starting a law practice

Start a Law Firm: Tidbits from Twitter

March 2, 2010

Last week I joined Sam Glover of Lawyerist and Blois Olson of Tunheim Partners to teach a seminar on websites, online marketing and social media to 100+ lawyers in the process of hanging out their own shingles as part of a day-long “How to How to Start & Build a Successful Law Firm” CLE.
In preparation [...]

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Introducing Lawyerist LAB: The Lawyering Advisory Board

January 12, 2010

We are excited to announce our newest project, Lawyerist LAB: the Lawyering Advisory Board!
Please take a minute to learn about our new solution to provide peer and expert advice to solo attorneys and others wanting to start a new law practice.
The Lawyering Advisory Board (LAB) offers an exclusive peer and expert community to help [...]

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Survey Current Clients to Improve Client Service

December 30, 2009

The other day, I sat down to write a client satisfaction survey. Shortly after I started, I realized I was using Matt Homann’s ideas, anyway, so I might as well ask him how he would do it, and save myself some time.
Matt posted his survey (PDF) the other day. He recommends sending it to clients [...]

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Exclusive Lawyerist Insider Offer on Monday—Sign Up Now!

October 31, 2009

Need another incentive to join nearly 1,000 savvy legal professionals who subscribe to the Lawyerist Insider to share advice and ideas and shape the future of Lawyerist?
On Monday morning we will be sending out our newest issue, which will include an exclusive offer for Lawyerist Insiders to “beta test” a new product we will be [...]

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Make Your Practice Grow

October 12, 2009

Stuck in a rut trying to grow your law practice? Try a couple of these tips and reap the benefits.

Volunteer. Give some of your time to a worthwhile cause. It will make you feel good, it will help someone, and you never know who you will meet. Doing something good for someone else can reignite [...]

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Business advice for your law practice, adapted from Jeff Bezos

July 23, 2009

Along with announcing Amazon’s purchase of Zappos, which is pretty big news by itself, Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, shared “everything” he knows about business. After you watch, go ahead and print your own Lawyerist MBA diploma, because there is probably more business information in this 8-minute video than in many MBA programs.

Lawyers run businesses. Each [...]

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Start a Solo Law Practice for Under $3,000

February 26, 2008

Starting your own solo law practice? When it comes to starting a small business, a law practice is one of the least-expensive options. A computer and a clear space on the kitchen table are about all you need. Well, almost. There are a few other things. In this article, I will lay out what you [...]

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