If you’ve got five minutes to spare, I commend you to join Adam Smith Esquire’s Bruce MacEwen in a round of “Guess Which Firm’s Website?” As Bruce describes:
The rules are simple: Pick three or four firms at random, visit their websites, and pretend you can’t see the logo identifying the firm. Try
This Is What Happens When You Scare Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Away From the Cloud
Many solo and small firm lawyers are still suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy, reports the New York Law Journal. Power outages of a week or more, left many solo and small firm lawyers unable to access files or communicate with the court. What’s most unfortunate, is that the after effects of the storm
How Low Can (or Should) You Go: Part II
Following yesterday’s post exploring the viability of the $99/hour lawyer as a business model, discussion (if you can call an exchange of 140 character blurbs and bursts real discussion) ensued on Twitter. I wanted to use this post to summarize my view of the argument and also clarify the context of my post.
Billing Like It’s 1989: The $99/Hour Lawyer
Call it a new kind of legal limbo as law firms take a turn on the conga line to see just how low they can go. Only this form of limbo isn’t a game, but serious business. Large firms are quoting suicide rates to keep business reports Lawyerist while solos and nonlawyer networks are exploring
My Dispatch from the 2012 Futures Conference: Who’s Looking Out for Solos and Our Clients?
Last week, I attended the COLPM’s Futures Conference 2012 here in Washington D.C. to learn where the practice of law and the legal profession are heading. For once, I got more than I bargained for as panel after panel of technology experts and thought-leaders and in-house counsel openly shared the problems with today’s law firms,
College of Law Practice Management
This past weekend, I was excited and honored to be inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management . I spent some time with my buddy Ed Poll who’s been hammering the point that law is a business before many of today’s futurists were even born. Ever insightful, Ed asked one of
Social Media and Substantive Law Practice
Last night, I glimpsed the future of work at my kitchen table.
It was 10 pm, and I’d just returned from the grocery store when I happened upon my daughter, math book and worksheet spread on the table, laptop by her side open to a Facebook page. Naturally, I exploded – “What are doing on
Should the Bars Get Help from Yelp?
When it comes to social media, many bar disciplinary bodies have expressed reservations about testimonials. Some states permit lawyers to post testimonials on their websites only with prominent disclaimers, while others impose a duty on lawyers to monitor third-party sites like Avvo or LinkedIn where testimonials might crop up.
Though testimonials can potentially be deceptive
To the ABA – Tear Down the Pay Wall that Keeps Ethics Opinions From Seeing the Light Of Day (Sign My Change.org petition)
If you thought that aggressive enforcement of copyright was only for the RIAA, think again. The ABA is just as intent about enforcing copyright interests in its ethics opinions. But whether you agree with the RIAA’s tactics or not, at least its copyright enforcement activity is intended to protect RIAA’s constituents; artists, musicians and
If Forrest Gump Were A Lawyer Blogger
You know the movie, Forrest Gump, where a seemingly dim protagonist accidentally winds up at the forefront of many historic moments, and finds wild success beyond whatever anyone ever expected? Forrest Gump came to mind when I learned about solo personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz’s most recent foray into the big time. Of