It’s interesting how mobile technologies, like the cell phone or Blackberry, pager or laptop can serve as a leash or as liberation, depending on context. This article, Blackberry: High tech Ball and Chain for Lawyers, Boston Globe (12/22/05) reveals that law firm Burns & Levinson uses Blackberries to keep lawyers on a tight leash,
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A Great Pro Se Idea
This article from the Sacramento Bee (12/26/05) reports on a new service by Legal Zoom: online preparation of a small claims case. According to the article, for $99.00, the company will draft up a small claims complaint based on an online questionnaire and for $60 more, will serve the defendant as well.
So why…
Outsourcing to India, Three Years Later
One of the best things about a weblog is that it gives you proof that you said something first or spotted a trend way back when. In my case, I first blogged about the outsourcing to India trend in this January 2003 post. Now, almost three years later, outsourcing continues to grow. As this…
Why Not To Burn Bridges, Part II
Following up on this earlier post here is yet another article on alumni networks, this time from the Chicago Tribune, entitled Companies Learn to Value Alumni (December 18, 2005). As the article reports, law firms are the latest to join the trend:
Law firms are among the latest adopters. Their practice of forcing out lawyers…
Yes, You Can Be A Part Time Shingler
Solo Wannabee wonders whether you can start a law practice part time. Surprisingly, the conventional wisdom on this question is no, that solo practice demands full time commitment to make it and that client demands are full time. But that’s not my view. As I’ve said before, there are as many right ways to…
My Shingle Turns Three
Three years ago last night, MyShingle made its entry into the blogworld with this inaugural post and our declaration of intent:We seek to
serve a broad audience — solos and small firm lawyers foremost of
course, but also lawyers who dream of hanging out a shingle and law
students for whom solo and small firm…
Four Tips to Enhance Your Efficiency
Denise Howell modestly offers some tips to enhance your effiency. They include (1) picking 1-2 devices you like best and consolidate your activities on them (Denise’s personal choices are cell phone and Power Book); (2) get a gmail account to eliminate time spent searching email (Evan Schaeffer endorses the gmail tip also) and (3) make…
Blawg review #35 and Worthless Advice
If you’re not reading the weekly Blawg Review, you should; it’s a great summary of what’s happening in the blawg-o-sphere. This week’s edition Blawg Review #35, hosted by Colin Samuel’s at Infamy and Praise is an especially great example of the Blawg Review genre.
One of the items mentioned in Blawg Review that…
Where You Went To School Does Matter in Solo Practice…As Does Everything Else
I love the blog The Practice, written by three practicing solos, Jon Stein, Shane Jimison and Barry Kaufman. And generally, I generally agree with most of the advice that the trifecta dispenses. But I part company with Jon’s recent post that the value of a top law school is overrated for those who want…
Why Is A Law Firm of One Ever Misleading?
Let me proclaim here and now, for the record, that I’m the founding partner in a law firm, The Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant. Yes, it’s a law firm of one and I’m the only partner, but my firm is just as legitimate and real as any of these. So why is it…