Practice Management

I Am Listening To Herb Alpert Today

Posted on January 15, 2008

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Educated Fleas To It

Posted on January 15, 2008
Rick Georges at Future Lawyer has an interesting post about legal specialization based upon questions raised by Michael Wade over at Execupundit. Quoting from science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein we are told that specialization is for insects. But, I say if it is good enough for insects then it is good enough for us attorneys...

What To Do With All Of The Highrise Office Buildings

Posted on January 14, 2008
It is no secret that one of the things proposed here is the elimination of highrise buildings for lawyers and law firm, and really for most service business as they are mainly no longer necessary. Cheap technology is such that you can not only move your solo practice home, but you can move every Big Law firm home and every in-house firm home...

Judge Does Not Take Crap Off Of Nobody

Posted on January 14, 2008
As reported by the Trinidad & Tobago Express in Ohio, "Prisoner" Tyrone Clarke was sentenced to one year, six months and 28 days hard labour, for throwing human faeces at a Port of Spain magistrate Michelle Maharajh-Brown. Clarke was present in the 11th Court before Maharajh-Brown answering a charge of arson...

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I Would Rather Be A Solo

Posted on January 14, 2008
Upon the highrise of which some are prone Bound by the chains of overhead and debt I know that I am bound to work alone. From the commute which leave one feeling like a drone Along all of the miles that make you fret I know that I am bound to work alone...

Betty Hutton - Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Posted on January 13, 2008

Sleepworking

Posted on January 13, 2008
I found this subject discussed on Duct Tape Marketing. I thought it interesting. According to the 2nd Annual Staples National Small Business Survey, more than half of small business people and owners said that work has actually become part of their dreams...

Forget The Practice Of Law, Forget The War In Iraq, Foreget The Presidential Race, And Let Us Concentrate On The Issue That Really Matters - The Coffee War!

Posted on January 13, 2008
I am not a coffee drinker, so I guess I do not understand this. Anyway, I am not the type (as are most Starbuck patrons) to give the company over a $1,000 a year of my hard earned money for something you can buy cheaply off the grocer store shelves. But, now Starbucks (or "Four Buck" as it is commonly known) has competition from the largest restaurant in the World - McDonald's...

Entering The Ego-LESS Era Of Law

Posted on January 12, 2008
I was asked what advice would I give my daughter, who is a law student at the University of Houston Law Center, that would help guide her in succeeding at the practice of law. Then it was suggested that I extrapolate this to all lawyers and law students...

This Is What Lawsuits Are Made Of

Posted on January 11, 2008

It Is Time For Home Office Lawyers And Wannabes To Haggle

Posted on January 11, 2008
Nobody likes to bargain hard when they are the ones directly involved. But, there are two pieces of news of late that should get you haggling. One is that the Fed needs and is going to take substantive action again to shore up the economy, and Bank of America has lost nearly its entire investment in Countrywide and is contemplating buying the company to save it...

January Is National Mentoring Month

Posted on January 10, 2008
... And, Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication (what a mouth full) runs The Harvard Mentoring Project (much easier to say). National Mentoring Month is a collaborative, public-private initiative sponsored by nonprofit organizations, media companies, and government agencies...

What I Am Listing To Today

Posted on January 09, 2008

Change

Posted on January 09, 2008
I know the joke. Give me a dollar and I will give you change. Since the term "change" has permeated the presidential campaign of every presidential candidate, I thought I would tell you what Alvin Toffler had to say about change. Alvin Toffler is the father of the Third Wave...

If You Just Have To Commute, Have Some Fun

Posted on January 09, 2008

A Huge Upset In The Political Process!

Posted on January 08, 2008
Well, I am for change! I changed my routine this night from election cookies to cookies and cream ice cream instead. And, what a difference it made. It was a stunning upset of the pure cookie culture that has become so pervasive and entrenched in our household...

Hard To Blog

Posted on January 08, 2008
Sorry for the little less content I am producing. It is hard to concentrate on blogging while I am trying to practice law and make a living, while feeling sorry for Hillary, while looking at Obama and trying to understand that sense that we are all missing something (nothing is as good as it seems), thinking that there cannot be anybody more laid back than Fred Thompson, and being absolutely shocked by all of the past racist and antisemitic comments Ron Paul...

Coming To A Small Screen Near You

Posted on January 07, 2008
I have received a number of emails of late by solo or Third Wave attorneys wanting to advertise with TV commercials. I gave you what I though were the pros an cons of this in a recent post. My thought is that these attorneys understand the impact of visual communication...

Welcome To Law School - From The Paper Chase

Posted on January 06, 2008

University Of Montana School Of Law

Posted on January 06, 2008
Apart from its location, it is hard to understand why U.S. News ranks the University of Montana School of law as a third tier school. The Law School 100 ranks it as a second tier school. Sure it might be a little remote and the winters might be a little harsh, but these rankings are madness...

Why Lawyers Are A Bunch Of Unhappy Jerks

Posted on January 06, 2008
I have quoted from mediation attorney Victoria Pynchon in the past. She has some interesting ideas on the profession with which we all grapple. Recently, an article by her was published by The Complete Lawyer as to why lawyers are unhappy and make others unhappy...

What Condition My Condition Is In

Posted on January 06, 2008

Senator. Governor. Senator. Mayor. Governor. Governor. Senator. Senator. Senator.

Posted on January 06, 2008

Law School Value Versus Rankings - An On The Ground View

Posted on January 06, 2008
I received a real life example from one of my readers about his cheaper public law school education. He writes: I am a recent UND Law alum who passed the bar exam in Indiana (on the first try) and I now have a great, satisfying, and well paying job at a law firm in the South Bend, Indiana area...

Does Your Law School And Professors Really Appreciate You Or Are They Just Taking Advantage Of You?

Posted on January 05, 2008
I have received a number of emails of late in which law students and recent graduates write of the caring nature of their law schools and their professors. It begs the question of whether law schools and professors truly appreciate their students or do they just appreciate the fact they can borrow seemingly larger amounts of money? For no apparent reason, other than to keep up with U...

University Of Houston Law Center Listed As One Of Top 25 Most Underrated Law Schools

Posted on January 05, 2008
According to a survey by Vault of legal recruiting professionals (including law firm recruiting managers, law firm partners and corporate counsel) throughout the U.S., the University of Houston Law Center made the list of one of the 25 most underrated law schools in the nation...

Play Presidential Pong

Posted on January 05, 2008
Need a few minute break from work to blow off steam. Maybe you can play Presidential Pong as offered to you by CNN. I just got through pitting Giuliani against Obama, but you can do Clinton against Romney or really in combination you wish. Click here to play.

I Have No Problem With Lawyer Advertising

Posted on January 05, 2008
One of my readers asked me if I had a problem with lawyers advertising on TV, in phone books, on the radio and in the papers given my advice to gain clients through networking. I do not have a problem with advertising. In fact, in a prior life I operated a consumer bankruptcy law firm that relied on advertising...

Welcome To Sustainable Lawyering

Posted on January 05, 2008
I call it Third Wave lawyering. You can call it what you wish. One law student planning on entering the field calls it Sustainable Lawyering and you can view his new blog by clicking here. Jason describes his brand as follows: Sustainability is a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely...

Forget The @#$%%^& Desk!

Posted on January 04, 2008
What is it about a desk or the image of a desk that distract young lawyers wanting to start their own law practice? Before they do anything else they start focusing on the tangible. What desk will they use? What chair would go with it? What about art work in the office? Should their diploma be on the side wall or right behind the desk? What about a phone system? A copy machine? Is there a need office space big enough for expansion? I say forget all of this foolishness! It is a distraction...

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