There are still seats left for the upcoming, online program, Six Weeks til Solo Practice. Just click on the link which will take you to the registration page and class syllabus. Also, if you are a recent grad or not currently employed (or on the verge of a layoff), contact me at carolyn.elefant@gmail.com to
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Imagining Your Blog Audience
One of the best parts of blogging is the conversations it allows you to have with readers. And if you don’t know who your readers are, well, then, imagine them, as I posted in this guest-post on Grant Griffiths’ Blog for Profit site. Here’s a quick excerpt, but you should go over to Grant’s site…
Two Years: The Reason Why You Should Not Leave the Law Now
With the economy tanking and the number of legal jobs declining, now may seem like a good time to leave the law. Whether you graduated from law school last May and still haven’t found a job or whether you’re one of the growing number of biglaw casualties or a victim of a law firm’s…
Round Up of Posts on Marketing Lessons from The Election
Throughout the election, I’d planned on writing a post on marketing lessons but didn’t get around to it. Now that the election is over, this kind of analysis abounds, so rather than repeat it, I’ll offer this quick round up of some of the best, interspersed with my own commentary.
Steve Harrison of MillionDollarAuthorClub offers…
How Tollbridge Businesses Can Provide An Annual Revenue Stream for Solo and Small Firms
Yes, I still read the local newspaper (in my case, the Washingtonpost) in hard copy every so often, and today I came across this article on the value of annuity contracts — or as Warren Buffett calls them toll bridge businesses — to small service providers like heating or air conditioning contractors.
So what’s…
Tips on Meeting Clients At A Virtual Office
For many solo and small firm lawyers, virtual office space offers the optimal compromise between an entirely home-based operation on the one hand, and renting full time office space on the other. A virtual office arrangement, which may include a mailing address, receptionist service and per diem use of office or conference room space, enables…
Why Not Outsource Innovation to Solo and Small Firms?
I’m still fascinated by the concept of outsourcing innovation that I referenced in passing in this post from earlier today. According to this Business Week article, countries like India and China paying American corporations to develop products, or put another way, they are outsourcing innovation.
So I got to thinking…why couldn’t large law firms outsource…
From Biglaw to Yourlaw
Law may be governed by precedent, but oh how soon we forget. Once upon, the behemoth law firm Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom was just a trio of fellows named Marshall, John and Les who had the crazy idea to hang out their own shingle. Yet now, forty years later, as the economy tanks and…
Start Your Law Firm by 2009: More Information On Six Weeks Til Solo Practice
So, do you want to get your law firm up and running by the end of 2008? What’s holding you back? You know, even if you’re starting your own firm, you don’t have to go it alone. Why not join with a group of like minded people to cross over into solo practice together. You’ll…
The Rituals of Oral Argument – Please Share Yours!
Ever since I advanced, rather surprisingly, through the rounds of my first year Moot Court competition, I’ve adhered rigorously to certain rituals of oral argument. Back then, my rituals involved meditating in front of a candle and listening to this James Taylor album over and over again. These days, I memorize case citations and JA…