than the conspiracy theorist purported, it is still never a good idea to put pictures of yourself, your children, your house or other personal information directly into the hands of strangers.
John Simek, Michael Maschke, and Sharon Nelson share some stats about ransomware (it is costly and prevalent) and 14 tips to combat it. No, you don’t need to stop using the internet or email, but making some upgrades, exploring next level protection like endpoint detection and respond software, and implementing inactivity timers for devices are some of the ways to protect against this threat.?
If you are a Google Chrome user, you probably started with it because it was fast and stable. If you find that the browser is now lagging this Groovy Post article supplies a list of steps you can take to speed your browsing back up, including seeing what is pulling all the power by checking the Chrome Task Manager.?
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The Legal Services Corporation has published the 2022 Justice Gap: The Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-Income Americans. The report covers low-income populations like rural Americans, Seniors, victims of domestic violence and people with disabilities to explore their legal needs. You can also explore help seeking behaviors among low-income Americans in different regions. Think about ways you can develop services to meet these needs and make a difference.
Any list of security best practices includes patching your hardware and software. If you are using unsupported software, you open your firm up to cyber threats. Keep up with what software is running on firm computers and be prepared to upgrade before the “end of life” sneaks up and puts your firm and clients at risk.
The last few years have been extremely stressful, especially on the labor market. Employees, including both support team staff and lawyers, are leaving long held jobs for a variety of reasons. The firm’s business continuity is threatened by the fluid workforce trends. How? There are two primary risks to consider – the lack of task assignment and reporting and the lack of process documentation.
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Legal executive with a record of helping businesses succeed. Broad experience in commercial and corporate law, and deep expertise in techology, privacy and cybersecurity law.
2 年AI-powered facial recognition is becoming stronger and is increasingly misused. Someday, people will look back and wonder why they shared photos of themselves so freely.