Practice Management

Backyard Container Office

Posted on March 17, 2011
As most know, I like the idea of working at or close to home. I also like the idea of building office work space out of storage containers. Below, Stephen Shoup of building LAB inc., built this modern, green office space from an old freezer and a corrugated shipping container behind his live/work space...

Dealing With Potential Clients And Your Competition

Posted on February 16, 2011
By Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyer Joshua Davidson We?ve all been there. A prospective new client walks into your office and asks you about one of the several other attorneys they have met with in their quest to find representation. How we handle this situation provides tremendous insight regarding our professionalism to both ourselves and new clients...

Hype Aversion

Posted on February 06, 2011
It means the rejection of a popular idea or thing simply because it is popular. I am prone to hype aversion. But then again, I grew up in an age when everyone just had to have a pet rock and mothers tried to kill each other over the fake scarcity of Cabbage Patch Kids...

The Paradox Of Toothpaste And Law

Posted on January 29, 2011
When I think about the practice of law, and what makes it ultimately enjoyable to me and appreciated by my clients, I am reminded of the book entitled The Paradox of Choice. I think whatever problem exists in this regard can be related toothpaste. My wife and I tend to go grocery shopping together...

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Approach The Practice Of Law With A Great Deal Of Suspicion

Posted on January 18, 2011
I know this is not what people want to hear. I do not suggest that you should let it sour your life. You can be happy in the practice of law and still be skeptical of what is told you. The bottom line is that the practice of law is a money game. It is not just a money game for you...

More Videos On Coworking

Posted on January 17, 2011

Amanda Congdon On Coworking

Posted on January 15, 2011

Are You Not Being Heard?

Posted on January 12, 2011
You can cast the widest net in terms of marketing yourself as a lawyer and still not get enough high paying business in the door. In those cases, it is not that you are not making yourself known, but that you are not being heard. To me it is similar to my running a ton of TV spots in a prior life...

Dell Inspiron duo

Posted on January 01, 2011
When I travel, even overnight, I do not know what to bring with me. It would seem to be an easy thing to pack just a change of clothes. But, I do not know if it will be cold or hot, wet or dry, or what type or style of clothes I might need. As a result, I tend to pack for all occasions...

Texas Southern University Achieves An Important Milestone

Posted on December 22, 2010
I have written before about the ever improving Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas. Mainly the University, but both the University and the Law School have had their problems, but matters are turning around for both...

Bed Bug Law Niche

Posted on December 12, 2010
This is my point exactly. Legal niche practices are all around you. You just need to look around at what is going on and ask yourself where is the legal implications of that? Who are the prospective parties involved? Who could pay for my services? I know this is likely to open up to a lot of humor...

2000 BLOG POSTS AND COUNTING

Posted on December 03, 2010
I just recently past my 2,000th post on this blog. And, most of these are not throw away posts but original content. I am not asking that you be proud of me or impressed. I am, however, impressed with myself for reasons you might not expect. First, I have blogged for me and my interest in ways that I hope might help others, but primarily to interest myself...

Law Students Can Create Their Own Niche

Posted on December 03, 2010
There is a good post on Lawyerist concerning how law students can go about creating their own niche. Laura Bergus writes that law students can improve their job prospects and create confidence by building on a niche during law school. I think she is right...

Kruikantoor - Portable Office Made From Foam

Posted on December 01, 2010
I saw this on DesignBoom.Com. It is one of those things that looks intriguing. And it seems like there should be a need for a portable office. I am not sure there is, but there seems like there should be. I would think something like this could be used for traveling law offices where some type of free screening or service is provided...

Turd In The Punch Bowl

Posted on November 17, 2010
It is a good 'ol Texas expression that is intended to express dynamically the repugnance of an idea or occurrence. It stands for an unwelcomeness and unpopularity of something. Yet, despite the stultifying effect such a concept is expected to have, somehow we still find ourselves with the possibility of the turd in the punch bowl if we do not focus on that mental picture of the possibility...

New Book To Help Transition To Rural America

Posted on November 15, 2010
LawyerAvenue Press (Solo By Choice) announced it will publish the first guide book for new grads and unemployed associates who dream about leaving urban America to practice law in a small town or rural community. The guidebook is due in the Fall/2011...

