SC Bar

The Lending Library is located on the third floor of the Bar building. Items available from the library are listed below by subject matter. You may check out an item in person or by mail (see instructions). Where available, book titles listed below are linked to additional information.

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Billing and Finance

___ ABA Guide to Lawyer Trust Accounts, The by Jay Foonberg
___ Accounting & Finance for Lawyers Rose Marie L. Bukics, CPA and Cynthia M. Urbani, CPA
___ Billing Innovations: New Win-Win Ways to End Hourly Billing

Richard Reed
___ Collecting Your Fee: Getting Paid from Intake to Invoice Edward Poll
___ Focusing on Profitability by Frank Brennan
___ How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay, (2nd Edition) J. Harris Morgan and Jay Foonberg 

___ Law Firm Accounting and Financial Management (4th Edition) ©2007 by Quinn, Bailey  

___ The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue: Unlocking the Profit Potential in Your Firm  ©2005 by Arthur G. Greene
___ Managing for Profit: Improving or Maintaining the Bottom Line by Robert Arndt
___ Modern Rules of Personal Finance for Professionals, The ©2008 by Susan A. Berson

___ Results-Oriented Financial Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to Law  Firm Profitability
___ Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies that Work, (3rd Edition) Mark Robertson and James Calloway

 

 

 

___ 50 Things to do with the Rest of Your Life by Robert P. Wilkins
___ Breaking Traditions Donna M. Killoughey
___ Changing Jobs: A Handbook for Lawyers in the New Millennium (3rd Edition) Heidi NcNeil Staudenmaier
___ Fifty Legal Careers for Non-lawyers ©2008 by Ursula Furi-Perry

___ LawyerLife: Finding a Life and a Higher Calling in the Practice of Law
___ Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life & Work, The (2nd Edition) (2006) George W. Kaufman
___ Legal Career Guide, The (4th Edition) Gary A. Munneke
___ Life, Law and the Pursuit of Balance (Simmons) Jeffrey R. Simmons
___ Living with the Law: Strategies to Avoid Burnout Julie M. Tamminem
___ Making Partner: A Guide for Law Firm Associates (2nd Edition) John R Sapp
___ Mediation: A path back for the lost lawyer
___ Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers (5th Edition) �2006 Gary A. Munneke, William D. Henslee, Ellen Wayne

___ Practicing Law without Clients: Making a Living as a Freelance Lawyer David A. Robinson
___ Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Think

___ Rest Assured: The Sabbatical Solution for Lawyers Lori Simon Gordon
___ Transforming Practices: Finding Joy and Satisfaction

___ Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success Phyllis Horn Epstein (2004)

___ Young Lawyer's Guide to Money and Power, The

 

Client Relations

___ Avoiding Legal Land Mines
___ Client Relations: Forms, Letters & Useful Information
___ Communicating with your Client
___ Connecting with Your Client
___ Documenting the Attorney-Client Relationship: Law Firm Policies

___ How to Capture and Keep Clients: Marketing Strategies for Lawyers
___ How to Get and Keep Good Clients (3rd Ed.) ©2007 by Jay Foonberg
___ Keeping Happier Clients: How to Build and Improve Client Relations
___ Through the Client's Eyes (3rd Edition) ©2008 by Henry Ewalt

 

 

___ Civil Litigation for Support Staff (Staff-oriented) 27 minutes

___ Confidentiality and Technology Issues in the Law Office (Staff-oriented)15 minutes

___ Dealing with Difficult Clients and Coworkers (Attorney and Staff-oriented) 36 minutes

___ Delivering Exceptional Service to Clients (Staff-oriented) 15 minutes

___ Law Office Confidentiality I (Staff-oriented) 10 minutes

___ Law Office Confidentiality II (Staff-oriented) 12 minutes

___ Legal Ethics for Support Staff - 22 minutes

___ Preparing for Your Deposition (Client-oriented) 20 minutes

___ Preparing for Your Deposition - Spanish Language Version (Client-oriented) 20 minutes

___ Professional Communications in the Law Office: Telephones, Voicemail and Beyond (Staff-oriented) 27 minutes

___ Professionalism in the Law Office (Staff-oriented) 17 minutes

___ Stress Management for Lawyers 30 minutes

___ Successful Time Management Strategies for Legal Support Staff -

58 minutes

___ Working in a Law Office: An Introduction (Staff-oriented) 28 minutes

 

