On MyShingle, we celebrate the solo and small firm practitioner,
and those at the forefront of innovation in the legal field. Our newest
project, 41 Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist
15 Years Ago highlights solo and small
firm practitioners who have embraced unconventional and upcoming niche
practices from Algorithm Law to eSports Law.
Our
Roughly a dozen years ago, when blogs and search engine
optimization began gaining real traction as tools for finding clients, I celebrated
the democratization of lawyer marketing. No longer would solos and smalls be
forced to compete with large mill operations that could buy up the back cover
of every edition of the Yellow Pages
As the saying goes, imitation may be the best form of flattery. But it’s not always the best way to design a product or market your practice – at least based on YouTube’s unsuccessful effort to launch a fee-based subscription platform like Netflix or Hulu. Although some observers attributed YouTube’s failure to a saturation of
There are many resources out there on starting a solo or small practice. Yet, when it comes to how to grow your new venture, the available information dwindles. That’s why consultation and coaching can be vital in deciding what are the best techniques to help your particular business thrive. That is the service that Allison
For the past two days, I was thrilled to have my older
daughter home for a brief 48-hour layover between an overseas trip and her
return to her job up in Boston. Unfortunately, she brought with her a vicious
cough and sinus infection that pretty much grounded her after her arrival. When
it became apparent
If you’ve visited MyShingle before, you’re most likely
familiar with our wildly popular profiles
of lawyers focused on the 40
Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago. Several of these new areas
took off in 2018, in particular cannabis which spawned all sorts of new
regulatory and legal issues as described here
and
So last year, you read MyShingle and grew excited or less terrified about starting a law practice. Maybe you read one of our top ten posts for the year and decided to stop playing it safe and to start your law firm. Or maybe you decided that it was your time to change the