Last week, Above the Law’s Elie Mystal posted about a frighteningly out-of-touch Ohio Supreme Court decision which held that a recent law school graduate lacked the character, fitness and moral qualifications to take the bar exam.
Was the applicant a killer, drug addict or wife-beater? Nope. Just a 34-year old dad and former self-supporting stockbroker
As two of my “co’s,” co-author Niki Black and former co-blogger Bob Ambrogi have already posted, I’m part of a new project, The Xemplar, sponsored by Lexis. Also part of the project are two other people I’ve long wanted to work with, my “co-alum” (we were a class apart in law school) Mass LOMPAP
Last week, I blogged about the importance of lawyers helping other lawyers. In the headline, I used the acronym HALO – Help a Lawyer Out. Since the post, I remembered why the phrase sounded so familiar (no, not because of Help a Reporter Out though I suppose that’s familiar also), but because Andrea Cannavina, owner
I’m going to be off the grid for a few days, so I will leave you with this amateurish holiday video card (I just couldn’t crop the black out of the beginning – just fast forward to the 18 second mark). My resolution for new year? Learn to edit video! I’ll check in a few
It was just around this time, eight years ago that I hit the enter key and uploaded this Welcome Post to the web, officially launching MyShingle. In many ways, I’ve always viewed MyShingle and blogging as a microcosm of solo practice, sharing the same ebb and flow and lessons for success. So here are some
Niki Black and I held our webinar on social media for women lawyers last week, and we’re planning others for 2011. If you’d like us to prepare a module on a specific topic or offer a private webinar for your firm, please contact Carolyn Elefant at carolyn@carolynelefant.com or Nicole Black at nblack@nicoleblackesq.com In the meantime,
This summer, I had the privilege of meeting lawyer coach Roy Ginsburg at the Minnesota Solo & Small Firm Conference, then seeing him a few days later at the Nebraska Solo & Small Firm Conference. Roy is well known on the CLE speaking circuit; he is a lawyer himself and in as a former in-house
1. Name, name of firm, location and practice areas.
Lewis Roberts, Lewis Roberts, PA, Attorneys at Law, Ormond Beach, FL (Central Florida) – consumer bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, real estate, wills and trusts, general consumer matters
If you’re a busy solo, as the year comes to a close you probably have a bunch of projects that you’d hoped to accomplish in 2010, but that still remain on the back burner. Maybe you’d hoped to round up the most recent cases related to subpoenaing Facebook accounts or to write an article on
The webinar that I’m co-hosting with Nicole Black on Social Media for Women Lawyers is coming up quickly – Thursday, December 2 at 3 pm ET. You can still register through Thursday morning at 10 am ET at socialmediaforwomenlawyers.com For those who have already registered, you’ll be getting details on the call by Wednesday morning,