Earlier this week, I traveled to Thomson Reuters/West’s headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota to preview, along with a group of other bloggers, a demonstration of the next generation of Westlaw, WestlawNext (go to the end of post for a round up of coverage). Though originally, I’d intended to comment on the product from the solo/small firm
Operations
Booked Solid: Social Media 4 Lawyers Done
It’s been quiet at MyShingle this week because I’ve been booked solid, quite literally. This week, I was immersed in the second and final draft of A Lawyer’s Guide to Social Media for the ABA which I’m co-authoring with my friend and colleague, Niki Black (who’d already completed her edits on schedule, the week…
Biglaw to Yourlaw: A Recipe for Success
Peter Chaffetz and David Lindsey, founders and partners at newly formed boutique Chaffetz Lindsey could have simply hopped into another big firm life boat after their former firm, Clifford Chance hit stormy weather last year. Instead, they took another course: they launched a boutique that is thriving even as the economy struggles to recover. This…
Solo Practice May Be “S**tlaw.” But It Happens.
[Update – January 2, 2010 – I have edited the nasty language from my post in response to one of the commenters. I’ve been responding to posts like the one at BigDebt for years now and nothing seems to make a dent, so I thought that by using offensive language, I might get the attention…
MyShingle Turns Seven
Today, MyShingle celebrates its seventh birthday. When I started back in 2002, there were only 100 blogs and now, blogging is all the rage. And though I do take some pride that I was ahead of the curve, I didn’t start MyShingle to be trendy. Instead, I wanted to shine a spotlight on what’s been…
Why Big Firms Don’t Blog Well: Not Too Much Risk, But Too Little Passion
Chalk one up for the solos and small firms. For what it’s worth, we dominate the ranks of the Third Annual ABA Blawg 100. By contrast, only two large firm blogs made the cut, Mark Herrmann observes at Drug and Device Law, one of the chosen.
Mark contends the lack of an engaging…
Happy Thanksgiving and a Thank You to Solo and Small Firm Lawyers
I’m heading out for Thanksgiving but here are a couple of a quick thank yous.
Thank you to all the unsung solo and small firm lawyers who serve clients, solve problems and do justice, day in and day out. As I said in my last post, you make me proud to be a solo…
Podcast on Starting a Practice he Lawyer You Always Dreamed of Being
Last week, I was privileged to be interviewed by Rodney McDowell, who heads the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program and, coincidentally a fellow Cornell Law School alum (as an aside, we were just a class apart but didn’t really know each other well back in law school – and my guess is that neither…
Come Meet Me At Avvo’s DC and Baltimore Events
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a fan of Avvo.com, which launched back in 2007. Though now Avvo has plenty of copycats, when it launched, it was the first service to provide a robust online profile to lawyers for free. Avvo’s generated quite a bit of controversy amongst lawyers, with many…
The Front Row
This morning, I’ll take a seat in the front row in a place where I can’t look back. I’ve occupied the front row dozens of times over the course of my career, at trials, hearings and appellate arguments – but today is different. Because today, it’s not a client but my daughter who occupies…