fbpx Skip to content
My Shingle
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • SOLO MANIFESTO
    • START HERE
  • BLOG
  • TOPICS
    • ANNUALS
    • CLIENT RELATIONS
    • ETHICS & MALPRACTICE
    • FUTURE & TRENDS
    • IDEAS & TIPS
    • INSPIRATION & ENCOURAGEMENT
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MARKETING
    • OPERATIONS
    • PARENTS WHO PRACTICE
    • PROFILES
    • WEB & TECH
  • START YOUR LAW FIRM
  • PROGRAMS
    • BUILD A CUSTOM GPT
    • THE LEGAL CLAUSEIT
  • CONTACT
My Shingle
Facebook Twitter Google Linkedin Pinterest Email Tiktok
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • SOLO MANIFESTO
    • START HERE
  • BLOG
  • TOPICS
    • ANNUALS
    • CLIENT RELATIONS
    • ETHICS & MALPRACTICE
    • FUTURE & TRENDS
    • IDEAS & TIPS
    • INSPIRATION & ENCOURAGEMENT
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MARKETING
    • OPERATIONS
    • PARENTS WHO PRACTICE
    • PROFILES
    • WEB & TECH
  • START YOUR LAW FIRM
  • PROGRAMS
    • BUILD A CUSTOM GPT
    • THE LEGAL CLAUSEIT
  • CONTACT
Carolyn Elefant

Carolyn Elefant

Carolyn Elefant owns the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant. She launched MyShingle.com in 2002. It was the very first blog for and about solo and small law firms, and part of the first generation of 100 lawyer blogs to come online.  To date, MyShingle.com remains the most comprehensive online resource for solo and small firm lawyers with thousands of blog posts and an impressive stock of free e-books, checklists and forms on starting and running a law firm. Carolyn is also the author of Solo by Choice: How to Start a Law Firm and Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.  Carolyn has co-authored the ABA Publication “Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier" and "The Legal ClauseIt: Plug & Play Engagement Agreements and Power Pacts for Small Law Firms" Carolyn has been listed as an Energy and Environmental Super Lawyer for Washington D.C. since 2012 (the only small firm lawyer on a list of AmLaw 200 firms), was named an ABA Legal Rebel (2010), a Fastcase 50 Innovator (2011) and an ABA Woman of Legal Tech (2014) and appeared on the Daily Show in 2014 to discuss law firm business models.  In 2019, Carolyn delivered a talk at the prestigious 2CivilityConference entitled Killing Solo Softly: How Regulations Disadvantage Solo & Small Firm Lawyers.

NYSBA Weighs In on AI Call Recording: What Lawyers Need to Know

It’s been over two years since I published my article Can Attorneys Ethically Record Conversations With Clients Using AI.  At that time, no states had

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant December 29, 2025

Free 90-Minute Webinar: Teach the Law You Know — and Get Paid for It

Update: The live webinar has already taken place, but you can still register and get instant access to the full replay. Once you sign up, you’ll

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant October 20, 2025

AI for Lawyers 101: The Basic Basics

Artificial intelligence is reshaping every industry — and law is no exception. But if you’ve been too busy serving clients to experiment with ChatGPT or

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant October 14, 2025

Make 2026 The Year You Start Your Law Firm

Update: The live session has already taken place, but you can still register and get immediate access to the full replay and all accompanying materials. Your

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant October 8, 2025

My Review of GC.AI: First in Class for Legal AI Tools

I’ve been meaning to review GC.AI for some time but never got around to it. In retrospect, I’m glad I waited, as I’m confident the

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant September 2, 2025

Want to See What Lawyers Are Actually Doing with AI?

If you’ve been wondering how attorneys are actually using AI—not hypotheticals, but real tools in real practices—this is your chance to see it all in

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant July 15, 2025

Want to See How Lawyers Actually Use AI? Join the Teach-In June 27

LAST CALL TO REGISTER! Click to Download the Agenda Generative AI isn’t just another shiny object. It’s a powerful tool that lawyers are already using

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant June 11, 2025

Using GenAI to Assist with Discovery

Over the course of this three-part video series, I set out to train a custom AI agent (“project GPT”) to generate and respond to discovery

Read More »
Carolyn Elefant May 27, 2025
Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5
© 2017-2022 MyShingle • Privacy • elefant@myshingle.com

7315 Wisconsin Ave. Suite #400 West, Bethesda, MD 20814

Facebook Twitter Google Linkedin Pinterest Email Tiktok