Archive for February 2006
Improvements Coming for NY Solos and Their Clients
A couple of years back, we posted about New York’s formation of a committee to examine difficulties facing solo practitioners. As this article describes, the Committee’s Report has now issued, recommending a variety of chances including improving the efficiency of calendar calls and scheduling conferences which often waste solos’ time on waiting and figuring out…
Read MoreNiche Blogs
Kevin O’Keefe of Lex Blog has a post on niche blogging, summarizing tips by Darren Rowse on choosing a niche topic. The tips include selecting a topic that interests you, where there’s not yet much competition and which will offer enough content. These tips are particularly important these days in starting a law related blog,…
Read MoreCheney’s Victim Is A Famous Solo in his Own Right
Harry Whittington has been in the news recently as the victim in a hunting accident involving Vice President Cheney, but before this event, he’d earned a reputation as a famous solo in his own right. As this article from the Austin Statesman describes, Whittington’s successful legal battles included ensuring that the state properly spent the…
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Read MoreAnd Where Were the Solo Women Lawyers? (probably too busy blogging, running businesses and practicing law to complain…)
This article Women Aiming for Partnership Face Persistent Problems (NYLawyer 2/10/06) reported on a New York City Bar Association Symposium, attended by a mostly female crowd of 300 that addressed a persistent question: “When will the legal profession see sex equality throughout its ranks?” According to the article, the Symposium apparently bemoaned what we’ve heard…
Read MoreChanging Practice Areas: Harder for Biglaw Than Solos
It’s rather ironic that lawyers at a 1000 person mega-firm, with specialized departments galore, apparently have a more difficult time changing practice areas than solos. At least that’s the impression that I gathered from reading this somewhat depressing article, Retooling Strategies by Gail Cutter (NYLJ Feb. 10, 2006), which discusses the difficulties and risks that…
Read MoreElectronic Filing Changing the Practice of Law
Grant Griffiths wishes for electronic filing in his state courts after learning more about the federal e-filing system (now in place in 87 percent of federal courts) where lawyers automatically receive notice of filings . I can’t blame Grant. Particularly for lawyers who practice from home, who may not live near the courts, there’s nothing…
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