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		<title>What it really means to be a new grad</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/19/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-new-grad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There isn&#8217;t much about this infographic we didn&#8217;t know. After all, law school is becoming more expensive and riskier all the time. But as long as the number of applicants to law school continues to increase, young people continue to be gullible, school is easier to handle than real-life, and there is money to be made, law schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Plea to Legal Marketers &#8230; little help?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/17/open-plea-to-legal-marketers-little-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/17/open-plea-to-legal-marketers-little-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being the Practicehacker doesn’t mean I know everything. Take law firm marketing for instance.   In real life I run a 3-lawyer suburban Chicago practice engaged in what I call &#8220;Small Business&#8221; law; i.e. we do pretty much everything a small business or its owners need their lawyer to do, including: Business start-ups, incorporation, organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you call 100 unemployed lawyers?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/11/what-do-you-call-100-lawyers-in-an-unemployment-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/11/what-do-you-call-100-lawyers-in-an-unemployment-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good start! But seriously: according to this piece in the Wall Street Journal new law grads continue to enter the workforce faster than Starbucks can hire them. To quote the article: According to jobs site SimplyHired.com&#8230; the hardest-to-place industry [is the] the legal field. Unemployed lawyers now find themselves in the country&#8217;s most cutthroat race for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Reasons Clients are Like Hot Girlfriends</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/07/11/top-10-reasons-clients-are-like-hot-girlfriends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/07/11/top-10-reasons-clients-are-like-hot-girlfriends/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 10. They&#8217;re only attracted to you when you play hard to get 9. They drop you the second something better comes along 8. They care more about looks than substance or character 7. They only want lawyers that claim to be experienced 6. They tell their friends when they aren&#8217;t satisfied 5. They won&#8217;t tell anyone when they are satisfied 4. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Say Can You See &#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/07/01/oh-say-can-you-see/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/?p=3191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In between mouth-fulls of potato salad and fireworks-related trips to the ER this weekend, don&#8217;t forget to celebrate our nation&#8217;s independence. And for those of you who recently graduated from law school and earned your State Bar: you&#8217;ll be happy to know that the job market is a steaming pile. Check out the chart below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMFG: Halo 4 &#8230; I am not worthy</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/06/13/omfg-halo-4-i-am-not-worthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/06/13/omfg-halo-4-i-am-not-worthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care how bad ass you think you are. This is Halo 4. Man up and join the fight &#8230; or I&#8217;ll do it for you.]]></description>
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		<title>Never a Better Time to Be a Lawyer!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/06/05/never-a-better-time-to-be-a-lawyer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/06/05/never-a-better-time-to-be-a-lawyer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/06/05/never-a-better-time-to-be-a-lawyer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As we all know, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. For example, according to this piece in the ABA Journal, about 68% of 2010 law school grads reported landing a job as an Attorney &#8211; the lowest percentage since the National Association of Legal Placement (NALP) began collecting statistics. But NALP&#8217;s numbers are notoriously inflated, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hosted Apps Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/05/24/the-hosted-apps-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 20:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This recent piece in ComputerWorld highlights the growing interest in hosted Microsoft Exchange. No surprise; but why now? And if you use Hotmail or Gmail, you may even ask why hosted Exchange is worthwhile at all. If so, consider this: First, hosted Exchange offers full-featured contacts, calendaring, and e-mail in tight integration, just like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABA TechShow 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/05/13/aba-techshow-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most readers know, I write a column for NYC-based TechnoLawyer called SmallLaw (formerly known as, no joke, “Crazy Mazy”). Anyhow, as TechnoLawyer’s intrepid Chicago reporter I’ve written about the ABA TechShow since 2008; and before that for this blog. Here are the 12 videos we shot at this year’s TechShow. Feel free to subscribe to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Browser Security &#8211; What’s patching got to do with it?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/05/11/browser-security-what%e2%80%99s-patching-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows they should patch their PC via Windows Update, right? Well if not everyone, then at least everyone who reads this blog. But what most don&#8217;t realize is that Windows Update includes only Microsoft updates, which leaves the rest of their system vulnerable. And of course Microsoft has been the Internet&#8217;s virtual whipping boy [...]]]></description>
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