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Management and Administration

___ 2000 Associates Salary Survey
___ 2000 Survey of Law Firm Economics, The
___ ALA Management Encyclopedia*
___ Anatomy of a Law Firm Merger (2nd Edition)

___ Anatomy of a Law Firm Merger (3rd Edition) (2004)
___ Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law
___ Compensation Plans for Law Firms (3rd Edition)

___ Compensation Plans for Law Firms (4th Edition)

___ Complete Guide to Designing Your Law Office, The Schultz & Schultz (2005)
___ Complete Personnel Administration Handbook for Law Firms, Vol. I & II*
___ Easy Self-Audits for the Busy Law Office

___ Effective Associate Training and Development Program, The (2nd Ed.) �2005
___ Essential Formbook Vol. I: Partnership, Organizational & Fee Agreements, Client Intake*
___ Essential Formbook Vol. II: Human Resources, Fees, Billing & Collections*
___ Essential Formbook Vol. III: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers*

___ Essential Formbook Vol. IV: Disaster Planning and Recovery, Risk Management and Professional Liability Insurance*
___ Fee Agreement Compendium, 2001 Revision
___ Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for the Solo Lawyer (4th Edition)
___ Handling Personnel Issues in the Law Office
___ Hillman on Lawyer Mobility: the Law & Ethics of Partner Withdrawals and Law Firm Breakups*

___ How to Go Directly Into Your Own Solo Law Practice and Succeed (w/ supp.)
___ How to Manage Your Law Office, Vols. I & II*
___ How to Start and Build a Law Practice (5th Edition)
___ Keeping Good Lawyers: Best Practices to Create Career Satisfaction

___ Law Firm Guide to Client Relations for Support Staff

___ Law Firm Partnership Agreements * Corwin & Ciampi (includes forms on CD)
___ Law Office Policy and Procedures Manual (4th Edition)
___ Law Office Procedures Manual for Solos and Small Firms (3rd Edition)
___ Law Partnership Revisited
___ Law Partnership: Its Rights and Responsibilities (2nd Edition)
___ Law Practice Management in a Nutshell
___ Law Practice Management Materials and Cases (3rd Edition) ©2007 by Gary Munneke
___ Lawyer as Supervisor, Manager & Motivator, The
___ Lawyer's Desk Guide to Preventing Legal Malpractice, The
___ Lawyer's Guide to Insurance, The

___ Lawyer's Guide to Records Management and Retention, The
___ Lawyer's Guide to Retirement, The (3rd Edition)

___ Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning, The

___ Legal Malpractice: The Law Office Guide to Purchasing Legal Malpractice Insurance by Ronald E. Mallen
___ Legal Tender: A Lawyer's Guide to Handling Professional Dilemmas

___ Letters for Lawyers (2nd Edition) by Thomas E. Kane

___ Letters for Litigators by Daniel I. Small and Robin Page West
___ Managing Partner 101: A Guide to Successful Law Firm Leadership (2nd Edition)
___ Managing Your Law Practice
___ Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training & Developing Productive Lawyers*
___ Modern Rules of Order, The: A Guide to Conducting Business Meetings (3rd Ed.) ©2007 by Donald Tortorice
___ Of Counsel Agreement, The (3rd Edition)
___ Paralegals, Profitability, and the Future of Your Law Practice

___ Planning Ahead: A Guide to Protecting your Clients Interests in the Event of Your Disability

___ Practical Guide to Preventing Legal Malpractice, A (plus supplement)
___ Practical Systems: Tips for Organizing Your Office
___ Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims 1996-1999

___ Records Management in the Legal Environment: A Handbook of Practice and Procedure
___ Recruiting Lawyers: How to Hire the Best Talent
___ Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms

___ Running a Law Practice on a Shoestring
___ Selecting Legal Malpractice Insurance

___ Selling Your Law Practice: The Profitable Exit Strategy
___ Think Again: Innovative Approaches to the Business of Law ©2007 by Jeffrey Nischwitz

 

 

