It's now official!  Carolyn Elefant and I are having an 'official' yet very informal meetup for whomever would like to join us on Sunday, November 7th, 5:00 at RARE Bar and Grill 152 West 26th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. We'd both like to extend a big thank you to Tim Baran who scouted [...]

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I'd like to introduce University of Tulsa, College of Law 3L and Texan Jack Whittington, Solo Practice University's new monthly columnist.  While Jack is not necessarily going solo, the reason Jack has agreed to join the SPU community is because we share a common perspective about the 'Millennial' and the legal profession – there is room [...]

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With a H/T to Debra Feinberg I've discovered Squareup, an application which allows you to convert your smart phone into a credit card swiping machine to accept payments which then go directly to your account…sort of.  All I kept thinking of was how ideal for the solo practitioner, or the lawyer who gets tagged at [...]

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(UPDATE: I will publish have published the follow-up to this post Monday, November 1st.  Responses are still coming in so I'd like to give you more time to think on it!) A while ago I started a new series called, 'Case Studies'. (follow up links available at bottom of this hyperlink after comment box.) The [...]

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Lessons From The Lawyer-Coach Debra L. Bruce is president of Lawyer-Coach LLC , a law practice management coaching and training firm, and author of the Raising the Bar blog. She practiced law for 18 years before becoming the first Texas lawyer credentialed by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She has served as Vice-Chair of the [...]

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Jack Newton is Co-founder and President of Clio, a leading provider of web-based practice management software. He gave a teleseminar on "How to Avoid Malpractice, Ethics, and Trust Account-Related Issues with Practice Management Software" on Tuesday, November 9th. Jack Newton is Co-founder and President of Clio, a leading provider of web-based practice management software. Jack [...]

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I was a way for a few days getting some much needed R&R this past week and as is typical I experienced a business lesson which translates to solo practice.  It is a pet peeve of mine – being nickel and dimed to death. My husband and I were on our way home and decided [...]

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Meet savvy solo Marc G. Snyder who started his own Baltimore Maryland law firm specializing in personal injury and criminal defense. When did you first know you were going Solo? What were the circumstances? Marc: The decision to go solo was the culmination of a process I can best describe as a journey of winding [...]

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We've been busy at SPU bringing on new faculty and merging the Build A Solo Practice @ SPU blog with the SPU blog. Effective October 9, all Build A Solo Practice @ SPU blog posts will be exclusively on the SPU blog.  If you happen to be subscribed to both the BSP @ SPU blog [...]

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(H/T) to Slaw for directing us to a find by Jim Calloway. The Pincus Family Law Firm has posted a Client Expectations Manifesto on their website.  The assumption is this was done to ward off clients who would be unrealistic about the lawyer's time or the lawyer's infallibility before the client even consults with the [...]

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