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Meet Trace Daniel, NextChapter's Business Development Manager. Trace joined the NextChapter team in July with 9 years of experience in entrepreneurship and business development. Completely new to legal tech, Trace enjoys the challenge of learning and working in a new space. Trace's high-energy and enthusiasm for building relationships and providing attorneys with the best tools to grow their business is what drives his work at NextChapter. He is excited about showing attorneys a software that makes their firm more efficient and thus, more profitable.

The law is a demanding field. Whether you’re an attorney or a legal professional, you’ve probably worked after hours taking client calls, responding to emails, finishing up petitions before the end of the month… and the list goes on. It’s hard to disconnect, as many lawyers think they always have to be plugged in. While this can be helpful to clients, never unplugging will start to take its toll. With smartphones and more mobility in our digital age, you have access to your email in your pocket. While this is a positive most of the time, this can lead to you constantly checking email and never really taking a break from work.

One of the benefits of practicing law is that there are plenty of new avenues to pursue if you feel like you’re able to take on more. If you’re looking for a way to expand your impact on your community, consider adding bankruptcy law to your practice. This area provides a lot of variety to your work and impacts a large portion of the population (there were 767,721 nonbusiness bankruptcies filed in 2017, according to US Courts data).

Another year of the Clio Cloud Conference is in the books! This conference gets bigger and better each year and we love being a part of it.

Clio, the leading legal practice management software company, is holding its annual Clio Cloud Conference—#ClioCloud9—on October 21 and 22 in San Diego. In conjunction with the conference, Clio has created the Launch//Code contest, in which legal tech innovators who have an integration with Clio Manage compete for the title of Best New Integration.

A new trend has arisen for businesses across industries: fostering a more customer-centric culture. For attorneys, this trend is especially relevant, since so often cases are dependent on a positive attorney-client relationship. Law firms, therefore, need to focus on putting clients first to stay competitive in today’s culture. So what does it mean to be truly customer-centric, and how can you do it?

Hiring a lawyer can seem overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time. Not only do you have to narrow down by practice focus, but then you’re presented with a list of names, knowing nothing about each individual person. And it’s crucial to find the right person for your specific situation and needs, as you need to work with someone you trust and can effectively communicate with. Here’s where to start.