Archive for September 2008
A Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration: Re-imagining Your Law Practice
I’ve waited far longer than I ever intended to review The Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration by familiar lawyer-bloggers Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy. It’s not that I haven’t had time to read the book – in fact, I devoured it the moment it arrived and reference it frequently for various projects in my practice. No,…
Read MoreTwitter: A Downpour of Information But the Sun Always Shines
[modified 9/12/08,6:30 am] Like some of my lawyer buddies on Twitter, I’ve noticed that I’ve had an increase in followers ever since JD Supra published this list of lawyers on Twitter. While I’m flattered to have you all as new friends, don’t expect my tweets to give all that much insight on what I’m (or…
Read MoreMaking Opportunities for Your Practice: An Interview With Ari Kaplan
A few months back, I had the opportunity to interview Ari Kaplan, author of a terrific new book, The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking nd Business Development. Though the book is relatively short, it’s incredibly dense – reading it literally made my head spin, because there are dozens of…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know to Succeed As An Associate, You Can Learn From Solo Practice
As much as I love blogging about the nitty gritty aspects of solo practice — the how-tos, the marketing, overcoming your fears and all that good stuff, I’m just as interested in the role that solos play in the broader context of our profession and what other lawyers can learn from us and vice versa. …
Read MoreLegal Writing Expert Lisa Solomon Opines on ABA Opinion on Outsourcing
Last week, I posted about a recently released ABA Opinion 08-451 on the ethics of outsourcing. At the time of the post, I didn’t have the opinion and griped that the ABA would issue a decision of such potential consequence and fail to make it publicly available. In the absence of the decision, I relied…
Read MoreSolo Offerings for Solos: Marketing Listserve (Free) & Solo Boot Camp in Maryland
Here are a couple of items of interest for practicing and aspiring solos. First, California lawyer and The Practice Blog author, Jon Stein is accepting new members to a newly created Solo Lawyer Marketing List Serve. So how do I know that this is a list worth joining? Well, I’ve been a member of a…
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