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"All Solo Practitioners Are Entrepreneurs"

This post was written by Susan Cartier Liebel: "It's Global Entrepreneurship Week.  Time to celebrate our future because more and more people will be entrepreneurs then ever before.  They will not take jobs. They will make jobs. And the legal profession is no exception: [short video available at the site]

There is also a timely article in the new ABA Journal which highlights a potential new hierarchy within law schools - those who admit students that exhibit certain traits and characteristics versus strictly grades because law firms are looking for 'types' of lawyers to hire who can help them to effectively compete in today's new economy and legal landscape:

"Sure, lawyers need to be smart," he writes. "But in this more competitive environment, they also need to be personable, collaborative, entrepreneurial, service oriented, and interested in contributing to the collective welfare of the law firm."

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Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).