Practice Management

Rejected!

Posted on February 09, 2008
Snap!! Oh no they di-ent! Yahoo! rejects Microsoft's $44.6 billion takeover bid, stating that it undervalues the company. The question now is whether or not Microsoft will go over the heads of Yahoo's management, and take its $31 per share offer directly to the shareholders...

Need A Free Or Cheaper Legal Education?

Posted on February 08, 2008
Do not get me wrong, the tuition charged by law schools is very important, but you also have to take into account the costs of your legal education. Some law schools perform better than others in the area of scholarships. The king is Liberty University School of Law...

The Client Is Not Always Right

Posted on February 08, 2008
Susan Cartier Liebel at Build a Solo Practice had a good question from a reader who wanted to get rid of a pro bono client who was out of control, and she had some good advice. I guess none of us really wants to be a Donald Trump and say "you're fired" to our clients but, apart from Trump's bad hairdo, I am not sure why this is so...

Pretty Good Video On A Home Office Makeover

Posted on February 07, 2008

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All Of The Florida Law Schools

Posted on February 07, 2008
If you are trying to decide where to spend the next 3 to 5 years of your life while in law school and studying for the bar exam, maybe Florida would not be a bad choice. In the 80s there were such a shortage of law schools and positions in Florida that even their own in-state students had a rough time getting in law school and staying in-state...

Maybe Republican Colorado State Legislators Are Sluts

Posted on February 07, 2008
You know, I consider myself a fairly moral person. I often fail in this regard, but I try to do the right things. I go to Mass often. I pray. I try to be a good example. I guess we all fight our demons. I do not approve necessarily of young love and lust...

A Home Office

Posted on February 07, 2008
This gentleman is not a lawyer and the video is kind of basic, but I think it is an important look into somebody's personal life that demonstrates that a home office does not have to be centrally located in the house or geographically, does not have to be overly decorated, complicated or expensive...

NETGEAR Digital Home Office

Posted on February 07, 2008

Solo By Choice - What Business Entity Do You Choose

Posted on February 07, 2008
I have covered Carolyn Elefant's book Solo by Choice a few times previously. (You can read these review by clicking here, here, and here). I call the book a road map really of the decision that must be made and the thought process that you must go through before taking the leap into the solo practice of law...

The Law Schools of New England

Posted on February 07, 2008
Compared to Texas, I guess, the area of New England is small enough to consider any and all law schools in the area. So, I thought it would be helpful to identify the law schools of New England. Maine University of Maine School of Law, Portland 246 Deering Ave...

Getting Tired Of The Cable New Political Coverage - Here Is Jon Stewart's Take

Posted on February 07, 2008

I Am The Best Company For Which To Work

Posted on February 06, 2008
CNNMoney and Fortune report on the best companies for which you could work. The list has the usual suspects -- Google, Cisco, Starbucks, Goldman Sachs. Lists and surveys come out from time to time about the best law firms for which you can work. But, I say who cares! I say I am the best company or law firm for whom I can work! I am solo, hear me roar!! Certainly there are worse law firms and companies for whom you could work...

Bush To Slash PBS Funding

Posted on February 06, 2008
It is fair to say that Bush and his ilk have been gunning for PBS since they got there. Now it is reported that President Bush is seeking in his 2009 budget to cut Public Television funding in half. PBS says that this would seriously impair station operations...

GMA - Moms Work At Home

Posted on February 06, 2008
If large companies can parcel out their services to moms at home to work from home then there is no reason that a law firm cannot send everyone home, or a lawyer cannot move home. Cyber busies is not only here to stay, but consumers (read clients) are use to it and work with it...

A Big Dose Of Yes

Posted on February 06, 2008
A lot of lawyers tell me how hard it is to make the decision to go solo or to move their practices home. But, you know it ought not be this way. After all, where is the difficulty? Where is the barrier? It does not cost a ton of money to start a practice in this manner...

All Of The Texas Law Schools

Posted on February 03, 2008
Texas has nine law schools in the state. Four are public law schools. These are the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, The University of Texas, Texas Tech University. The rest are private law schools. With the exception of Southern Methodist University, the private law schools are pretty competitively priced in the way of tuition and fees...

