Practice Management

Yuk!

Posted on January 31, 2008

Yes

Posted on January 31, 2008

Photo Law?

Posted on January 31, 2008
Andrew Flusche at Legal Andrew got me thinking of "photo law", or the right to take pictures in public. Most of you know I am an advocate of niche legal practices. The more tightly focused (there's a pun) the better. But, I kept asking myself where is there a need for photo law? What are you going to do, set up a kiosk at Disney World and offer to represent people? But, the more I think about it, this has to be a practice area...

University Of Wyoming College Of Law

Posted on January 31, 2008
I cannot help it really. When I think of the University of Wyoming College of Law, located in Laramie, Wyoming, I think of all of those old black and white westerns I use to watch on TV back when I was a kid. In fact, I remember the show Laramie staring John Smith as "Slim" and Robert Fuller as "Jess", and their horses Alamo and Hoot...

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Marketing A Start-Up Solo Practice

Posted on January 31, 2008
Burman E. Burger has a nice article on FindLaw with this title. The article is a little quaint, but I truly think it expresses some relevant points from the perspective of someone how had to go through the solo process just a few years ago. The first point is that marketing should be the first concern and it should be directed to get referrals...

Dollar Store Dos And Don'ts

Posted on January 31, 2008
Whether for the office, the home or the home office, if you are a skinflint like me, you can appreciate this piece on the dos and don'ts of shopping at dollar stores.

The Thin Mac

Posted on January 31, 2008
Not to long ago I asked which is better -- the Thin Mint cookie or the Thin Mac. Only Grant Griffiths at Home Office Lawyer chose the Thin Mac over that fabulous Girl Scout cookie that started being sold at the same time as the Thin Mac. That must be un-American...

Oh-o-o-o-o-o Y-e-e-e-s-s-s, Napquest!

Posted on January 31, 2008

Email Salutations Must Go!

Posted on January 29, 2008
That is Andrew Flusche's position on the matter. It is a matter of productivity more than politeness. Emails are less formal than traditional letters. Besides, I think it is already clear that when Morgan Freeman gets around to reading emails in some future PBS documentary by Ken Burns in the future, the emails will not have the same stretchiness, lyrical, ornamental, picturesque, or ceremoniousness of the letter writers of the Civil War...

Sweat Equity, Sweet Equity

Posted on January 29, 2008
Sweat equity is a term used to describe the contribution made to a project by people who contribute their time and effort. It can be contrasted with financial equity which is the money contributed towards the project. In reality, a Third Wave attorney contributes a little of both...

High School Open House

Posted on January 28, 2008
If your child's school is having an open house do not be jealous of me. For you see, I still have one child in high school and that school is having an open house at 7:00 tonight. I have been to a lot of these open houses as I have had four children go through this high school...

I Just Love Steve Novick's Campaign For Senate

Posted on January 28, 2008
Steve Novick is running for the U.S.Senate in Oregan. He is a not your run of the mill public interest lawyer. He has some handicaps (I mean physical handicaps and no so much political handicaps), but he has not only learned to live with them, he has made them his logo...

At A Home Office You Can Be A Fashion Disaster

Posted on January 28, 2008
Mario Batali is the proprietor of six celebrated restaurants (none of which I have visited), the author of numerous cookbooks, a former star on Food TV, and has an upcoming show on PBS with Gwyneth Paltrow of all people. But, he is known for his unusual leisurely look of shorts and orange glogs (even in the middle of winter)...

10 Worst Things To Say While At Work

Posted on January 28, 2008
CNN and CareerBuilder have developed the 10 worse things to say at work. To us home office and Third Wave lawyers, these might be the best things not say while working. Whether to staff, to a client, to a perspective client or even to referring counsel or opposing counsel these cannot be good...

Do Not Make The Same Mistake As Target

Posted on January 28, 2008
As reported by The New York Times, the cheap-chic Target stores do not want anything to do with bloggers. The knowledge of this came up in an misunderstanding of an complaint as to their provocative advertising, but it is shocking nonetheless. And,it demonstrates the problem that even good Second Wave providers face in understanding the changes before us...

Hillary To Put Bloggers Inside Government Agencies

Posted on January 27, 2008
Hillary Clint During a Q&A with voters at Tennesee State University in Nashville discussed freedom of information, and floated the idea of putting bloggers in each government agency.