Marketing

___ ABA Guide to Legal Marketing, The
___ Complete Guide to Marketing Your Law Practice, The
___ Do-It-Yourself Public Relations

 

Miscellaneous

___ Professionalism Symposium Vol. 52, No. 3, SC Law Review
___ Selecting Legal Malpractice Insurance


Practice Guides

___ Bankruptcy Deadline Checklist, (3rd Edition) �2006

___ Complete Guide to Divorce Practice, The (3rd Edition)* Larry Rice (2005)

___ Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law �2006

___ Going to Trial: A Step-by-Step Guide to Trial Practice & Procedure
___ Guardianship & Conservatorship: A Handbook for Lawyers
___ Hereof, Thereof & Everywhereof: Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting
___ How to Build and Manage an Employment Law Practice
___ How to Build and Manage an Entertainment Law Practice
___ How to Build and Manage an Environmental Law Practice
___ How to Build and Manage an Estates Practice (2nd Ed.) ©2008 by Dan Evans

___ How to Build and Manage a Family Law Practice
___ How to Build and Manage a Personal Injury Law Practice (2nd Edition)

___ Lawyer's Guide to Estate Planning: Fundamentals for the Legal Practitioner, A, (3rd Edition)

___ Letters for Divorce Lawyers: Essential Communications for Clients, Opposing Counsel, and Others ©2006
___ Letters for Lawyers (2nd Edition) by Thomas E. Kane

___ Letters for Litigators by Daniel I. Small and Robin Page West
___ Modern Rules of Style, The ©2007 by Paul Marx
___ Professional Liability to Third Parties
___ Real Estate Closing Deskbook: A Lawyer's Reference Guide & State-By-State Summary (2nd Edition)
___ Successful Estate Planning for South Carolina Residents
___ Wills Trusts and Technology: An Estate Lawyers Guide to Technology

 

Technology

___ 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide, The by Nelson, Simek, & Maschke
___ Amicus Attorney in One Hour for Lawyers �2000 (Written for Amicus version IV, but still useful)

___ Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet: Conducting Effective Investigative & Legal Research on the Web, The, 8th Edition �2006
___ Computerized Case Management Systems
___ HotDocs in One Hour for Lawyers (2nd Edition)
___ How to Use the Internet for Legal, Business & Investigative Research: A Guide for Legal Professional

___ Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms �2006
___ Internet Fact Finder for Lawyers, The
___ Law Law Law on the Internet

___ Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat, The (3rd Ed.) ©2008 by David L. Masters
___ Lawyer's Guide to Collaborative Tools and Technologies, The ©2008 by Kennedy & Mighell

___ Lawyer's Guide to Creating Persuasive Computer Presentations, The (2nd Edition)
___ Lawyer's Guide to Creating Web Pages
___ Lawyer's Guide to Extranets, The

___ Lawyers Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet, The (3rd Edition)

___ Lawyer's Guide to Palm Powered Handhelds, The

___ Lawyer's Guide to Summation, The
___ Lawyer's Quick Guide to E-mail, The
___ Legal Software Directory (2nd Edition)
___ Quicken in One Hour for Lawyers (versions 5.0 and 6.0)
___ Survival Guide for Road Warriors, A
___ Time Matters in One Hour for Lawyers (version 2.0)
___ Word 2000 for Law Firms
___ Word 2002 for Law Firms

 

 

In person: Come to the Lending Library on the third floor of the South Carolina Bar building at 950 Taylor Street in Columbia.

By mail: To request a two-week loan of one of the items above, attach your business card to a copy of this form (it isn't necessary to send the whole list, just the relevant page), clearly marking the book or video you wish to check out, and send your request with a $5.00 check made payable to South Carolina Bar at the address below:

Lending Library
PO BOX 608
COLUMBIA, SC 29202-0608
TOLL FREE: (877) 797-2227
FAX NUMBER: (803) 799-0650

*Texts marked with an asterisk (*) require $10.00 for shipping & handling.  

So that all Bar members can be served adequately, please limit requests to one text per two-week period. The text must be returned within two weeks from mailing; otherwise, you will be invoiced for the cost to the Bar of the text plus $20 for handling. Members will be billed the replacement cost for books or other items returned in poor condition.