Managing a practice/personnel management

Recruitment Retention Compliance Benefits Compensation plans Dispute resolution

Financial management Law office systems Training

Personnel management

• HR-Guide.Com: Links to other human resource associations.
• LMRC Documents: HR Management: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.
• Society for Human Resource Management: Forums, news, careers and other numerous resources.

Recruitment

• Career Development resources on WisBar: Resources related to career development.
• Legal Career Center: Through a national network, WisBar gives legal employers a powerful tool for recruiting legal professionals-from attorneys to paralegals and other support staff. Job seekers have free access to thousands of current law-related position openings, searchable by job type, area of practice, and geographic location.
• WisBar and Wisconsin Lawyer classifieds: Place an ad in the Wisconsin Lawyer magazine or in WisBar's clasifieds.
• LMRC Documents: Creating Employee Handbooks: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.
• LMRC Documents: Hiring & Firing: The Legal Management Resource Center's articles on recruitment include information on interviewing, background checks, orientations and more.
• Wisconsin's New Hire Online Reporting: Report new hires online through the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Retention

• LMRC Documents: Employee Motivation and Morale: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.
• LMRC Documents: Employee Retention: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.
• LMRC Documents: Performance Appraisal Systems: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.

Compliance

• HIPAAcomply: HIPAA legislation and compliance.
• HRhero.com: Employment law resources and HR news.
• State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission: Search decisions for cases in Unemployment Insurance (UI), Worker's Compensation (WC), and Equal Rights (ER). Also links to the Department of Workforce Development.
• U.S. Department of Labor Employment Law Guide: Laws, regulations, and technical assistance services.
• U.S. Department of Labor Poster Compliance: Information regarding workplace poster requirements. Click the continue button to fill out a worksheet for your requirements.

Benefits

• Benefitslink: Access free compliance information and other resources regarding employee benefits.
• Carol V. Calhoun's Employee Benefits Legal Resource Site: Access comprehensive resources, documents, and regulations regarding employee benefits.
• LMRC Documents: Employee Benefit Programs: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.
• WALA Salary Survey: Learn how your law firm compares in the area of compensation and benefits by purchasing a copy of the Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators' Compensation and Benefit Survey.

Compensation plans

• LMRC Documents: Employee Compensation: Articles provided by the Legal Management Resource Center.

Dispute resolution

• Business Dispute Resolution Program: Almost all business-oriented legal disputes are ultimately resolved out of court. This State Bar program uses mediation and arbitration are among the best ways to resolve such disputes.
• Lawyer Dispute Resolution: This State Bar program offers a speedy, private, and cost-effective mechansim for resolving professional and economic dispute between lawyers.
• Employee Relations: Conflict Resolution Resources: From the DMOZ Open Directory Project
• Federal Office of Personnel Management: Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Resource Guide