Archive for February 2016
Make Money Monday: Host a Meet & Eat
Getting together for coffee or lunch with a colleague is a great way to generate business. But setting a date to meet can be hassle. And finding the time to squeeze in lunch dates can be difficult, particularly for lawyers who work from home or who have families and tend to skip lunch to make…
Read MoreThank You Bustle for Recognizing That Solo Practice Can Be Part of an “Impressive” Legal Career
With D.C. Circuit judge Sri Srinivasan being identified as a potential Obama nominee to succeed Justice Scalia on the bench, not surprisingly, the media has been churning out stories about everything from his immigrant background to his stellar credentials to his views on matters like the environment, women’s rights and the First Amendment. Interesting enough –…
Read MoreThe Unbearable Shortsightedness of the Hampden County Bar Association’s Opposition to Replacement of Court Reporters?
With concern over the high cost of legal services so acute that even the ABA is encouraging bars to consider allowing non-lawyers to provide limited scope services , it is unfathomable that the Hampden County Bar Association is opposing a move towards replacing court reporters with a digital reporting system, as reported in MassLive.com. The association…
Read MoreMake Money Mondays: Client Updates and Status Reports
If revenues are a little slow this month, personalized client updates and status reports are guaranteed to jump start cash-flow. Client status reports work because they keep you at the forefront of the client’s mind, and they can be used to identify new issues that a client may decide to pursue. Here’s the most efficient…
Read MoreIs NewLaw Sticky Enough to Survive a Recession?
Yesterday, TechCrunch contributer Bastiann Janmaat pondered this question: Are startups selling to startups building a house of cards? Bastian observes: B2B companies whose customers are other early stage B2B companies put themselves doubly at risk: Not only are startups failure-prone by nature, but an early stage company with strong fundamentals can still falter if its…
Read MoreMake Money Monday: Paid Client Consults Without Avvo or the ABA
[Note: Minor changes to post as of 2/9, 1 pm] Both Avvo and the ABA have recognized the need for individuals and small business owners to get quick answers from lawyers. To this end, Avvo launched Avvo Advisors last year where a user can pay 39 bucks for a fifteen minute Q and A session…
Read MoreDoes StandIn Stand Up for Solo and Small Law Firms?
Scrolling through #LegalTech on Twitter, a new name came across my feed: StandIn, described as kind of an Uber for court appearances. Since many other #altlaw sites that self-describe as Uber rarely live up to the hype, I decided to see how StandIn would stand up to the comparison and downloaded the app to my…
Read MoreSolo Snags Bill Cosby As A Client Through Television Appearances
Do appearances as a commentator on local or national television translate into phone calls or clients? Not really, is the consensus of my solo and small law firm colleagues who’ve made it onto the air. While my colleagues all enjoyed the adrenaline rush of rapid-fire questions of on-air interviews and would return in a heartbeat,…
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