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Update of Practice Aid Guide
The Practice Assistance and Improvement Committee in conjunction with Gilsbar
published the Practice Aid Guide in 2004. The Practice Aid Guide addresses the essentials of
law office management and contains key procedures, forms and sample letters. The Practice Aid
Guide can be found on the LSBA website at
http://www.lsba.org/Members/PracticeAidGuide.aspx
A subcommittee was appointed to consider updates and the revised Practice Aid Guide will be
available on the website shortly.

Summary of Disciplinary Cases
The Committee is in the process of preparing information addressing discipline and
malpractice avoidance. This information will be posted on the LSBA website and will include
case law on the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule XIX and important malpractice cases.

Law Practice Management Program

The LSBA launched its Law Office Management Program In August 2006. The program
is designed to assist lawyers in increasing the quality of legal services they provide.

Lending Library
One component of the program is a Lending Library which consists of approximately 180
books. Members can check out books from the Bar Center. Each year additional books are
added to the library.

Online Resources
There are extensive law office management resources online at www.lsba.org.

Full Time Law Practice Management Counsel
In March 2010, the LSBA hired a full time Law Practice Management Counsel in an
effort to expand Law Office Management services.

Solo and Small Firm Conference
The twelfth Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference was held on April 9 & 10, 2019.
The LSBA’s Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference continues to increase in popularity, size
and scope each year. There were a record number of exhibitors supporting the Conference. Held
on April 9 & 10, 2019 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, the two-day conference drew 207
attorneys from across the state. We had 45 national and regional speakers on a variety of topics.
The Conference offered up to 13.5 hours CLE credit and three tracks of programming. The
tracks included substantive law, law practice management, the latest in legal technology, ethics,
professionalism, marketing and a track devoted to the newly solo practitioner. Further, with
section support, a reception was held at the hotel for attendees on Thursday night. The 2019
program topics included the following:

-Ethical Quagmires and Things that Keep You Up at Night
-Ten Tips to Keep Arbitration Fair & Efficient for Your Client with Recent Jurisprudential
Updates
-Stupendous Linkbuilding: Provocative & Entertaining Case Studies to Improve Your Online
Presence
-Son of a Breach: What to do if Hacked and Other Cyber Gremlins
-Reptile Tort Verdicts: What are they and How do they Work?
-Protecting those with no Voice: Cemetery and Human Remains Law and its Practical
Applications in Louisiana
-Law Firm Survival Skills: Business Accounting Basics
-Finding Peeps on Social Media: The Secrets