Why What I Do Matters to the Profession
By: Ben Glass, Fairfax, VA www.greatlegalmarketing.com
In May 2005 I sat in the back of a room at a Renegade Millionaire conference hosted by Dan Kennedy, hearing story after story of how people in different professions and businesses were making a difference in the lives of others…
I went to law school to make a difference and really help people. I graduated from law school in 1999, when the economy was having a party and law firms were fighting for the top law school graduates. By the time I graduated, starting salaries had crept up to $135,000 per year and I graduated…
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Over at her blog, Legal Research and Writing Pro, my friend Lisa Solomon summarizes the recent spurt of posts round the blogosphere on the grim life of contract attorneys, who endure low wages, intolerable working conditions and frequently, degrading treatment from other lawyers. Lisa suggests that these lawyers consider…
I wanted to apologize for my delay in posting the results of the contest – there are so many great posts and I’d like to get them all set up to post in seriatim – but a couple of matters, including an unexpected family emergency have put me off track. I will either turn my…
Many large firms assume, wrongly, that solo and small firm lawyers don’t handle complex issues. Truth is, many of us do. But unlike biglaw which has the luxury of researching and strategizing about these issues in a vacuum, we solo and small firm clients do all that, plus tend to our clients’ needs.
Consider the…
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I’ll be teaching a course on how to use web 2.0, social media and other collaborative technologies to Build Your Own Bar Association through Solo Practice University. From what I can tell, I’ll be a bit of a heretic on the faculty: not only did I love law school but…
Tomorrow and throughout the week, I’ll be posting the essays that I received in response to MyShingle’s Sixth Birthday contest. But for my first post of the New Year, like many of my blogging colleagues (e.g., Ross Kodner, Neil Squillante,Niki Black and Stephanie Kimbro) I wanted to share some of…
