Eight years ago, at a conference sponsored by Ms. JD , I attended a gripe-session about the hardships of big law for women, to which I responded by listing the benefits of starting one’s own firm. As I described here, my remarks were received tepidly, and in fact, one woman responded:
Starting a firm
Crowdsourcing Legal Research Won’t Work Because It Doesn’t Help the Majority: Solo and Small Law Firms
Last week, two of my longtime blogging buddies, Bob Ambrogi and Scott Greenfield tackled the question of why websites dedicated to crowdsourcing legal research haven’t taken off. Citing a quote by entrepreneur Approva Mehta whose own crowdsourcing attempt failed, Bob suggests that the odds are stacked against crowdsourcing from the get-go in the legal industry
Zirtual’s Interruption Causes Real Disruption for Virtual Clients
Maybe all those new age start-ups that anointed themselves industry disruptors weren’t exaggerating after all. As Tech Crunch reports, Zirtual , an online, on-demand provider of administrative services did just that: today, Zirtual, without advance notice suspended service, due to “market circumstances and financial constraints” — causing enormous disruption for customers who had come
Guest Post – Mentorship Relationships
The following is a guest post by Jack Dawson, a web developer and UI/UX specialist at BigDropInc.com.
16 Characteristics of a Good Business Mentor Relationship
From time immemorial, people have always passed on skills from one person to the other through a direct relationship between the person in the know and the person acquiring
What’s Your Watermelon – The Small Thing That Can Transform Your Practice or Your Client’s Experience in Big Ways
Earlier this summer, when gifted a large watermelon, I accidentally discovered an easier approach to cutting it. After splitting the watermelon in two, instead of balancing the watermelon on its rind and slicing down on the fruit, I found that flipping the watermelon over and cutting directly into the rind enabled me to finish the
MyShingle Is Back, Thank You.
Six weeks. Long time to go not just without posting, but without even reading other blogs. Now I am back.
Resuming blogging was hard because my husband was here for the hundreds of posts I’ve penned except for this one. Every post I write from now on, he will never read, never see. The
Nine Years Later, Avvo Is Pretty Much the Only Game In Town
Earlier this week,Avvo the first online lawyer rating site announced another round of funding – to the tune of $71.5 million – to expand product offerings and bring on new hires, reports the ABA Journal. News of Avvo’s expansion brought the usual grumblings on some of the lawyer list-serves where I participate –
In Memoriam, My Husband Bruce Israel, 58 Years Old
Over the years, I’ve pierced this blog’s professional veil to share glimpses of my personal life: my ongoing struggle to balance parenthood and practice, my father’s passing, my daughters’ growing up and my oldest’s departure for college last August. Yet I’ve rarely, if ever, blogged about or even mentioned my husband — which
Will the Future of Law Look Like the Future of Medical Practice?
As with the legal profession, medicine is rapidly changing, driven by technological advancements, cost pressures and physician shortages. Healthline reports on some of the new business models cropping up in response.
One company, Turntable Health is a subscription service. A flat fee of $80 per month buys an adult an unlimited amount of monthly visits
Document Automation Isn’t the Only Disruptive Legal Technology…And What That Means for Solos & Smalls
Thanks to technology, advance directives- legal documents that specify what actions should be taken if patients are no longer able to care for themselves – are readily available. Free advance directive forms abound online at sites like this, while those who don’t care to read through lengthy instructions can create an advanced directive