| I. Automation | II. Billing Practices | III. Legal Ethics |
| IV. Malpractice | V. Management | VI. Marketing |
| VII. Periodicals | VIII. Databases | IX. Internet Resources |
Brenden, Ann E. and Goodhue, John D. The Lawyer's Guide to Creating Persuasive Computer
Presentations. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: General Practice Section, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/320/A9/B73/2005
Kennedy, Dennis M. and Mighell, Thomas L. The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and
Technologies. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association
2008.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/320/A9/K46/2008
Levitt, Carole A. and Rosch, Mark E. The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet. 3rd
ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2006.
Location: Ref/KF/242A1/B55/2006
Nelson, Sharon D.; Simek, John W.; and Maschke, Michael C. The 2008 Solo and Small Firm
Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple. Chicago, IL: Section of Law
Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2008.
Location: KF/320/A9/N45/2008
Perritt, Henry H. How to Practice Law with Computers. 3rd ed. New York: Practicing Law
Institute, 1998. (Last supplement 2000)
Location: KF/320/A9/P47/1998
American Bar Association. ABA Commission on Billable Hours Report, 2001-2002. Chicago,
IL: American Bar Association, 2002.
Location: KF/316/A945/2002
Brennan, Frank. Focusing on Profitability: A Lawyer's Guide to Approaching New Markets,
Engaging New Clients, Capitalizing on Competitors, Improving Service, Structuring Fees and
Billing, Adapting TQM to the Legal Setting, and Other Strategies for Developing a More
Successful Practice. Chicago, IL: General Practice Section, American Bar Association, 1994.
Location: KF/316.5/B75/1994
Compensation Plans for Law Firms. 4th ed. James D. Cotterman, editor. Chicago, IL: Law
Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2004.
Location: KF/315/Z9/C66/2004
Greene, Arthur G. The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue: Unlocking the Profit Potential in
Your Firm. Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/316/G74/2005
Iezzi, John G.. Results-Oriented Financial Management: A Step by Step Guide to Law Firm
Profitability. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2003.
Location: KF/320/A2/I39/2003
Kritzer, Herbert M. Risks, Reputations, and Rewards: Contingency Fee Legal Practice in the
United States. Stanford, CA: Stanford Law and Politics / Stanford University Press, 2004.
Location: KF/310/C6/K755/2004
Morgan, J. Harris. How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Section of Law
Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2003.
Location: KF/316/M67/2003
Mosten, Forrest S. Unbundling Legal Services: A Guide to Delivering Legal Services A La
Carte. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association,2000.
Location: KF/311/M67/2000
Poll, Edward. Collecting Your Fee: Getting Paid from Intake to Invoice. Chicago, IL: Section of
Law Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2003.
Location: KF/316/P65/2003
Ross, William G. The Honest Hour: the Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys. Durham, NC:
Carolina Academic Press, 1996.
Location: KF/316/R67/1996
Tabarrok, Alexander and Helland, Eric. Two Cheers for Contingent Fees. Washington, D.C.:
AEI Press, 2005.
Location: KF/310/C6/T33/2005
Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies that Work. 2nd ed. James A. Calloway, et
al. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2002.
Location: KF/316/W56/2002
III. Legal Ethics
ABA / BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National
Affairs. (With current supplements)
Location: Reference Collection KF/305/A8/A25
Law Library Web Site: http://lawyersmanual.bna.com/mopw/
ABA Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards. Chicago, IL: Center for
Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 2008.
Location: KF/305/A2
American Bar Association. Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct. 6th ed. Chicago, IL:
Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/305/A2/2007
The American Legal Ethics Library. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.
Location: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/
Aronson, Robert H. Professional Responsibility in a Nutshell. 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: West
Publishing Co., 1991.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/Z9/A76 1991
Crystal, Nathan M. Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession. 2d
ed. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law & Business, 2000.
Location: KF/306/C79/2000
Ethics for Wisconsin Lawyers. Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison Law School,
Continuing Legal Education, 2007.
Location: KFW/2476.5/E87/2007
Ethics in Practice Lawyers' Roles, Responsibilities, and Regulation. Deborah Rhode, editor.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Location: KF/306/E844/2000
Fortune, William H. Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook: the Limits of
Zealous Advocacy. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law & Business, 2001.
Location: KF/306/F67/2001
Foundations of the Law and Ethics of Lawyering. George M. Cohen and Susan P.Koniak,
editors. New York: Foundation Press, 2004.