Reality Distortion Field

Posted on January 27, 2008
This is a term used to describe the persuasive ability of some like Steve Jobs (since the term originated at Apple Computers in the 80s to describe his particular charisma). Those close to this person become passionately committed to possibly insane ideas, without regard to the practicality of their implementation or competitive forces in the marketplace...

The Pundits Are Making Me A Little Seasick

Posted on January 27, 2008
You know, it is a form of motion sickness characterized by a feeling of nausea and, in extreme cases, experienced after spending time on a craft on water. It is typically brought on by the rocking motion of the craft. In my case the craft is the democratic presidential selection process and the rocking is caused by the overly exuberant and depthless news media and pundits...

Is It Really As Simple As Putting On Your Thinking Cap?

Posted on January 27, 2008
Really, the practice of law is all about using your noggin, is it not? That is the reason that this caught my attention. Lose or lessen your thoughts and your mental skills and you diminish as an attorney. According to the Daily Mail these strange looking people have developed a thinking cap of sorts to turn back the symptoms of Alzheimer's...

Letters To The Editor

Posted on January 27, 2008
Good grief, it has been a long time since I have done this, but many years ago I use to do it. I was in a small town at the time. But, Susan Cartier Liebel over at Build A Solo Practice has reminded me that letters to the editor of your local papers (weekly and daily) have good PR value...

The Republican Candidates

Posted on January 26, 2008

The Magic Law Box?

Posted on January 25, 2008
The whole green movement is very interesting for the work at home lawyer or solo lawyer. Several countries are relying heavily on prefabricated construction, which is good for the Third Wave attorney who needs some independent space. It is a trend headed quickly to the USA...

I Am No Miracle Worker. I Am A Janitor.

Posted on January 25, 2008
I guess we are not suppose to care for lawyer movies, and especially those that portray lawyers in a seedy sort of light. But, it is really all a matter of perspective. Such movies can also define things in ways we have failed. Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house ?fixer? at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York...

Oklahoma City University School Of Law

Posted on January 25, 2008
Law schools many times just focus on the wrong selling points when trying to appeal to those interested in law schools. They like to describe their facilities (most often without pictures or videos). They concentrate on a few little tidbits. They concern themselves too much with rankings, while ignoring their web presence, including vital things like YouTube and Wikipedia...

University Of Hawai'i At Manoa - William S. Richardson School Of Law

Posted on January 24, 2008
Man, it is a mouth full to say. You might might not be that well received at a dinner party when you are asked where you go to law school and you say the University of Hawai'i at Manoa - Williams S. Richardson School of Law. Or, maybe you can just make everybody jealous by saying you go to law school in Hawai'i...

You Are Not Alone

Posted on January 24, 2008
I would like you to meet Michael McBride, an attorney from Ohio that does what you want to do. He is a dedicated Third Wave lawyer and a practitioner of the art. Too often, I think, I talk to people, or get emails from attorneys, that simply say that my case is unusual, but that you cannot work without office space and staff and the trappings of the Second Wave or traditional practice of law...

Forget About The Jones

Posted on January 24, 2008
"I just couldn't give up my office. My clients expect me to maintain a certain image". Really? What image is that? Greed? "I am not like you. I represent regular people and I have to have an office to meet with my client". Who says? What I have discovered over the years is that it does not matter if your client is Dow Jones or Doug Jones, Wall Street or Main Street, most clients could care less about your fancy office, or the fact that you have one...

Docstoc

Posted on January 24, 2008
Forms and examples are a big issue for solo practitioners, and especially to those entering the practice of law soon after law school. Over time you worry about forms less because you become better at just creating your own. But, to start it is important to form...

Give Me A Dollar And I Will Give You Change

Posted on January 24, 2008
I saw this first on Luke Gilman's High on the Hog Blog.

The Good And The Bad Of The "Work From Home Generation"

Posted on January 24, 2008
I like this post by Alex Iskold at Read Write Web about the "work from home generation". I think many or most of us lawyers forget that this revolution is taking place outside of the practice of law and it is not antithetical to the practice of law. But the post defines the good things and bad things about working from home...

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