The Total Attorney’s Practice Management Association Get a Life conference begins this Wednesday, May 27 and continues through May 28. There’s a great line up of speakers who don’t typically present at these kinds of events (at least, not all in one place!) including my colleague and friend Allison Shields and some fun activities as well.
Calling All Innovative Solo Lawyers – Innovaction Contest!
At the request of my blogging colleague, Jordan Furlong of Law21 and Chair of the College of Law Practice Management Innovaction program, I’m somewhat belatedly posting this call for nominations for this year’s Innovaction Awards sponsored by the College of Law Practice Management. The awards are given to law firms or other legal services providers
There Is No Stress Like…
Many of you may know what it’s like to stand up when the jury verdict’s about to be read. Your heart pounds, your palms sweat and you get weak in the knees. The seconds seem like an eternity as you wait to learn the result.
Before I became a mom, I could think of nothing
Lawyer Marketing Resources
I’m not flashy about marketing, nor am I a believer in those pricey “silver bullet” systems, where the only people who win are the experts selling their products. Still, I do cover marketing issues, both here at my blog in the Marketing & Making Money category and at the Nolo Legal Marketing Blawg (Nolo is
Should You Charge for, Or Mark Up the Costs of Legal Research?
This post was originally published May 17, 2009 and was updated May 9, 2022.
Many years ago, I posted at Legal Blogwatch about an ongoing lawsuit against biglaw firmChadbourne Park, alleging that Chadbourne engaged in deceptive practices and committedfraud for, among other things, billing the client $20,000 for online research services whenthe actual cost to
Going Solo Means Never Having to Say You Were Fired
A few weeks back, a reader, discouraged after having failed the bar exam yet again, asked whether he should give up on his dream of starting his own practice. Of the advice that I offered, what resonated most with the reader was my reminder that no matter how many times he passed the bar, once
Ratings Rate With Clients
Lawyers may not be fans of ratings systems, as I’ve posted previously. But what lawyers, or bar associations think about ratings doesn’t matter, if clients think otherwise. And as the Washington Post reports, increasingly, consumers are turning to ratings to make decisions about service providers like real estate agents, plumbers and movers. Moreover, at
The Twenty-First Century Mom Lawyer: A Life Without Seams
October 21, 1996 marks the day that I qualified to celebrate Mothers’ Day with the birth of my first daughter, Elana. Exactly a week to the day of my daughter’s birth, I donned the one non-maternity work skirt that still fit me (albeit with the top button open), slipped a boxy red blazer over my
How David Beats Goliath Is the Story of How Solos Thrive
How is that solo and small firm lawyers are thriving at a time when biglaw is crumbling? Why does the the spirit of optimism still prevail among most solos even as our large firm colleagues experience hopelessness and panic?
Over the past few months, I’ve pondered these questions, but I’ve never seen the
The Home Office Niche
With home offices increasing in popularity, what better niche for a home office lawyer than advising home based businesses. I’ve shared this idea before, but was reminded of it again after reading this piece from a Colorado publication which describes that:
Douglas County [Colorado] is home to one of the largest populations of home-based businesses