Location: KF/306/A4/F68/2004
Hazard, Geoffrey C. and W. William Hodes. The Law of Lawyering: A Handbook on the Model
Rules of Professional Conduct. 3rd ed. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law & Business, 2001.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/H33/2001
Hornsby, William. Marketing and Legal Ethics: the Boundaries of Promoting Legal Services.
3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2000.
Location: KF/310/A3/H4/2000
Joint Committee on Inter-Professional Relations. Interprofessional Code. Madison, WI: State
Bar of Wisconsin and State Medical Society, 1990.
Location: KFW/2476.5/A2/J65/1990
Kaufman, Andrew L. and Wilkins, David B. Problems in professional responsibility for a
changing profession. 4th ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2002.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/A4/K3/2002
The Law Governing Lawyers: National Rules, Standards, Statutes, and State Lawyer Codes.
New York, NY: Aspen Publishers, 2005 -.
Location: KF 306/Z95/L38 (Includes CD with State Codes)
Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader. Susan Carle, editor. New
York: New York University Press, 2005.
Location: KF/306/L378/2005
Legal Ethics: the Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility. St. Paul, MN: West
Group, 2006/2007..
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/L44
Lerman, Lisa G. Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers,
2005.
Location: KF/306/A4/L47/2005
Morgan, Thomas D. Lawyer Law: Comparing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
with the ALI Restatement (third) of the Law Governing Lawyers. Chicago, IL: Center for
Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/306/M667/2005
Practical Legal Ethics in Wisconsin: Issues and Answers. Nathaniel Cade ...[et al.] Eau Claire,
WI: National Business Institute, 2002.
Location: KFW/2476.5/A2/P73/2002
Rotunda, Ronald D. Legal Ethics in a Nutshell. 3rd ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2007
Location: Reserve Collection KF/R688/2007
Rotunda, Ronald D. Professional Responsibility. 7th ed. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 2004.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/Z9/R67/2004
Shafer, Thomas L. Lawyers, Clients and Moral Responsibility. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing
Co., 1994.
Location: KF/306/S455/1994
Wisconsin Ethics Opinions. Madison, WI: CLE Books, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1990. (Last
updated 2007)
Location: Reserve Collection KFW/2476.5/A2/A5/1990
Ethics opinions are also published in issues of The Wisconsin Lawyer and on the State Bar's
web site: http://www.wisbar.org/ethop/index.html
Zitrin, Richard A., Langford, Carol M. And Tarr, Nina W. Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law.
3rd ed. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2006.
Location: KF/306/Z57/2006
Zitrin, Richard A., Langford, Carol M. and Mohr, Kevin. Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes and
Comparisons. Newark, NJ: Lexis Nexis, 2007.
Location: KF/306/L435/2007
IV. Malpractice
American Bar Association. The Lawyers Desk Guide to Preventing Legal Malpractice.
Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 1999.
Location: KF/313/L375/1999
Davis, Anthony E. and Jarvis, Peter. Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms. 2nd ed.
Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section and the Center for Professional Responsibility,
American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF/313/D38/2007
Legal Malpractice. Eagan, MN: Thomson / West Publishing Co., 2005 - (4 vols.)
Location: Reserve Collection KF/313/M345
Professional Discipline of Wisconsin Attorneys: A Compendium. Madison, WI: CLE Books,
State Bar of Wisconsin 2001.
Location: Reserve Collection KFW/2476.5/A52/2001
Achieving Excellence in the Practice of Law: the Lawyer's Guide with Practice Checklists. 2d
ed. Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on
Continuing Professional Education, 2000.
Location: KF/300/P73/2000
American Bar Association, Commission on Multi-Jurisdictional Practice. Client Representation
in the 21st Century: Report of the Commission on Multi-Jurisdictional Practice.
Chicago, IL: Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 2002.
Location: KF/302/A925/2002
Anatomy of a Law Firm Merger: How to Make or Break the Deal. By Hildebrandt International,
3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2004.
Location: KF/318/A84/2004
Anderson, Austin G. And Boyer, Sandra J. The Effective Associate Training and Development
Program. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/297/A847/2005
Compensation Plans for Law Firms. 4th ed. James D. Cotterman, editor. Chicago, IL: Law
Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2004.
Location: KF/315/C65/2004
Dickie, Robert B. Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical
Lawyer. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 2006.
Location: KF/320/A2/D53/2006.
Dietel, J. Edwin. Sustaining Law Practice Excellence: Bringing Extraordinary Leadership to a
Law Practice By Doing the Right Things. Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American
Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1992.
