Comments on: Why Don't More New Lawyers Go Solo?

By: Susan Cartier Liebel

Susan Cartier Liebel — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:18:53 +0000

@Rachel – sometimes that’s all it takes, an inspirational kick in the pants to get you going where you’ve already decided you want to be anyway. No one can make you do something you don’t already want to do and anyone who discusses the solo option is never trying to do that. We just discuss it for those who have the desire, just need to find the way that’s most effective to accomplish the goal.

By: Mike Whelan

Mike Whelan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:00:12 +0000

As a student at UTexas who planned to go solo before I came to school, I can say don’t wait for law school to teach you what you need in order to be a successful solo attorney. In my opinion, they don’t teach you to be a practicing attorney of any kind, but that is another story. I follow the words of my torts professor: “Being a lawyer is no excuse for not knowing things.” I spend a lot of time at the Half Price Books discount section. In the last year I have read Never Eat Alone, Good to Great, Ari Kaplan’s Opportunity Maker, Trust Agents, Foonberg’s book, The World is Curved, Trump and Kiyosaki’s Why We Want you to be Rich, a book on import/export business… and I subscribe to a LOT of law practice blogs on my Google reader, including this one. All of that has taught me far more than law school could. And with 4 kids already and a ton of debt, few people have more reason to be scared than me – but I’m not. Information is the ultimate cure for fear, and you’d be surprised how doable this solo-out-of-school thing is. My thought is that if anyone can do it, I can, and I have surrounded myself with so many positive lawyers who have done it that I am utterly optimistic. Again, thank the stars for resources like this one. Keep it coming.

By: Rachel Rodgers

Rachel Rodgers — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:04:22 +0000

Asking has really worked for me. Following experienced lawyers and solo practice gurus on Twitter and emailing lawyers who are practicing in areas I am interested in (I obtain their email addresses from their websites) has been a really great way to acquire information about going solo and virtual law practice, which is what I want to do. Out of all of the many attorneys that I have emailed with specific questions, I can only think of one that did not respond.

Thank you for the motivational kick in the pants! And for believing in us newbies.

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