May 23, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Sometimes lawyers in solo practices get so focused on honing their legal skills that they don’t recognize themselves as entrepreneurs. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” A solo lawyer has to be a solopreneur piloting the enterprise while also producing the [...]
Apr 18, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Is there a website domain name that you wish you could get your hands on for your law firm? Have you wondered how to do it? Perhaps someone owns it, but they don’t actually have a website up. That’s the situation I found myself in. The owner had a multi-year registration, but hadn’t posted a [...]
Mar 21, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
There’s a big shake up going on in the world of internet domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is accepting applications for new generic Top Level Domains (TLDs). Top Level Domains are the second half of your website name – the part that follows the “dot,” such as .com, .net and [...]
Feb 21, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
In my last post, I wrote about how to recognize bad clients before you make the mistake of taking on the representation. Among the responses I received, there was a request to discuss how to deal with basically good clients with a few unappealing behaviors. These are clients you want to keep, but you just [...]
Jan 17, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
* Lyrics from the song “You Can’t Blame the Wreck on the Train” by Terri Sharp: “When the gates are all down And the signals are flashing And the whistle is screaming in vain, And you stay on the tracks, ignoring the facts Well then, you can’t blame the wreck on the train.” Almost all [...]
Dec 20, 2012 in Guest Bloggers
It’s that “rubber-meets-the-road” time of year again. When solos start closing out the books on their law practices for the year, it spurs them to look back and take a little personal inventory. Some law firms and law departments ask their lawyers to summarize their accomplishments in connection with their annual performance review. I ask [...]
Nov 15, 2012 in Guest Bloggers
“Karyn, thank you for working so steadily from the time you arrive at our office to when you leave. Your dedication demonstrates that I can trust you to play fairly with me. Trust is important to me, and it is a relief and a time-saver not to have any concerns about your attitude.” That’s a [...]
Oct 18, 2012 in Guest Bloggers
Years ago at an early morning meeting Jimmy Brill, a veteran estate planning lawyer and the founder of Solos Supporting Solos, asked each of 30 lawyers to introduce themselves and their practices. I didn’t know any of them, and they all faded into a blur, except for one tall gentleman in a straw hat and [...]
Sep 20, 2012 in Guest Bloggers
“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” Walt Kelly in Pogo comic strip Last month we explored some ways to uncover obstacles to good performance by our office talent. We looked at whether they have the necessary training, the optimal equipment and clear instructions, among other things. What if you’ve made sure your [...]
Aug 16, 2012 in Guest Bloggers
Do you have an employee who just doesn’t seem to be performing up to snuff? Is there a way to rehabilitate that employee? Or do you have to choose between termination and tolerating inferior performance? Employee turnover is time consuming, disruptive, costly and often bad for office morale (including yours). Before jumping to the conclusion [...]
Newly-minted or well seasoned, the Solo Practice University® blog is devoted to all solo practitioners, discussing issues faced, offering advice, education, support and inspiration.
Accept client credit card payments and reduce collections.
Founder & CEO
Columnist, Managing Risk
Columnist, Lawyer - Coach
Columnist, Bar Exam Success
Columnist, Your Legal Career
Columnist, Community-Based Practices
Columnist, Going Solo
Columnist, Big Law to Solo
Columnist, Business Law and Tech
Building a Bilingual Solo Practice
Reinventing Your Solo Practice
Columnist, GenYJD
Columnist, Non-Trad Law Grad
Columnist, Evolutions of a Solo Practice
Columnist, A Solo (A)broad
Columnist, Solo Re-Zooming