Location: KF/318/D46/1992
Flannery, William J. The Lawyer's Field Guide to Effective Business Development. Chicago, IL:
Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF/316.5/F58/2007
Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for the Solo and Small Firm Lawyer. 4th ed. K. William Gibson,
editor. Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/300/A2/F55/2005
Foonberg, Jay G. How to Start and Build A Law Practice. 5th ed. Chicago, IL: Section of
Economics of Law Practice, American Bar Association, 2004..
Location: Reserve Collection KF/300/Z9/F66/2004
Green, Lawrence G. Managing Partner 101: a Guide to Successful Law Firm Leadership.
Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, 2001.
Location: KF/318/Z9/G74/2001
Grella, Thomas C. and Hudkins, Michael L. The Lawyers Guide to Strategic Planning:
Defining, Setting, and Achieving Your Firm's Goals. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association,
Law Practice Management Section, 2004.
Location: KF/318/Z9/G745/2004
Hatoff, Howard I. and Wert, Robert C. Law Office Policy and Procedures Manual. 5th ed.
Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2006.
Location: KF/318/R64/2006
Henning, Joel. Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive
Lawyers. New York: Law Journal Press, 1991. (Last updated 2000)
Location: KF276.5/H46/1991
Hillman, Robert W. Hillman on Lawyer Mobility: the Law and Ethics of Partner Withdrawals
and Law Firm Breakups. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1998.
Location: KF/305/H455/1998
Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives. Edited by Laura Empson.
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Location: K/120/M36/2007
Magness, Michael K. Your New Lawyer: The Legal Employer's Complete Guide to Recruitment,
Development and Management. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 1992.
Location: KF/297/Y68/1992
Miller, Marjorie A. Altman Weil Pensa's Introduction to Law Practice Management. 3rd ed. New
York: Matthew Bender, 1993.
Location: KF/300/A756/1993
Morrison, Alan B. and Chin, Diane T. Beyond the Big Firm: Profiles of Lawyers Who Want
Something More. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2007.
Location: KF/299/P8/M67/2007
Multi-disciplinary Practice: Staying Competitive and Adapting to Change. Gary Munneke...[et
al.] Chicago, IL: Law Practice Section, American Bar Association, 2001.
Location: KF/300/M84/2001
Munneke, Gary A. The Essential Form Book: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers.
Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2000.
Location: KF/318/M86/2000
Munneke, Gary A. Law Practice Management in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West,
2003.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/318/M88/2003
Nischwitz, Jeffrey L. Think Again! Innovative Approaches to the Business of Law. Chicago, IL:
Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF/318/N57 2007
O'Neill, Suzanne B. and Catherine Gerhauser Sparkman. From Law School to Law Practice: the
New Associate's Guide. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute--American Bar
Association, Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1998.
Location: KF/300/053/1998
Pinson, Linda. The Lawyer's Guide to Creating a Business Plan: A Step-By-Step Software
Package. Chicago,IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2008.
Location: KF/315/Z9/P56/2008
Poll, Edward. Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law: Planning and Operating for
Survival and Growth. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: General Practice Section, American Bar Association,
2002.
Location: KF/318/P64/2002
Raise the Bar. Lawrence J. Fox, editor. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF/300/R35/2007
Riskin, Gerald. The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice.
Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/300/R57/2005
Rikleen, Lauren Stiller, Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law.
Eagan, MN: Thomson / Legalworks, 2006.
Location: KF/299/W6/R55/2006
Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association. The 101 Practice Series: Breaking Down
the Basics. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2008.
Location: KF/297/A75/O54/2008
Vogt, M. Diane. Keeping Good Lawyers: Best Practices to Create Career Satisfaction. Chicago,
IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 2000.
Location: KF/318/V64/2000
Weisbord, Ellen. Managing People in Today's Law Firm: the Human Resources Approach to
Surviving Change. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1995.
Location: KF/318/W45/1995
Wren, Harold G. And Glascock, Beverly J. The Of Counsel Agreement. 3rd ed. Chicago, IL:
Senior Lawyers Division, American Bar Association.
Location: KF/310/O34/W74/2005
VI. Marketing
Alman MacDonagh, Catherine and Cuzzone, Beth Marie.. The Law Firm Associate's Guide to
Personal Marketing and Selling Skills. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF316.5/A92/2007
American Bar Association Commission on Advertising. Lawyer Advertising at the Crossroads:
Professional Policy Considerations. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 1995.
Location: KF/310/A3/A935/1995
Ewalt, Henry W. Through the Client's Eyes: New Approaches to Get Clients to Hire You Again
and Again. 3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association,
2008.
