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I know that frequently I’m regarded as an avid advocate (some of my blogging buddies would even call me a cheerleader) for solo practice, focusing primarily on the benefits of going solo rather than the risks or drawbacks.  But in the wake of Katrina, I’m reminded of the somber side of solo practice:  how many…

Not sure how I missed this earlier, but Bob Ambrogi of Legal Line Blog recently posted  here on ABA President Michael Greco’s commitment to solo and small firm lawyers. Greco writes in his piece : “We have created a new portal for solo and small-firm lawyers to enter the ABA, and we have thrown open…

Matt Homann of the Non Billable Hour and LexThink just announced  BlawgThink to be held at Catalyst Ranch in Chicago, November 11-12, 2005.  According to Matt, there’ll be "two days of blawgging how-to, small group discussions and collaborative brainstorming."  To get more information or an invite, contact Matt at matt@lexthink.com.  If BlawgThink is anything like…

Ross Kodner’s a legal technlogy consultant at Microlaw whose clients include many small law firms and whose website and presentations have offered resources and support to thousands of lawyers.   Now, Ross is putting out a call to the legal and legal tech community to help out those impacted in Katrina.  Here’s the text of his…

For a couple formerly in love, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.  But for lawyers at a firm, who stuck together for the sake of money, breaking up is even more difficult as demonstrated by this article, Court Fight Pits Barnes Firm Versus Defecting Top Lawyer, Michael Beebe (8/28/05).  As the article reports, the split…

My colleague Ed Poll’s BizLaw Blog has been selected as a favorite blog site by the Institute of Management Assistance.  Ed has redesigned his blog sometime during the past few months and it looks and reads very well – so visit it if you’re looking for ways to improve your own law biz.

With so many legal research tools available on line, most lawyers neglect the lowly law school library as a resource.  But in my view, there’s nothing as valuable for research as a good law library.  In the jurisdiction where I practice, American University Washington College of Law Pence Law Library tops my list as an…

This article, Less Conflicts, More Freedom (Connecticut Law Tribune, 8/22/05) describes the experience of two former Pepe & Hazard lawyers, Jennifer Cox and Jennifer Osweiki, who left a large firm to find greater freedom to build a health care practice.  The two lawyers, who’d been asked by Pepe to develop a health care practice found…