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Mar 5, 2011 / Audio, Law School Innovation, News
On January 27th of this year I had the distinct privilege of educating more than (70)seventy (113) one hundred and thirteen career counselors on how they can help their law students and grads who either want to go solo or feel they have no option but to go solo. I thank Amanda Ellis of Amanda [...]
May 15, 2012 / Marketing
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 [...]
May 14, 2012 / Marketing, Social Media
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 [...]
May 10, 2012 / Guest Bloggers, Solo & Small Firm Practice
Should I partner with another attorney when starting my practice? This is a question often asked by young lawyers who want to go solo. However, few of the young lawyers seeking a response to this oft-asked question are really looking for a partner.
May 8, 2012 / Audio, Guest Lectures, Solo & Small Firm Practice
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 [...]
May 7, 2012 / Client Relations, Demographic/Economic Trends, Marketing, Solo & Small Firm Practice
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 [...]
May 3, 2012 / Guest Bloggers
Audacious Humility I first heard this term, having the right amount of audacity and humility, last weekend as I attended my son, Drew's final comps in film. He is graduating in May from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California with a Bachelor of Arts in Film. As a requirement of graduation he had to create an original [...]
May 2, 2012 / Subjective Opinions
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 [...]
May 2, 2012 / Work/Life
Needless to say, life can get very messy when your a stay at home parent and work from home lawyer . . . all at the same time. Rachel Rodgers shares her experiences as a solo lawyer and parent.
May 1, 2012 / Announcements
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 [...]
Apr 30, 2012 / Demographic/Economic Trends, Marketing
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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