Location: KF/311/E92/2008
Graham, Deborah. Getting Down to Business: Marketing and Women Lawyers. Little Falls, NJ:
Glasser Legal Works, 1996.
Location: KF/316.5/G73/1996
Hornsby, William. Marketing and Legal Ethics: the Boundaries of Promoting Legal Services.
3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association, 2000.
Location: KF/310/A3/H4/2000
How to Capture and Keep Clients: Marketing Strategies for Lawyers. Jennifer J. Rose, editor.
Chicago, IL: General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, American Bar Association, 2005.
Location: KF/316.5/H69/2005
The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing Your Practice. 2nd ed. James A. Durham and Deborah
McMurray, editors. Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association,
2004.
Location: KF/316.5/C66/2004
Randall, Kerry. Effective Yellow Pages Advertising for Lawyers: the Complete Guide to
Creating Winning Ads. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar
Association, 2002.
Location: KF/310/A3/R3 6/2002
Siskind, Gregory H.; McMrray, Deborah; Klau, Richard P. The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on
the Internet. 3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar
Association, 2007.
Location: KF/316.5/S57/2007
Weishar, Hollis Hatfield. Marketing Success Stories. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Law Practice
Management Section, American Bar Association, 2004.
Location: KF/316.5/W44/2004
The following is a selected list of journals on the topic of Law Practice Management. Unless
otherwise indicated, all titles are available in the Law Library Periodicals Collection, located
on the third floor and are arranged alphabetically by title.
Barrister. Chicago, IL: Young Lawyers Section, American Bar Association, vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb.
1974)-vol. 23, no. 3 (1996). (Continued by Young Lawyer)
GP Solo. Chicago, IL: General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Section of the American Bar
Association, vol.17, no.1 (Jan./Feb. 2000)- (Continues GP Solo and Small Firm Lawyer)
Journal of the Legal Profession. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama School of Law, v.1,
no.1 (1976) -
Law Practice Quarterly Online. Chicago, IL: Law Practice Management Section , American Bar
Association, vol.1 (Dec. 1999)- (Continues Law Practice Quarterly: Strategies and Resources
for Your Practice)
http://www.abanet.org/lpm
Legal Economics. Chicago, IL: Section of Economics of Law Practice, American Bar
Association, vol.1, no. 1 (Spring 1975)-v.15, no.8 (Nov./Dec.1989) (Continued by Law Practice
Management)
Legal Management: The Journal of the Association of Legal Administrators. Vernon Hills, IL:
the Association, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan./Feb.1989)-
Young Lawyer. Chicago, IL: ABA Press for Young Lawyers, vol.1, no. 1 (October 1996)-
(Continues Barrister)
To locate specific journal articles on Law Practice Management, try searching one of the
databases of or indexes to legal periodicals available at the Law Library. Some of these indexes
are only available in print and are located at the Periodicals Index Tables in the Grand
Reading Room. Other indexes are available electronically through the Campus Libraries and
Law Library Web Sites. Links are available at
http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/articles.php.
| Name of Index | Location | Dates of Coverage |
| Index to Legal Periodicals (and Books) | Periodicals Index Tables, Grand Reading Room | Index: 1880's to present |
| Index to Legal Periodicals Full-Text | Campus and Law Library Web Sites |
Index: August 1981 to present Full-text (selected): 1990's to present |
|
Hein Online |
Campus and Law Library Web Sites | Full-text: First volume to most current allowed under contract |
WESTLAW: The Legal Practice Database (LAWPRAC) contains articles from periodicals and
newsletters focusing on the practical aspects of lawyering.
LEXIS-NEXIS: The American Bar Association Library (ABA) provides many publications from
the ABA. The Legal News Library (LEGNEW) has general news information about the legal
profession and practice of law.
IX. Internet Resources / Blogs
With the phenomenal growth of the Internet as a resource for the legal profession, there is a vast
assortment of web sites for attorneys. The sites listed below are important legal research sites,
providing links to other law related sites pertaining to law firms, research, government,
placement and discussion groups.
American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section (http://www.abanet.org/lpm/)
FindLaw: Legal Practice Information & Materials (http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/19lawpractice/)
State Bar Of Wisconsin Law Practice Section (http://www.wisbar.org/sections/p/)
Justia (http://www.justia.com/)
Blawg : Legal blogs, podcasts and news feeds (http://www.blawg.com/)
LLRX : Law and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals (http://www.llrx.com/)
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