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on February 03, 2008
You know what? As a Third Wave attorney, and especially as a home office attorney that gets work through networking, it is very, very easy to get bogged down in so many things, and so many requests, that do not truly advance your agenda or make you money...

Saint Vincent Lombardi - Super Bowl Sunday - A Holy Day Of Obligation

Posted on February 03, 2008
The Super Bowl falls on a Sunday so it is a holy day of obligation. But, maybe, as history tells us, it ought to be much more. As stated by Saint Vincent Lombardi, "I have the strength of twelve men, for my defensive line is pure." Well, maybe we want the Super Bowl to be holier than it is...

Solo By Choice - Going Solo Straight Out Of Law School

Posted on February 03, 2008
Carolyn Elefant is the publisher of the famed solo law blog My Shingle. Most of you read the blog and those that do not should. She is also the author of a new book on the subject entitled Solo by Choice. I have blogged about the book before (you can read these post by clicking here and here)...

States With Limited Law School Possibilities

Posted on February 03, 2008
The declining applications to law school coupled with the increase in both the number of seats being created at existing law schools and the establishment of new law schools might make it easier to get accepted to a law school. But, there will always be a disparity in some states that have no or limited law school positions (especially public law school positions)...

Puppy Bowl

Posted on February 03, 2008
You know the Super Bowl is not the only bowl you can watch on TV this time every year. One of my favorites is the Puppy Bowl put on by Animal Planet every year. Shown opposite the Super Bowl, it has the highest ratings of any show shown at that time on cable...

Want To Attend Law School In Washington, D.C.?

Posted on February 03, 2008
Washington, D.C. is not a state. It is the seat of power in this country. And, where there is power there are law schools. Washington, D.C. has a concentration of law schools, many of them well known law schools, within its boarders. You may check into these law schools here: American University Washington College of Law, Washington 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington 20016, Phone: (202) 274-4000 Catholic University of America - School of Law, Washington 3600 John McCormack Rd...

California Law Schools

Posted on February 03, 2008
California must certainly have more law schools than any other state. The list seems to go on forever. Some are ABA approved and some are not. Most have a web presence - some good and some not so good. And, a few actually offer an online legal education...

Home Office Tax Deduction

Posted on February 03, 2008
I am not a tax expert, but his is what I understand about the home office tax deduction. There are two ways to show the IRS that a home office qualifies for tax deductions on your tax return. You must show on your tax return that you use your home office exclusively meaning it is your "principal place of business (as it is in my case), or regularly, meaning it is the place where you meet with your clients in the normal course of your business...

Social Security Is No Different For Home Office Attorneys

Posted on February 02, 2008
Grant Griffiths at Home Office Warrior writes briefly about the bane of Social Security taxes on the home office attorney or business. He calls it a "disadvantage" for the spare room tycoon, and his post has elicited some comments that support this theory...

Cheeseburger In A Can - For Real

Posted on February 02, 2008
Might this be every hard working attorney's dream? Just pull the top and you have an instant cheeseburger. Well, probably not mine, but I am otherwise addicted to cheeseburgers. I have to restrict mine to about one a week or I would eat them every single day...

What I Am Remembering And Listening To Today

Posted on February 02, 2008

For A Political Junkie This Is The Real Super Bowl

Posted on February 02, 2008

Home Prices May Sink 25% More Before The Market Finally Hits Bottom

Posted on February 01, 2008
As reported on Business Week, the housing and economic storm is still gathering force. The government has said annual economic growth slowed to just 0.6% in the fourth quarter as home construction plunged at a 24% annual rate. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index fell 7...

Microsoft Issues A $45 Billion (With A 'B') Offer For Yahoo

Posted on February 01, 2008
According to Yahoo! Finance, the 800 pound gorilla of the software world, Microsoft, has made what is actually a $44.6 Billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo!. Yahoo! is considering it. Now I am from the great State of Texas that invented the word Yahoo...

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