Color coding within client files

This month's practice management tip, from Legal News & Trends in the Wisconsin Lawyer, indicates a lack of faith in the advent of the paperless file.

Make locating your own work product within a client file easier by using colored paper when printing the file copies of these documents.

Use one color for memorandums and notes and another color for copies of correspondence. Some law firms load their fax machines with one color so that incoming faxes and confirmations are color-coded.