I know that some people believe that law is for the dogs. And that’s even more true when you work from home, since dogs provide quiet companionship. Attorney Michael Eisenberg has recognized the affinity between lawyers and their pups, and started this blog, www.amicuscanis.com, where you can share photos and stories about your practice
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The ROI of Blogging
Over at my Legal Blogwatch beat, I posted about measuring the ROI of blogging. Specifically, should lawyers attempt to quantify the value of blogging in dollars and cents, or evaluate the benefits of blogging in the same way that we evaluate the benefits of other marketing techniques like dining with clients or networking. Let…
Running A Law Firm on Web 2.0
In this article, Tools of the Trade: Web 2.0 Top Ten List (1/29/07), attorney Lee Rosen shares his top ten list of internet tools that can “make the practice of law easier, faster and more convenient for attorneys and our clients.” For those unfamiliar with the term Web 2.0, Rosen describes it this way:
Web…
An Inspiring Solo
This article, In iron lung, lawyer forged iron will (Dallas Morning News 1/29/07) features
Paul Alexander, a remarkable solo who practices law, despite having been paralyzed from the neck down since childhood as a result of polio and breathing with assistance from an iron lung. But how does Alexander’s condition affect his clients? Not much,…
If I solo out of school, do I pick the cheaper law school?
Q: I’m only applying to law school now, but I am hoping to open up my own general practice as soon as I graduate. Here is my situation: I am fairly sure that I will be admitted to a law school in the city where I am intent on living and opening my firm (School…
Phew, Six Posts At Once
As you can see, I’ve been busy with lots of posts. It’s just added up over time. I know that I should space them out and post them every so often, but once it’s written, I want to get it live. But you don’t have to read all my posts at once; come back a…
Can Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Anchor Social Movements? We Already Do.
Professor Alan Childress of Legal Profession Blog emailed me a link to his post on an article by Brenda Bratton Blom entitled Cause Lawyering and Social Movements: Can Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Anchor Social Movements? My answer to the question posed by Blom’s title is that solo and small firm practitioners by our very…
Will Video Kill the Blogging Stars?
I always loved this song, Video Killed the Radio Star. But I never thought I might be witness a paraphrased version of it someday. Specifically, is video going to kill the “blogging stars” – and maybe even the “lawyer stars?”
Consider this trend. Lawyer bloggers Imke Ratchko of New York Small Business Law and Nicole…
Good News for Solo and Small Firm Estates Lawyers?
It’s not clear whether it’s too soon to call this a trend, but Joel Schoenmeyer at the Death and Taxes blog notes that at least one large firm, Chicago-based Sonnenschein has decided to get rid of its estates group. Shoenmeyer writes:
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see other big law firms start…
Real Life Marketing Lessons
I come from a long tradition of hands on learning. Back when I was around 8 years old, my dad, who’s a chemist, would let my younger sisters and I loose in his lab on the weekend, where, unsupervised, we’d mix up solutions with “HCl” (hydrochloric acid), phenolthaline and other chemicals and watching them turn…