Originally, I intended to simply file an approving comment on Simple Justice blogger Scott Greenfield’s cautionary expose about Law Guru, but Scott’s post is so important, that it demands additional circulation. Scott reports on a new initiative by Law Guru.com to compensate lawyers for answers that they provide in response to questions posed by
Future Trends
New York Bar Asks What Solos Want and Tries to Deliver
Not sure how I missed this when it first issued, but via Leonard Sienko of the NYSBA General Practice Blog, I learned about the New York State Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Report, issued June 18, 2009. I approached the report with some trepidation, fearful that like many others of its kind,…
The Solo Bandwagon Marches On…
This week’s news brings a handful of law firm start up stories. First, the Las Vegas Sun profiles
two young female lawyers, Tara Young and Elizabeth Sorokac who lost their jobs in February and have already started their own practices. Both had been practicing for only a few years and never expected to start a…
The Year Since Solo by Choice: How to Be The Lawyer You Always Wanted To Be
[Note- the tape cuts out at 50 seconds – music continues because I could not split the track]
It’s been a little over a year since the release of my book, www.aSolo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be. My book, which was the first book on law practice…
Why, In An Economic Downturn, Is the DC Bar Trying to Kill One Tool That Can Help Lawyers Find Clients and Jobs?
The legal profession is on the skids like never before — though you’d scarcely realize it from visiting a bar association website. As law firms shed attorneys at an unprecedented rate — 4376 layoffs since January 1, 2008, 2614 in calendar year 2009, and 700 on a single Black Thursday, one would think that…
Ben Glass – Why What I Do Matters to the Profession
Why What I Do Matters to the Profession
By: Ben Glass, Fairfax, VA www.greatlegalmarketing.com
In May 2005 I sat in the back of a room at a Renegade Millionaire conference hosted by Dan Kennedy, hearing story after story of how people in different professions and businesses were making a difference in the lives of others…
Solo Trends for 2009
Tomorrow and throughout the week, I’ll be posting the essays that I received in response to MyShingle’s Sixth Birthday contest. But for my first post of the New Year, like many of my blogging colleagues (e.g., Ross Kodner, Neil Squillante,Niki Black and Stephanie Kimbro) I wanted to share some of…
Challenge the Bar
Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’
UPDATE (11/22/08) I wanted to highlight the comment from Ben Glass, a respected and successful personal injury/medical malpractice attorney…
The Whole Pig
One of my favorite chapters in the Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House On The_Prairie series is the one recounting Pa’s annual hog butchering ritual. At least sixty years later, Wilder was able to describe the event in vivid detail (if you’re a fan of the series, I’m sure you remember these details), from the somewhat…
Two Years: The Reason Why You Should Not Leave the Law Now
With the economy tanking and the number of legal jobs declining, now may seem like a good time to leave the law. Whether you graduated from law school last May and still haven’t found a job or whether you’re one of the growing number of biglaw casualties or a victim of a law firm’s…