QR codes are all the rage. More than 20 million mobile phone users used QR codes in the last quarter of 2011.  And mobile user searches on the internet have been growing exponentially. QR Code is Quick Response Code – a bar code which can bring you to a designated internet location or QR Codes can be programmed [...]

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I know. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, now Pinterest.  Can you handle yet another distraction?  Well, when you first heard about blogging it was just for people journaling about their everyday problems…until it wasn't.  When you first heard about Facebook you thought it was just for your teenagers….until it wasn't.  When you first heard about YouTube [...]

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Jared receives countless questions from new solo lawyers and solos who have been in practice for decades but need advice on law practice management. We like to ask Jared what it is on lawyers' minds and (no) surprise…it's technology, cloud securiy, google, and law practice management software. However, you might be very surprised by what [...]

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John Jantsch wrote a terrific piece a few years ago called "7 Time-Tested Ways to Dig Out From a Recession". My position, however, is a little different. You should be doing these things ALL THE TIME. While you can read all seven ideas on John's great site, I'm going to highlight numbers three, six and [...]

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New York just passed mandatory pro bono hours for all new lawyers before they can be admitted to practice law.  This is indentured servitude, not pro bono.  Beginning next year, the 10,000 or so prospective lawyers who pass the New York State Bar exam every year will be required to perform 50 hours of pro [...]

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April Showers bring May Flowers… that's how the old saying goes. I truly believe this is a “blooming” time for solo practitioners because of all the changes in the economy.  There are jewels to be mined.   You just have to dig for the opportunities.  This past March Solo Practice University celebrated three years of helping [...]

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Quite often we ask ourselves how we can create a niche, how to be different, how to truly carve out a unique subset of a practice area to call our own and then get known for that area.  I always like to follow demographic changes and economic changes to see what can be done.  Well, [...]

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This post was written by Bob Minto and has been reprinted with permission. Link to original article. Robert W. Minto, Jr. has served as President and CEO and Director of ALPS Corporation since 1987. He also serves as President and CEO of Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc., A Risk Retention Group; Peak Investment Management Ltd; [...]

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Anne-Marie Rábago is a tax attorney in San Diego. She will teach the course, "Introduction to Taxes for the Solo/Small Firm Attorney" at Solo Practice University®. Born in Ohio and raised just outside Washington, DC in Lanham, Maryland. Ms. Rabago returned to Ohio to attend Ohio University; where she graduated Cum Laude and was a [...]

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This is a very common question a new lawyer asks. The thought process goes something like this: 1. I want to get the (any) client in the door. 2. Everyone else gives a free initial consultation, I think?. 3. I'm too afraid to charge for a consultation because the potential client won't come in. 4. [...]

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