It’s one thing to go solo with a portfolio of business, but quite another to start from scratch. Yet, many lawyers, including me, have started firms without any business to speak of. And this article, Solos’ First Step: Converting Contacts into Clients , Douglas S. Malan The Connecticut Law Tribune (April 27, 2006) shares stories
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More on the Joys of Law Libraries
Like Barry Kaufman, I’m a huge fan of the law library and recognize that it’s an indispensable tool for solo practitioners. Which is why I’m thrilled to be able to offer this Guest Post, Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries from Mary Whisner, the assistant librarian for reference services at the Gallagher…
Clients As Pals: Almost As Bad as the Client from Hell
Talk to any solo, and invariably, he or she will share a story of a client from hell. You know who I’m talking about: the one who won’t pay the bills, who calls at all hours, who wonders why a 20 page motion took 10 hours to draft or who complains about how lawyers…
Advice from Shinglers Across the Pond
Human Lawyer, a UK Blogger, posts about an article by Susan Singleton in this quarter’s issue of the Solicitors Sole Practitoners Group Quarterly Magazine that talks about how to save money off big legal publishers and stay current with developments in your field.” The list includes these tips:
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Happy 3rd Birthday Benefits Blog
Solo Janell Grenier celebrated her Third Blogoversary over at Benefits Blog and shares her impressive visitor stats, though not her secrets of how she’s managed to keep up her efforts for so long. Benefits Blog’s popularity does not surprise me. Even though I know nothing about "tax, benefits or ERISA," the subject of her blog,…
Quality of Life Tips
The ABA GP Section just posted a list of quality of life resources that offer information on work-family balance, de-stressing and some silling “time wasters.” In the three years that I’ve been blogging MyShingle, I’ve noticed a proliferation in work balance resources, but not much improvement on the part of lawyers to strike a better…
60 Marketing Tips in 60 Minutes
Rob Robinson summarizes the list of 60 Marketing Tips in 60 Minutes from an ABA Techshow presentation. I’ve used many of these tips with success (like niches with riches) and others, I know I should be using, like following up after speaking engagements or improving my Power Point skills. Finally, some of the tips, like…
New Zealand Lawyers Get the Gender Issues
Gender disparity at large firms is not unique to the US; our colleagues down under in New Zealand share these problems also, as reported in Flexible work practices avoid gender disparity (April 21, 2006); NZ Lawyer Issue 38. According to the article, women comprise over a third of all law practitioners, but less than 20…
Solo Reported Missing
A Texas solo is missing, according to this Texas Lawyer article (4/20/06), State Bar of Texas Steps in After Solo is Reported Missing. According to the article, Britt Hall, a Houston solo, has not been seen since Jan. 3, according to a private investigator who is searching for him. And State Bar officials say…
More Reason to Jump on the Blogwagon Now
This article, Blogs Continue to Multiply reports that currently, there are 35.5 million blogs, 60-75 times more than were online just three years ago, with 75,000 new ones born daily. In some ways, it seems like information overload – who could read so many blogs – but I still think the trend bodes well for…