An increasing number of civil cases go forward without lawyers. Litigants who cannot afford a lawyer, and either do not qualify for legal aid or are unable to have a lawyer assigned to them because of dwindling budgets, are on their own — pro se.
Jordan Furlong is a partner with Edge International, providing consulting services to law firms on strategic planning and tactical matters. He will give a teleseminar on January 12th discussing the future of the legal profession.
The other night I was listening to talk radio and I heard something which was both dismaying yet exhilarating at the same time. Bear with me. The show was discussing how two great professions, the medical field and the legal field, were now closing in on the least desirable professions to pursue. But…..
We hear lots of verbiage out there about fixed fees, flat fees, alternative fees, value billing, value pricing, open pricing, call it what you will but there are few concrete examples of transitioning from the billable model and the lawyer’s fear that goes with. This is the story of one of my clients.
Deborah L. Cohen has worked as a business journalist since receiving a Masters from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1996. She provided a guest lecture about how to work with a reporter from the reporter’s perspective. In this teleseminar Deborah discussed how to work with a reporter from the reporter’s perspective. This is […]
The ABA Blawg 100 beauty pageant has begun once again and Build A Solo Practice @ SPU is a finalist in the Business category. As a rule, I’m not big on these types of things. However, once I thought about it I realized this ‘award’ is important, not for me, but for all solos out […]
My readers have spoken. The winner of the Solo Practice University Birthday Scholarship (with more than two thirds of the overall vote) is:
What are your thoughts on holiday cards? In my old firm we used to begrudgingly send them out every year. I am reconsidering sending out holiday cards this year and maybe do something else instead. Like donating the money I would have spent on holiday cards to my favorite charity and maybe sending out e-cards instead. Any thoughts?
We’ve had many requests from non-lawyer spouses, parents, girlfriends and boyfriends and even lawyers themselves who have wanted the option to purchase the ‘gift of education’ for the lawyer or law student in their life. And now you can with an Solo Practice University Gift Certificate.
It’s time to vote for the winner of the Solo Practice University Birthday Scholarship: First, here are the entries: 1. JO I went to law school to become a plaintiff’s trial lawyer based on a desire to help injured people obtain justice. The exposures I had as a child growing up in a large working […]
Why Going Solo as a Young Attorney Could Be the Best Decision Ever with Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University®.
On this episode of New Solo from the Legal Talk Network, Adriana Linares interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about how to stay motivated throughout the process of starting a solo law practice.
Motivation in life is very important. I share seminal moments which have shaped me as a human being and helped me become who I am today.
On this podcast from Lawpreneur Radio, Miranda McCroskey interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about perceptions of fear, failure and other issues facing solos.
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