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(Let me preface this with the following: This is not a political post.) Regardless of your position on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is one undeniable truth. More and more lawyers will be going out on their own and one of the biggest deterrents to doing so has been the inability to secure health […]
Every single day I get at least 100 email. One day, I counted 400 new messages. And I know I’m not alone. According to this study by The Radicati Group, a technology market research firm: In 2013, the majority of email traffic comes from business email, which accounts for over 100 billion emails sent and received […]
If you’re a solo practitioner or taking the plunge, you can make life a lot easier by adding mindfulness practice to your toolbox. Mindfulness is a tool that helps you work smarter and stay saner. As a solo, smarts and sanity are essential ingredients to a successful law practice. I was a solo practitioner for […]
Question: I recently finished a new website for my firm after working on it for months with my web developer. After getting pre-approval for the format and then resubmitting the “final” live site, I was disheartened to hear back from my state bar ad committee indicating that portions of the site violated ethical rules and […]
This post was written by Ian E. Scott. Ian E. Scott is a Harvard Law School Graduate, lawyer and author of Law School Lowdown: Secrets of Success from the Application Process to Landing Your First Job. (Barron’s Publishing). Law School Lowdown: is a comprehensive law school guide that contains several important tips regarding law school […]
Marketing and selling. Two words that strike fear into the hearts of lawyers everywhere. To us, selling is a necessary evil if we want to attract clients, but we don’t like it. In fact, we fear it. Did you know the #1 fear lawyers have is that they will come across like a cheap, used […]
(While this post originally was penned for our sponsor’s blog, ALPS, it received such a positive response from their audience I thought I would publish the original, unedited version on our own SPU blog.) .…..of course there are probably more than nine but these really would have helped me when I opened my practice right […]
It is hard to believe that it is already the end of September. I have recently been getting quite a few emails and having coffee with folks who are already starting to study for February. Most of these folks are repeat takers and many are working full time while studying. Are you one of these […]
I distinctly remember the looks on the faces of those with whom I shared my plans to launch a completely web-based law practice. It was a cross between skepticism that clients would actually work with an attorney online and pity that I was naïve enough to think they would. Things have changed in the past […]
In the per-diem world I regularly encounter pro-se adversaries (people representing themselves). In New York City Civil Court (jurisdiction up to $25,000), people often appear pro-se. Many of these are debt collection cases, but I have been involved in all kinds of civil litigation where one side (the other side from my side) was pro-se. […]
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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