Each morning as @carolynelefant, I check in on Twitter for my dose of innovation-overload. Twitter is always brimming with updates on great minds undertaking great change-the-world-or-the-legal-profession ventures and 140-character insights that inspire and offer new perspectives that I’d love to put to action if I only had the time.
As author of MyShingle, I straddle
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I’m only just now getting around to commenting on this recent Notes from the Breadline post by Roxana St. Thomas at Above the Law on the drawbacks of solo practice. Essentially, St. Thomas focuses on the tougher aspects of going solo, from the potential costs associated with office space to figuring out how to choose
It must have been a slow news day for self-described upstart small law firm, Higbee Associates dba RecordGone. What else could inspire the firm to issue this bizarre press release Press Release, trumpeting the firm’s Alexa search engine ranking of 127,628 and boasting that the ranking outscores any of the top ten largest
As I’ve written plenty of times before, I’m not much of a fan of technology for technology’s sake. I’m both too busy and too clumsy to fool around with gizmos and gadgets that don’t have an immediate, practical application to my law practice or my life. So when I first learned about a site called
I’m getting ready for my upcoming conference, but couldn’t resist posting about this article that describes the trend of minority owned firms partnering up with larger firms to help meet diversity requirements. It’s a trend that I mentioned in my book Solo by Choice, so I was interested to learn that the trend has since
This is one of those "collection posts" – with a couple of different topics.
First, I came across a bunch of FREE tools for start-ups at Ladies Who Launch. Though the tools are geared towards start-up companies generally, as opposed to law firms, there are plenty of forms and templates here, from business
Not sure how many of you remember the T.V. Show, That Girl, featuring Marlo Thomas as a small town gal trying to make it big as an actress in New York. Truth be told, I never much liked the few reruns that I saw (I’m too young to remember the originals), but the concept
On April 30, 2009, I’ll be teaming up with Julie Tower-Pierce, a fellow D.C. area lawyer and author of Staying At Home, Staying in the Law for a four hour workshop entitled PinkSlips, Detours & OnRamps where we’ll be sharing advice and inspiration on ways to recharge and reinvent your legal career. There are
Most of us are curious to learn how much solos earn, yet few solos are willing to publicly share. So here’s a huge hat tip to Peter Olson of Solo in Chicago for posting his monthly financials for 2009. Because Peter’s so disciplined with expenses, he manages to keep virtually everything he kills.
Interestingly, it