Welcome to the New GPSSF Website
We’re excited to have our new website up and running. This version is designed to give you more information, to make it easier for you to find what you need, and to make it easier for you to interact with other members of the Section. Before you look around, please click on this post for a short summary of what you’ll find.
As you browse for the first time, you will notice that we have added a very versatile search feature. The Find An Attorney page will search the roster of all current GPSSF members. You can find an attorney by name, law firm, county, law school, or area of practice. The idea is that members can use this function to locate other solo and small firm practitioners for referral or networking purposes. For it to work successfully, WE NEED YOU TO UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE!
Because the existing Bar membership roster does not include information about law schools, areas of practice, or board certifications, we need you to add that information to your profile for us. To log in and update your profile, simply click on the Member Login button. Then click the link that asks “Forgot your password? First time logging in? [click here].” Enter your email address, and the site will send you a password that you can use to log in. Once you are done updating your profile, search for yourself on the Find an Attorney page and make sure you are happy with how your profile is showing up.
To encourage members to update their profiles, we are running a contest. On October 1, we will pick one winner at random from the list of all members who have logged in and updated their profile. That winner will receive a gift certificate in the amount of $300 to the restaurant, hotel, or office supply store of his or her choice. To be eligible, make sure you update your profile by September 30 (Executive Council members are not eligible).
Once you have updated your profile, check out our blog. The two most recent entries will always show up on the home page. From the home page, you can click through on these entries to read them in full. Or you can click on the Small-Firm Adventure button in the toolbar on the left-hand side of the page. Finally, you can see all the posts in a particular category by clicking on that category title on the home page.
Note that in addition to posts on Section and Bar News, we also have posts on practical topics. The Practical Practice is a category that will include practice management tips. It already includes a useful Q&A piece with Bar attorney Elizabeth Tarbert and LOMAS Practice Management Advisor Judith Equels about how to handle overpayments from clients without breaking trust accounting rules. The Litigator’s Toolshed includes posts about the nuts and bolts of litigation — it already includes posts about preparing trial notebooks and handling stipulations for continuance of trial. High Tech/Low Budget will contain advice about how to get the most out of office technology without spending a fortune. We especially encourage every member to check out the category titled “You Gotta Try This…” This is intended to be a fun category in which members can contribute recommendations regarding their favorite restaurant, hotel, etc. by adding comments to the topics listed there. Please contribute your local knowledge so that our members will know where to eat/stay when they visit your town.
The blog is intended to be flexible. If you would like to suggest a new topic or category, please include it in a comment on this post. Likewise for any other suggestions you have about the website in general. If you will post them below, we’ll be happy to review them and figure out if they can be implemented.
The Resources page includes a multitude of links to just about every conceivable law-related website. We hope you find it to be an easy index of useful sites. But of course, if you think we missed one, please email us your suggestion.
You’ll notice that the next two events on our calendar will show up on the top of the home page. If you click through to the Calendar page, you can see our full calendar for the year. Events should include brochures and registration forms where applicable.
Our main goal is to make this an interactive forum where information can flow freely. If you have a short article or point of interest that you would like to submit to the blog, or if you have a longer piece that you would like to list in our Publications section, we welcome your submissions. Please e-mail your submission to Ricky Libbert at rlibbert@flabar.org or to Kevin Johnson at kjohnson@tsghlaw.com.
Thanks!
