The best-laid plans don't guarantee a successful office move. Fortuitous timing, expert help and good tact are needed to help you find a location, negotiate costs, and devise an acceptable floor plan for the new office.

So many documents, so little space and time! What should you keep forever, and what can you throw out now – and how do you tell?

Despite recent events, computer hardware failure and human error are still more likely the causes of data loss than flooding and natural or man-made disasters for most Canadian law firms. And as more practices head to the cloud for synchronized file sharing, keeping local backups in the event of a cataclysm at the other end becomes even more important, Jason Scott Alexander writes.

Your smartphones and tablets aren't just for making calls or showing your colleagues photos of your vacation, they’re also important work tools. James Careless reviews some of the free apps that turn your devices into invaluable resources.

The Rainmaker is viewed in law firms with a kind of awe – after all, that’s the person who makes the money come. But the difference between BigLaw’s rainmakers and what you need to do every day to stay afloat is merely a matter of scale – and maybe finesse. Kim Covert offers up some tips for keeping the rain steady in your small or solo office.

You’re planning to start up a solo office – but where do you start? What computer programs can’t you live without – and do you really need that scanner? Freelance writer James Careless takes you through some of your options.

One of the perennial promises of futurists is an office without paper. But years after that promise was first made, our paper habit is still responsible for the death of nearly five 40-foot trees a year – per person. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try to wean your office off its addiction to paper. Information specialists Kerry Mogg and Elisabeth Davies have some suggestions for how you might try.

Hugues Boisvert says he has two “fundamental, unbreakable rules” for running a law firm

One of the best ways for lawyers to build their professional brand is through an effective profile on LinkedIn.com. The largest site for business professionals, LinkedIn has more than 131 million members in over 200 countries and more than four million users in Canada.

What do you want to be when you retire – and how do you plan to achieve that goal?