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5 SIMPLE TIPS FOR ATTORNEYS – Pt 2

In part 1 we started to address those ominous paper towers in your office.  Now we are going to the front line – prepare yourself!

TIP#2 Separate ACTION paper from REFERENCE paper.  This is the first and maybe the most important habit to cultivate in order to take control of paper. Even if you are still piling paper from floor to ceiling, make sure that the REFERENCE paper gets the opposite corner of the office from the ACTION paper.

Here are examples of ACTION paper:

  • invoicing that needs to go out this week
  • the marked draft you have to finish by Friday
  • any memos that need immediate response

Here are examples of REFERENCE paper

  • supporting documents on a matter that you may need access to but not this week, or maybe even this month
  • research on a particular matter that you need to read but maybe not this week or this month

You get the idea, right? I bet you can think of several other categories for ACTION or REFERENCE.  Stay tuned for part 3 and I’ll tell you what to do with the ACTION paper.

In addition to being AABANY’s Administrative Assistant, Margaret Langston is a Professional Organizer.  Her business, BEAUTIFUL CORNER, offers full organization services for the home or small business.  BEAUTIFUL CORNER’s goal is help simplify the lives of its clients so that they may achieve optimum organization and full productivity at home and at work. BEAUTIFUL CORNER offers onsite and virtual service.  For more information go to www.beautifulcorner.com.

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How to win a BlackBerry PlayBook: the Rules

Thanks to our Fall Conference sponsor, Sprint, we will be giving away a BlackBerry Playbook tablet PC to one lucky winner from a random drawing that we will conduct after the conclusion of the Fall Conference.  How can you enter the drawing for your chance at winning this great prize?  We offer you four simple ways: Twitter, WE Blog @ AABANY, completing the AABANY Get Connected Survey, signing up to be a Mentor in the AABANY Mentorship Program.

Twitter

  1. Follow @aabany on Twitter.
  2. Tweet about being at the Fall Conference.  Don’t just say “hello” or “I’m here.” Say something substantive, like your reaction to a program or what a panelist has said, all in 140 characters or less.
  3. Re-tweet any tweets you see about the Fall Conference.
  4. Be sure to mention @aabany in the tweet and use the hash tag #FallConf so that we can locate your tweets quickly.
  5. Send as many tweets as you like, but again they should be substantive or we won’t count them.
  6. Any tweets sent after 5:30 pm will not be counted.

WE Blog @ AABANY

  1. Go to WE Blog @ AABANY. The address is http://blog.aabany.org.
  2. Look for any blog posts that day (Sept 17) related to the Fall Conference.
  3. Enter a substantive comment in response to the post. Just as with tweets, just saying “hello” or “I’m here” will not count.
  4. You cannot enter comments in reply to your own comment.
  5. You can reply to someone else’s comment but it must relate to that comment.
  6. Any comments posted after 5:30 pm will not be counted.

AABANY Get Connected Survey

  1. Fill out the AABANY Get Connected Survey at the conference.
  2. After doing so, present your business card to one of our volunteers and we will enter it into the drawing.  If you don’t have a business card, we will have your name written on a blank card and enter you in the drawing that way.
  3. You can enter only once using this method.

AABANY Mentorship Program

  1. Apply to be a Mentor in the AABANY Mentorship Program at the conference.
  2. After doing so, present your business card to one of our volunteers and we will enter it into the drawing.  If you don’t have a business card, we will have your name written on a blank card and enter you in the drawing that way.
  3. You can enter only once using this method.

Additional Rules

  1. You can use one or more of the above methods to enter yourself in the drawing, except as otherwise stipulated below.
  2. Subject to the above rules, you can be entered multiple times via Twitter and WE Blog @ AABANY.
  3. You can be entered only once each by applying as a Mentor or completing the survey.
  4. If you are already signed up as a Mentor or you have already completed the survey you cannot use those methods to enter the drawing.
  5. This contest is open to everyone attending the Fall Conference but excludes any AABANY Board Members or members of the Fall Conference Planning Committee.

You can enter the drawing at the Fall Conference by signing in with your Twitter username and email address.

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BlackBerry Playbook: You like?

BlackBerry Playbook: You like?

BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry has entered the tablet PC market with its own brand, the PlayBook. Pretty sharp looking, huh?  Would you like one?  Don’t want to shell out upwards of $500 for one?  Come to the AABANY Fall Conference on Sept. 17 and enter a drawing to win one by using social media, commenting on our Fall Conference blog posts, completing our survey or signing up to be a mentor.  Details coming soon.  Stay tuned.

