Recently, Bob Ambrogi reported on the results of a survey on management and technology challenges faced by solo and small law firms of up to 30 lawyers, conducted by the Thomson Reuters Solo and Small Firm Law Group . Among the various topics covered, the survey asked solo and small firm lawyers how they measure
For the past two weeks, the tiny-minded legal world has been obsessed with one issue: Cravath’s announcement that it would raise starting first year associate salaries to $180,000 (the first significant movement from the $160,000 baseline in 2007) and the mighty roar of the lock-step monsters – er, copy cat law firms – racing to
Shaan Patel’s advice to entrepreneurs to be a big fish in a small pond to increase their chances of entrepreneurial success applies with equal force to lawyers embarking on a solo or small firm career.
Patel, a joint MBA/MD student and owner of Prep Expert learned this lesson the hard way after trying to
After five years and three different courts, solo Ekaterina Schoenefeld’s challenge to the constitutionality of Jud. Law 470 has come to an unfortunate conclusion. A decision by the Second Circuit ruled that the Jud. Law 470 – which requires non-resident, New York-barred lawyers to maintain a bonafide office in the state while resident lawyers
Over the years, I’ve posted quite a bit about non-traditional office space options like co-working , on demand space and even hybrid vacation/work space. Although any one of these alternatives are suitable for lawyers, none of them are designed exclusively for lawyers.
But increasingly, co-working spaces for lawyers have been cropping up all over
Welcome to the first annual holiday edition of Solo Sells – featuring products, crafts and services created by current or former solos and smalls. One of the best parts of solo and small firm practice is that if you structure it right, it leaves time to develop and pursue a side gig without leaving behind
When legal futurists warn of how technology spells the “end of lawyers,” they invoke travel agents as Exhibit A. “Who uses travel agencies, when you can just go online and find deals?” they ask. “And,” another futurist may add, the deals that consumers can find on their own are better than what an agents can
When this column, Are You Ready to Start Your Own Law Firm by The Law Whisperer Julie Brush came through my aggregator, I had to refresh the feed several times just to make certain that the article’s actual date was October 2015, and not October 1995. Because the advice is so dated, so disproven and
The following is a guest post by attorney Branigan Robertson.
Starting a law firm isn’t easy. The first three years are the toughest. I opened my employment firm three years ago and it has certainly been a wild ride. Looking back, I realize now that most solo lawyers can survive on their own with a
It’s been three years since the first release of the popular e-book, The Art, Science and Ethics of the 21st Century Representation Agreement. For those unfamiliar, the product included various clauses necessary for an agreement to incorporate 21st century practices like outsourcing, unbundling, credit card payment, flat fees and the cloud – and contained