Archive for August 2005
My Thoughts on Law Firm Sabbaticals – An Opportunity to Go Solo
Thanks David Giacalone for this post that lead me to an article from the Washington D.C. Bar Journal entitled, Time Out, time Off: Lawyers on Sabbatical (August 2005). The article describes that many large firm allow lawyers to take sabbaticals but that few lawyers take advantage of them. I had a couple of thoughts. First,…
Read MoreHow Is this Pro Bono – Sounds Like Marketing To Me!
This Press Release (PR Newswire 8/4/05) proudly proclaims that “for the first time in the history of bioethics, a major global law firm, (that would be Milbank, Tweed) makes its legal resources available, pro bono publico, for the analysis of biotechnology and its impact on women.” The release goes on to describe that Milbank will…
Read MoreThe ABA Conference Started Yesterday – Does Anyone Know or Care?
Yesterday was the start of the ABA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago. Bob Ambrogi reports that the Litigation Section will be blogging the highlights of the conference which gives me some reassurance that the ABA has entered the twenty first century. Still, with so little buzz about the ABA on law related weblogs, I can’t help…
Read MoreLaw Firm Alumni Networks Are Proof That You Shouldn’t Burn Bridges
A few months ago, we posted about the growth of law firm alumni networks. Now, there’s another article on that topic this month, Law Firms Leverage Alumni to Drum Up Business (New York Lawyer, 8/4/05). This article discusses some of the the benefits that large firms get from alumni networks, such as contacts with potential…
Read MoreWhat I Learned At Blogher
In the interest of disclosure, I’d have to admit that I probably would have never thought to attend the first ever Blogher conference on women and blogging but for the invitation of our fearless law.com affiliate leader, Lisa Stone. As another woman admitted in the closing remarks, I’ve never attended an all woman’s event or…
Read MoreManaging Solosez
Before I was a Shingler, I was a Sezzer, that is, a member of the Solosez listserve that many of us have fondly and jokingly come to refer to as our “virtual solo firm.” The list has been a godsend for me; through it, I’ve gotten top notch advice from other lawyers on matters out…
Read MoreBlawg Review 17 Posted
I am back from Blogher and I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned later today. In the meantime, because I’ve been too time-strapped to post, here’s a link to Blawg Review 17, posted at Greatest American Lawyer. Because GAL is an independent practitioner, much of what he’s focused on in his review – particularly, the marketing…
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