How to Turn Writing a Blogpost into a Getting a Client or a Job Interview
Do you know how to effectively leverage your blog posts? If you don’t, you need to read this great advice from Debra Bruce.
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Please Do Not Confuse Your Google Search With My Law Degree
I recently posted the picture of this mug on our Facebook Page. It got the most views and shares of anything I have ever posted (more than 35,000 as of this date)…and it was organic views. This speaks volumes about what lawyers are feeling when it comes to those (potential) clients who come in to their office who have done some preliminary research on their legal matter and then challenge the value of paying a lawyer for her knowledge. How do you combat someone who feels they know what you know by virtue of Google?
Protection Of Law Firm And Client Data Must Be Intentional (Part 2)
In my previous column, I discussed how cyber liability is a serious risk management issue for lawyers, given our Rule 1.6 duty to maintain the confidentiality of client information. Given the high profile cyber attacks against Target, Sony Pictures Entertainment, the United States Government, and the Ashley Madison website; many law firms may believe they are not big enough to be a target, or they don’t have data that cyber criminals would find attractive. These law firms would be wrong on both counts.
How Secure is Your Law Firm Data? (Part 1)
Lawyers and firms who underestimate the risk of a cyber attack or who fail to take affirmative steps to protect their data, have an increased risk of becoming the subject of a disciplinary or malpractice claim. Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information, which prohibits lawyers from revealing confidential client information, also speaks to a lawyer’s duty to protect client information. What can you do to mitigate this risk?
Metadata. Still Don’t Get It? Then You’re Incompetent.
There is no exception in the confidentiality rule that says an attorney needn’t worry about maintaining client confidences if an electronic document is in use. That means metadata. If you don’t know what it is, or you know what it is and having been paying attention to the documents you send, you better read this post.
Nothing Can Bring You Success But Yourself
As I close the year 2015 and reflect back on the progress I’ve made on Rezooming my career, I need to share with you a book I’ve read several times over these past 5 years that has made a huge impact on my journey. The book is Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It has 17 wonderful steps you can use as guideposts and suggestions to refocus your career.
Solo Practice University® Blog Inducted Into ABA Journal 100 Hall of Fame
Apparently we’re doing something which has not gone unnoticed by the ABA Journal. After almost 8 years of blogging alongside our amazing contributors (monthly and guest), the Solo Practice University® Blog has been inducted into the ABA Journal Blawg 100 Hall of Fame alongside some of our profession’s serious rock stars. Here is what they […]
Work Life Balance for the Single Solo
When you are running your own solo practice, the subject of work-life balance often arises. We discuss prioritizing work with date nights, family time, school plays, exercise, etc. For the most part though, the discussion revolves around couples and concerns regarding marital quality time and children.
For some reason when you are single no one talks about the work-life balance of building your business and trying to find a suitable partner. Well, let’s discuss it.
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Taking the 30,000 Foot View For A Happier Life.
Life is about perspective and everyday we have to remember to keep perspective. Oftentimes, we lose site of the bigger picture, our purpose in the grand scheme of things and we need to step back and take the 30,000 foot view. What should you be focusing on?
A Primer on Business and Trust Accounting for Solo/Small Firms
If you’re a lawyer and clients give you money you must have a system in place for maintaining and properly recording all transactions related to the funds now in your possession. There are absolutely no excuses for not having a system in place. It is required. Here is a primer to help you either get started or make sure the way you are currently managing your clients’ monies entrusted to you are handled ethically.
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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.
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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.
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