Lawyer email and professionalism

Email Efficiency Dane S. Ciolino of A.R. Christovich Professor Law

Email and Professionalism Efficiency Dane S. Ciolino of A.R. Christovich Professor Law

Rule 1: Use Email

Anatomy of An Email

The Recipients

Think About Recipients

Think About All of the

Use “BCC” When Sending to a Crowd

The Salutation

Use a Salutation

The Subject

Use a Useful “Subject” Line

Subject Lines That Get Noticed (HT to David Pogue)

Subject Lines That Get Noticed (HT to David Pogue)• “To My Former Sexual Partners, As Required by Law.”• “Re: What Seems to Have Been Your Car”• “Re: Your International Roaming Charges”

Include Only One Subject Per

The Body

It’s Not a Text Message

The Rules of English Apply

Keep it Brief

Careful with the Emoticons

DON’T USE ALL CAPS

The Signature

Don’t Use Disclaimers

Images in Signatures?

The Attachments

Sending the Note

Problem: The Internet Never Forgets

Think Before You Hit “Send”

Proofread

Receiving The Mistake

Louisiana Rule 4.4(b)(b) A lawyer who receives a writing that,on its face, appears to be subject to theattorney-client privilege or otherwiseconﬁdential, under circumstances whereit is clear that the writing was notintended for the receiving lawyer, shallrefrain from examining the writing,promptly notify the sending lawyer, andreturn the writing.

Inbox Management

Check Email Less Often

Use IMAP to Manage Email

Use Folders and Tags

Consider Email Workﬂow

Declaring Email Bankruptcy

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