For those who have been patiently waiting, Solo by Choice is finally back in stock here on Amazon. Whether you’re on the fence about solo practice or looking to incorporate 21st century trends like technology, outsourcing and alternative billing into your practice or trying to select a practice area, you’ll find a wealth of
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Required Mentoring for New Lawyers- What Do You Think?
According to this article, the Florida Supreme Court’s Commission on Professionalism recently adopted a recommendation that would require every lawyer admitted to the Florida Bar – 2000 of them annually – to obtain a mentor during the first year of practice. The Commission has now asked a special blue-ribbon committee to study ways to…
The Perils of the Volume Practice – and Ways to Avoid Them
Scott Greenfield’s post at Simple Justice about solo immigration lawyer, Frank Liu’s disciplinary problems highlights the perils of the volume practice. Referencing this New York Times article, Greenfield describes how Liu’s carelessly written form briefs (where he sometimes neglected to change the sections describing the facts) ultimately landed him in hot water with the…
A New Kind of Powerpoint
After a few recent presentations that were so dull that I nearly snoozed through them myself, I picked up a copy of Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points for some new inspiration. Atkinson’s main point: treat a presentation like a Hollywood production. While that’s a tall order with a topic as dull as regulation, I decided…
Starting Non-Conventional Solo Practices and a Free Marketing Call
Some lawyers start their own practice, but rather than specialize in traditional legal work, opt for or incorporate alternatives like contract lawyering, mediation or lobbying. If you’re interested in how to build a practice in those areas, consider these resources:
Lisa Solomon, a nationally recognized contract attorney who practices as Question of Law offers some…
Contests as a Way to Attract New Clients
I came across this Press Release about a Clean Tech competition that’s awarding $600,000 in prizes to early stage clean energy innovators. And guess what? The awards include not just cash but also in-kind services offered by accounting, public relations and law firms – in this case, tech counsel to the “stars,” Wilson Sonsini.…
How to Get Transactional Training
Much of the advice on learning new practice skills relates primarily to litigation oriented practices. As I’ve discussed in Solo by Choice, a new solo or lawyer interested in trial work can spend a few days court-watching, accompany a more experienced lawyer to depositions or pick up a pro bono case which might entail…
An Off Hours Law Practice Is An On Point Idea
One of the five "high impact" marketing practices that I discuss in Solo by Choice is non-traditional consultations, such as house calls or an after hours practice. Not only are are non-traditional consults a way to stand out and accomodate your clients, but they’re also compatible with many solos’ business models. Making house calls or…
Making Sense of Online Marketing Options…With A Circle
Consistent with the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the entropy (or in lay terms, randomness) of the array of online marketing options is ever-increasing. But thanks to this diagram (and post) by Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, there’s hope of imposing some order on all of the chaos.
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Eric Turkewitz’s April Fools Joke Shows the Importance of Ledership in Blogs
If you’re scanning this in your news aggregator, I’ll bet my headline, with its apparent misspelling probably jumped right out at you. In fact, I meant to spell “ledership” just as I did. A lede is the introductory section of a story, and New York Personal Injury Law blogger Eric Turkewitz’s
recent masterful April Fools’…