For many lawyers, starting or owning a law firm remains at
best, a consolation prize – sloppy seconds to employment as a lawyer – and at
worst, an undesirable career path that ranks far lower than positions in legal
ops or legal tech that don’t even require a J.D. At law schools, starting a law
In a digital age, solo and small firm lawyers can largely accomplish what they need to online. If you need help with getting discovery out or drafting a summary judgment brief, you can find project lawyers through sites like Law Clerk or Hire an Esquire. Most case filling and organization can be handled by
By now, 36 states have adopted
some version of the ABA’s updated Model Rule 1.1. duty of tech competence which
requires lawyers to keep abreast of the benefits and risks associated with
relevant technology. But there’s an even better reason than ethics
compliance for lawyers to learn more about tech: to retain clients.
A recent study by Deloitte reveals what today’s consumers want – and sad
to say, it’s not anything that remotely resembles what today’s law firms offer.
Take a look at this summary chart from the report – and
let’s run through how law firms stack up:
Value, Availability, Convenience and Ease Consumers’ top three
Although summer conjures up visions of lazy weekends by the
pool and hectic family vacations, for me, summer has always been the season to
move discretionary projects off my checklist. With many of the forums
where I practice in recess for some or all of the summer and clients working
short weeks, I often have
Eight and a half long years ago, I suggested
that solo and small law firms share their security practices with clients as an
added selling point for their practices. Of course, back in 2010, many solos
and smalls hadn’t yet started using the cloud, email was still considered
relatively secure and paper-less and virtual law
As a mom and step-mom, Heinrich has a nuanced view of motherhood
that she channels in her work. Particularly, when practicing family law, she
focuses on collaborative child-centered divorce, and has empathy for other
parents in similar roles. Inspired by a legacy of small business owners in her
family, she started her own firm, The
This morning as I strode through metro en route to my
office, I spied a green column emblazoned with a checklist of items – hotdogs,
plates, charcoal and lights and a tagline that read “BBQ, delivered.”
Interesting, I thought to myself — I’d been meaning to host a law-firm sponsored
summer
As the primary care-giver in her family, Bloom knows her practice Bloom & Bloom, LLC, is vital to giving her the freedom to be
present at home and design her schedule in a way that can accommodate her
postpartum recovery. And while she has real worries about building her practice
to be sustainable long-term,
When Teresa made the choice to leave her major immigration firm
and go off on her own, she was motivated by the opportunity to spend more time
with her children. Throughout her solo journey, even though there is the
niggling feeling that she could always be doing more to grow her practice, the Law Office