I found this article recently on the CBA website – A to Z: 26 Trends for the Legal Profession.  It’s a fascinating read and it posed the question – which trends matter the most to you? If you give it a read I’d love to hear your opinion! For me, a few of the mentioned trends really stood out as areas in which the contracting of a virtual legal assistant could help legal practitioners manage and grow their business. B is...

Blogging is an increasingly powerful business tool, but many business owners just don’t see how they can fit in time for blogging.  It’s so essential to keep in touch with your clients though, and blogging provides a pretty inexpensive way to do that.  I definitely recommend that you find a way to incorporate blogging into your business if at all possible. For example, one thing you could do is incorporate your staff into helping...

I mean political payoff in a positive way of course!  It’s election time soon (yes, here in Canada too!) and while I always follow some of the issues and make a point of voting, I never have given much thought to volunteering in any way.  Then I read this great post over at Counsel to Counsel and realized there could be so many benefits to getting involved in politics. For one, I can show my kids how important it is to take action. I...

I’ve touched on this before, but it continues to be a major source of concern in emails and comments, so I thought I’d do a short post specifically addressing the hourly rate charged by a virtual assistant  (VA) or a virtual legal assistant (VLA). I generally charge in the $30 an hour range for my virtual services.  I know some people think this sounds high for “secretarial” work.  Maybe you could hire someone local...

I knew as soon as I started planning to open up my virtual assistant practice that I would also have a blog integrated into my website.  I knew it would give me a way to interact with other VAs, lawyers, bloggers and it would help potential clients see what I could do for them. A lot of well-established businesses and law practices don’t blog yet, some don’t even have websites (or have really out-of-date ones).  I know that time is...