Archive for August 2015
Now That Men Are Leaving BigLaw, Does That Mean It’s OK for Women to Leave As Well?
Eight years ago, at a conference sponsored by Ms. JD , I attended a gripe-session about the hardships of big law for women, to which I responded by listing the benefits of starting one’s own firm. As I described here, my remarks were received tepidly, and in fact, one woman responded: Starting a firm is…
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Legal Research Won’t Work Because It Doesn’t Help the Majority: Solo and Small Law Firms
Last week, two of my longtime blogging buddies, Bob Ambrogi and Scott Greenfield tackled the question of why websites dedicated to crowdsourcing legal research haven’t taken off. Citing a quote by entrepreneur Approva Mehta whose own crowdsourcing attempt failed, Bob suggests that the odds are stacked against crowdsourcing from the get-go in the legal industry…
Read MoreZirtual’s Interruption Causes Real Disruption for Virtual Clients
Maybe all those new age start-ups that anointed themselves industry disruptors weren’t exaggerating after all. As Tech Crunch reports, Zirtual , an online, on-demand provider of administrative services did just that: today, Zirtual, without advance notice suspended service, due to “market circumstances and financial constraints” — causing enormous disruption for customers who had come to…
Read MoreGuest Post – Mentorship Relationships
The following is a guest post by Jack Dawson, a web developer and UI/UX specialist at BigDropInc.com. 16 Characteristics of a Good Business Mentor Relationship From time immemorial, people have always passed on skills from one person to the other through a direct relationship between the person in the know and the person acquiring the skill.…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Watermelon – The Small Thing That Can Transform Your Practice or Your Client’s Experience in Big Ways
Earlier this summer, when gifted a large watermelon, I accidentally discovered an easier approach to cutting it. After splitting the watermelon in two, instead of balancing the watermelon on its rind and slicing down on the fruit, I found that flipping the watermelon over and cutting directly into the rind enabled me to finish the…
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