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5 SIMPLE TIPS FOR ATTORNEYS (and everyone else)

In my 25+ years of experience as a legal secretary I saw a lot of paper.  .  Guess what?  Now that I work as a Professional Organizer I know that attorneys are NOT alone – all my clients have problems with paper.

My guess is that all the paper I’ve handled in all the various firms I’ve worked for would be enough to extend Battery Park – but perhaps I’m overstating the case.  I’ve also come to believe that paper left unattended too long tends to procreate.

In any event, there are several things I’ve noticed when working with attorneys and I’ve come up with a few minor tweaks that you can incorporate your routine for handling paper that might bring some instant order:

TIP #1  Have all personal mail sent home – not to the office.  This includes bills, subscriptions that are not work-related (and that you can’t deduct off your taxes) and catalogs.  A lot of incoming personal mail is marketing related and generated by making online purchases from work – and then using your work address as a shipping address.  Billing, subscriptions and other catalogs that are work-related should be immediately separate from any in-house work-related paper.  Here’s a GREAT little video and extensive list of organizations to cut down the junk mail (the soundtrack is a little kitschy but the list is really useful).

Stay tuned for more tips!

In addition to being AABANY’s Administrative Assistant, Margaret Langston is a Professional Organizer.  Her business, BEAUTIFUL CORNER, offers full organization services for the home or small business.  BEAUTIFUL CORNER’s goal is help simplify the lives of its clients so that they may achieve optimum organization and full productivity at home and at work. BEAUTIFUL CORNER offers onsite and virtual service.  For more information go to www.beautifulcorner.com.

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Epoch Times (9/8/11) Reports on Redistricting Hearing in Queens

Epoch Times (9/8/11) Reports on Redistricting Hearing in Queens

The September 8, 2011, edition of Epoch Times reported on the public hearing held in Queens on Sept. 7 by LATFOR, the state re-districting commission, noting the presence of many Asian American community groups, including AABANY as a member of ACCORD, at the hearing.  Click on the image below to read the article in Chinese.  Translated article appears here as a PDF file.  (Thanks to Wei-Fang (Frank) Luo for the translation.)  Coverage of the hearing also appeared on NY1 (follow this link on our blog).  To read the testimony by AABANY, click here.

Epoch Times 9/8/11 Redistricting in Queens Borough Hall

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Press Release: Joint Minority Bar Judicial Screening Panel

Press Release: Joint Minority Bar Judicial Screening Panel

Recently, AABANY, together with representatives from the Association of Black Women Attorneys, Black Bar Association of Bronx County, Dominican Bar Association, Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the South Asian Bar Association of New York, interviewed judicial candidates for Civil Court and Supreme Court in Kings County and New York County and issued ratings for each candidate that appeared before the panel.  The report of the qualification ratings appears in a September 9, 2011, press release, the text of which is contained in the link in the title.  AABANY was privileged to serve with the other minority bar associations to carry out the important work of this screening panel.

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Citizenship Clinic on 9/17 Presented by MinKwon Center and AABANY

Citizenship Clinic on 9/17 Presented by MinKwon Center and AABANY

This Free Legal Clinic provides a great opportunity for AABANY attorneys to give back to the Asian American community members by providing basic legal consultation and application assistance for Citizenship Application.

It is scheduled to take place on Sept.  17 from 11 am to 5 pm at MinKwon’s offices in Flushing, Queens. CLE training available for non-expert attorneys.

Click on the image to download the flyer, or click on the link in the title for more details.

Citizenship Clinic flyer

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Free Webinar: How to Get Started with Twitter

Free Webinar: How to Get Started with Twitter

Julie Huang, President of her own PR firm Kaimen Company, will be presenting a free webinar entitled “Twitter 1.0 for Executives: How to Get Started."  It will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15 from 4 pm to 5 pm.  Julie is an award-winning public relations professional with 15 years of success to her credit.  She has greatly assisted AABANY this year with its communications strategy.  Notice how we’re amped up to the gills with social media now? Credit goes to Julie for that.  But how do you as a busy lawyer get started with this thing called Twitter?  Is it useful to your practice as a lawyer?  In a word: YES!  If you have a computer with headphone or speakers and an internet connection, you can find out how.  Get more details and sign up by clicking the link in the title.

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