The wildly popular The Part-Time Shingle Teleseminar is back. Carolyn Elefant, author of Solo By Choice and the blog, MyShingle and Julie Tower-Pierce, author of Staying at Home: Staying in the Law and the flexible lawyering blog, DarlingHill.com, are teaming up once again on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. ET to offer
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UPDATE – I lost my temper [I Should Be Banned from the Blogosphere? As If…]
UPDATE 2/4/10 – 7:45 am Below is a post that I should not have written. I let my temper get the better of me and attributed a view to a respected colleague, Mark Bennett, that I should not have. Mark actually apologized in a comment, but I too am responsible. Jumping to conclusions, as I…
Learning About the Future of Law From Our Kids
Yesterday, my thirteen year old came home from school and announced that her science teacher now requires all of the students to keep their materials – class notes, homework, handouts and the like – on Dropbox. And so, my daughter and her classmates spent the most of the class uploading documents from their computers…
Ghostbusting in the Blogosphere: Is Ghostblogging Unethical & What’s the Best Way to Deal With It?
Back in 2004, now my departed-from-the-blogosphere friend David Giacalone predicted that Ghostblogging Will Kill the Blogosphere. In a thoughtful post that considered the issue from all sides, David criticized the ethics of ghost blogging and lamented that that mass produced, ghostblogs would be “devoid of the spark of life that has put magic into…
Fastcase Makes FREE CaseLaw on the Spot a Reality!
To live in an era of wish fulfillment is an amazing thing. That’s exactly how I felt yesterday when I downloaded Fastcase‘s just released and 100 percent FREE legal research app for the iphone. Yes, I can now search a full database of state and federal cases and statutes right on my phone…
My Trip Out [to] West: A Preview of WestlawNext
Earlier this week, I traveled to Thomson Reuters/West’s headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota to preview, along with a group of other bloggers, a demonstration of the next generation of Westlaw, WestlawNext (go to the end of post for a round up of coverage). Though originally, I’d intended to comment on the product from the solo/small firm…
The Importance of Getting Out in The World: How A Lawyer Found an Oprah-Worthy Case on a Trip to Staples
UPDATE – here’s a piece from the Connecticut Tribune that also discusses the importance of meeting people offline. Though remember- online contacts can also lay a foundation for offline meetings so don’t cut your Internet service just yet!
Imagine wandering into Staples to purchase office equipment for your new law firm and emerging with a…
Booked Solid: Social Media 4 Lawyers Done
It’s been quiet at MyShingle this week because I’ve been booked solid, quite literally. This week, I was immersed in the second and final draft of A Lawyer’s Guide to Social Media for the ABA which I’m co-authoring with my friend and colleague, Niki Black (who’d already completed her edits on schedule, the week…
Mobile Marketing: The Go-To Format for The On The Go 21st Century
I don’t cross reference my posts that frequently, but I’ve just posted at the Nolo Legal Marketing Blawg about the increasing importance of including mobile devices one’s legal marketing portfolio. Why? Because by 2013,
the total number of PCs in use will reach 1.78 billion units in 2013. By 2013, the combined installed base of…
A Travesty of Justice in Colorado: Lawyer Suspended for A Year and A Day for WINNING His Client’s Case
Solo practice can be a risky business. Even a three month suspension by a Grievance Committee wreaks damage far beyond the duration of the penalty. Once suspended, solos must inform clients of their status and pass their files on to colleagues. They cannot market and they cannot work on legal matters for other lawyers. When…