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It’s the offical first day of Spring, 2012! Three years ago today on the first day of Spring 2009 Solo Practice University® opened it’s virtual doors. Since then we have helped almost 1,000 enrollees create and grow their own solo/small firm practices. Visually, as we’ve grown we’ve gone through many incarnations. Yet our mission has been […]
“In his new book Failing Law Schools, Washington University law professor Brian Tamanaha cites a remarkable statistic. American law schools, he reports, produce 45,000 new graduates each year; but recruiters expect only 25,000 job openings annually through 2018.” Edge International Consulting. This is staggering! If you do the math this means from 2012 – 2018, […]
Suzanne Meehle wrote a nice post called With a Little Help from My Friends about the value of developing your network. Your network of friends and acquaintances can be a boon to your law practice because they can: Refer business to you; Answer legal questions outside your area of expertise; Act as a sounding board […]
As I got ready for work this morning, I found myself enumerating the things I absolutely MUST get done before Friday: Revise contracts for Clients A and B; Client C’s corporate documents are way past due; Client D’s trial brief has been overlooked for far too long; Get the process server to serve the summons […]
I’ve always been my own guinea pig. I’ve been this way since I was a kid. I would tell my parents I want to experience it myself, make my own decisions. I didn’t want their experiences. I wanted the excitement of experiencing for myself what would happen, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I […]
A while back, I wrote about how to handle downtime in your firm. Well, today, I’m going to write about the flip side of downtime: what to do when you are so busy you can’t even take a bathroom break, much less lunch; so busy you can’t hang up from one call before the phone […]
You’ve all had experiences where you rave about someone or something. Have you ever stopped to analyze why you are raving? My readers know I often like to write about personal experiences to make a point translatable to your practice. Today is no different. I recently had to purchase another router so I could continue […]
On Sunday, as I was reading the NY Times, a pastime of probably 95% of the world, I came across an article entitled Casey Greenfield v. the World. Loved the title. It was about the life and love of Casey Greenfield, daughter of journalist Jeff Greenfield and mother of Roderick Henry Greenfield, nicknamed Rory, son […]
On Saturday, March 3rd I am going to be moderating a panel on going solo at WIPI (Working in the Public Interest) Conference being held at the University of Georgia Law School in Athens, Georgia. My session is co-hosted by the Black Law Students Association and runs from 1:30 – 3:00. (If you’re interested in […]
UPDATE: New statistics say By 2050 U.S. Could Have More Spanish Speakers Than ANY OTHER COUNTRY. First, this is not a political post. I will be laying out facts and projections. The goal is for you to use the information (or not) when thinking about the (very near) future of your law practice. Period. I […]
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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