"The 'Green' Law Firm: How Can You Make Your Law Practice More Environmentally Friendly?"

Posted by Allison Shields: “The 'green' movement is everywhere. Suddenly, we're becoming a bit more environmentally conscious. What are some ways that you can make your law practice more environmentally friendly? Think about the 3 Rs that you've seen everywhere: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Here are some thoughts to get you started: Reduce • Is your law firm consuming too much? • Be more mindful of the supplies you're using, how you're using them and whether they're necessary. • Are you using two or three pages of a legal pad and then leaving it in a file, never to be seen (or used) again? • Do you really need to have 4 copies of that document in the file, or is one sufficient? Reuse • When a case is over, do you archive the file with all of the interior folders, dividers, and the file folder even if they're in good condition?... [read full story]