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 [...]
May 16, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Dear Law School Graduate, Congratulations! You just finished what seemed impossible three-and-a-half short years ago as you sat in your first Contracts class thinking you might die if your professor actually called on you. You finished. And now, as you prepare for what seems like an even more insurmountable challenge – passing the bar exam [...]
May 14, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
(Read Evolutions of a Solo Practice – Parts 1- 6 if you’re new to this author) When I returned to work, I knew I had to adjust my practice to make it a better match with my physical and mental health. I converted the per-diem business into a model where the actual court appearances were mostly [...]
May 9, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Everyone Has A Story As rezoomers we are often reticent to tell ‘our stories’. Why didn’t we practice law? Why did we practice and leave? Was it that we couldn’t find a job or we found a job in another sector? Did we stay at home to raise a family? Did the road we chose just take [...]
May 7, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
(While this post is geared towards a firm of more than one attorney, there are some points every solo should take note of.) What happens in your firm if there is a hit on a conflict search? Hopefully the conflict concern is immediately brought to the attention of the intake attorney. In firms that routinely [...]
May 2, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.” John Greenleaf Whittier, Maud Muller – Pamphlet What if you didn’t have a mountain of student loan debt? What if you didn’t have to worry about what all your lawyer friends thought about you? What if you never had [...]
Apr 30, 2013 in Bar Exam, Guest Bloggers
It is hard to believe that I am already working with students for the July bar exam. When I talk to my students about each part of the written portion of the test, I hear myself making one statement over and over again, “You must think like the bar exam grader.” As you likely know, [...]
Apr 25, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
In an increasingly global marketplace, legal professionals possessing bilingual abilities are more and more in demand, as law firms are looking to meet the needs of their customers. As the population of non-English speakers in the United States continues to grow, hiring bilingual employees becomes important in meeting the unique language needs of clients seeking [...]
Apr 23, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
When I read Professor Muller’s blog post that Susan referred to in Why Law School Professor’s Rankings Are Worse Than USNWR, from April 16, 2013, I decided to add my two-cents worth to the conversation. In 2003, I was working as in-house IP counsel for a large multinational manufacturing company. We were selling some companies, [...]
Apr 22, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
This post was written by Scott Morgan. Scott Morgan is a board certified Texas family law attorney and founder of the Morgan Law Firm which has offices in Houston, Austin and Sugar Land. He blogs on Texas divorce and family law issues here. When he is not practicing family law or obsessing over search engine [...]
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