Stick A Fork In Me And Call Me Apple Cobbler - I'm Done!

Posted on November 04, 2010
They say that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". The corollary to this statement is a coronary. I almost had a Mac-daddy heart attack when I saw the prices Apple has placed on its MacBook Air. Starting at $999.00 (or over a grand counting taxes, shipping, etc...

Having Trouble Closing The Sale With Prospective Clients?

Posted on October 27, 2010
It happens. There has been a disagreement in the area of consumer bankruptcy for a good number of years concerning whether law firms should employ non-lawyers to perform the initial interview or consult. Initial interviews can tie up most of the attorney's time, most such consults are free, and half of those interviewed do not retain...

The 10 Hardest Law School To Get Into According To The Huffington Post

Posted on October 16, 2010
Here they are: Yale University Law School Stanford University School of Law Harvard University Law School University of California -- Berkeley, Berkeley Law University of Virginia School of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School Columbia University School of Law Northwestern University School of Law University of Chicago Law School UCLA School of Law If you have the ability to get into these fine law school it is worth your effort to do so...

People Want To Buy From People

Posted on October 16, 2010
I do not normally look at my junk mail. But, the other day I looked at my local Chamber of Commerce mailing showing all of the glossy pictures of the new business openings. Most were just individual guys and gals opening their little nail shops, heating and air services, remodeling and repair shops...

Massachusetts School of Law Starts Its Own Undergraduate Feeder College

Posted on October 11, 2010
Usually it is the other way around. It is the undergraduate school that starts a law school. Massachusetts School of Lawl has always been perplexing to me. One, I am not sure I would recommend someone to apply to a non-ABA law school, just because of the restrictions it causes with licensing upon graduation...

Pretty Much Describes Most Law Firms

Posted on October 05, 2010
 

Glasses-Free 3-D HDTV

Posted on October 04, 2010
It is a mouthful, but Toshiba should get compliments on the hyphens. I do not cover tech that much, but I think this is significant. Toshiba has unveiled the first 3-D HDTV in which the viewer does not need to wear glasses. I have been skeptical of the 3-D trend...

Timber, Forestry Or Logging Law Niche

Posted on October 03, 2010
I lover trees. I love timber. I grew up in the piney woods of Northeast Texas, not far from the Big Thicket. Although I now live near Houston, I stay firmly planted in the tall pines of EastTex, outside of the coastal plains of the big city in a place called The Woodlands...

Build Out An Office With Used Pallets

Posted on September 29, 2010
Law offices in reality are just big empty spaces. They have to be built out and furnished. If you must have a law office, do you need one that is overly costly to finish out or that is not green? I hope not. This is interesting. An office finished or built out using used pallets...

The Best Low-Cost Marketing Options For Lawyers

Posted on September 27, 2010
No matter what area of law or in what niche you practice, paying clients are the key. Sure you can sit behind your desk and pray to be discovered. Or, you can relent to the prospect of paid (expensive) advertising options the greatly lower what you take home...

Ineffective (If Not Maddening) Voicemail

Posted on September 27, 2010
If you do not read Duct Tape Marketing, you should. Although it is not a law blog, it covers a lot of issues that can be applied to the practice of law. The blog recently covered The 5 Deadly Sins of Voicemail. I have got to admit that I have gotten lazy and have been guilty of these sins...

Going And Staying Public

Posted on September 26, 2010
It is called "publicness", and where anybody that tries it can open themselves up to ridicule by somebody ... somewhere ... sometime ... it also has some amazing benefits for a cheap cost. As stated by Jeff Jarvis over at BuzzMachine, publicness can, among other things -- 1...

(Video) 5 Gadgets The iPad Has Killed?

Posted on September 25, 2010
Enjoy the CNET video below concerning a poll in which iPad owners state what they can live without now that they own an iPad. You will notice I placed this video under category of "fun and humor" because although I think that tablets will eventually revolutionize the tech market, there is a lot of evolution that needs to take place before that happens...

Communication Skills

Posted on September 24, 2010

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