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Eight lucky May, 2012 law school graduates will receive a three month scholarship to Solo Practice University® Recently, we announced our stellar faculty at Solo Practice University now receive a stipend for their teaching. It took three years to achieve this goal and we are thrilled to be able to do so. However, several faculty said it […]
The iPhone 4S added a much advertised voice-activated feature called “Siri,” which performs tasks that legal blogger Ernie the Attorney called “purely magical” because Siri allows you to avoid typing on that tiny keyboard. Lawyers can speak to Siri to transcribe dictation into an email, a text message or a document. Siri can do web […]
With so much social media hype these past couple of years, sometimes I think the reasons for taking the time to blog have been lost. We are inundated by Twitter feeds, Facebook streams, Pinterest Boards and we forget that all this great content we are consuming was created by someone else, someone else who continues […]
With the current economy, new grads setting up solo practices, BigLaw defectors going home to go to work, it’s time to revisit the rules of working from home. This post is not, however, about how to comply with the specific issue of being a lawyer working from home but the emotional and physical challenges of working from home… […]
Recently I gave a speech to over 500 human resource professionals on the use of social media in the workplace. I started the speech by asking how many of the attendees had an account for LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Overwhelmingly the majority of the audience indicated they had both Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Less than […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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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