Practice Management

Hamline University School Of Law

Posted on September 19, 2009
We have not written about little hidden gems in terms of law school lately. So, let us talk about Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The law school was founded in 1972 as the Midwestern School of law, but it was acquired by Hamline University in 1976...

Students Who Flunk The Bar Exam Face Serious Financial And Personal Problems

Posted on September 15, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting on the new analysis on law school graduates that finds that those unable to pass a bar examination have an even tougher time personally and financially that average college graduates. And, this continues far into the future...

The Law School Admission Game By Ann K. Levine

Posted on September 15, 2009
The law school admission process can be particularly complicated for the uninitiated. More often than not there are just unanswered questions as to how to proceed and what should really be done to which you have no reasonable way of knowing the answer...

How to l(a)unch your law career

Posted on September 14, 2009
If you do not know Tomasz Stasiuk, you are about to. He is the publisher of Colorado Social Security Law, and as the name suggests he has dedicated his legal career to obtaining Social Security and medical benefits for Colorado based adults and children...

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(Videos) Third Wave Attorneys, Solos, And Small Firm Practioners Need Health Care Reform And A Public Option

Posted on September 09, 2009
Because affordable, and shall I say reliable, health insurance is such a missed necessity for solo practitioners and small firm lawyers, I think that insurance reform is necessary. I believe that the public option is necessary. Co-Ops sound nice, but I doubt they can do the job that is needed to bring real competition to the health care industry...

Marketing With Permission

Posted on September 05, 2009
Not long after I started practicing law I discovered the magic, I thought, of TV advertising. Yes, it was incredibly expensive, but it produced large results -- fast. But, there was a problem with the potential clients it brought in. Although they were intrigued enough to venture into the office, they came with a great deal of skepticism and with many misconceptions...

And ... They're Off! Applying On The First Day Applications Open For Law School.

Posted on September 05, 2009
Ann Levine over at Law School Expert has a good little post about the fear or anxiousness some might feel to apply on the first day applications are excepted at law school in order to get the best advantage. Her position is that you need to of course be diligent at getting your application and materials to the law schools you have chosen to apply, and deadlines are important, but the rush to make the opening bell is not necessary...

Stop Job Hunting And Start Profession Finding

Posted on September 04, 2009
I do not know if you ever watched the TV series The Waltons. (You can watch some clips by CLICKING HERE). But, I remember one scene in which John Boy was worrying about the unemployment or non-employment rate for writers. Then his younger brother confirmed with him that writers are self-employed, to which John Boy agreed...

Home Office In A Steamer Trunk

Posted on September 04, 2009
I know some people have space issues with home offices, but I have always said there are creative alternatives. In that regard, here is one creative alternative I found on Unplggd. Not a lot of you may remember travel trunks. Frankly, it is beyond my years as well, but I have seen a number of them over the years in my junk shop hopping...

Dilbert's Right - Work From Home

Posted on September 03, 2009

How Various Majors Perform On The LSAT

Posted on September 02, 2009
I guess we have always known this. Certain majors do better at the LSAT than do others. Ultimately, to me anyway, I am not sure how much it matters. I do not think there is much of a correlation between LSAT scores and the achievement or joy in the practice of law...

How I Effectively Learned To Staff My Law Practice

Posted on September 01, 2009
I had a large bankruptcy practice with five office locations, lots of lawyers and lots of staff, and during that time I tried to answer one of the primary questions of any law firm manager. How to effectively staff a law firm? And, let me tell you, I was bad at it...

Google Google

Posted on August 31, 2009

Dangerous Law Practice Myths, Lies and Stupidity

Posted on August 30, 2009
I was recently introduced to a wonderful little book entitled Dangerous Law Practice Myths, Lies and Stupidity, which recently hit number one on Amazon in its category. It is not a long read, and yet it capsulizes in a number of different ways the great misconceptions that especially young and new lawyers have about the practice of law...

Ave Maria School Of Law Prepare Student's For Law School By Scrubbing Toilets

Posted on August 30, 2009
Of there is no secret that I like Ave Maria School of Law. And, I appreciate this story on the local NBC station. Before beginning classes, more than 200 Ave Maria law students boarded buses at Ave Maria to travel where they will scrub toilets, wipe cabinets, and clean ovens as a way to learn how to be better people and attorneys...

The Automatic Stay Violation Law Niche

Posted on August 30, 2009
It is an arcane area of the law, and admittedly it is one area about which I have not much written. Maybe it is because I might be a bit protective in that this is the area of law in which I practice -- in which I have pioneered in fact. But, the truth of the matter is I have encourage countless attorneys over the years, with little success, to consider this legal niche as a full time practice...

Pennsylvania Winery & Hospitality Lawyer - Judy Young

Posted on August 27, 2009
It really is not often that you find someone that combines the best of a Third Wave practice into something exciting, but I think that is what Judy Young is up to. A niche practice primarily representing wineries, a niche practice, a virtual practice, blogging, relationship building, all combined with a carpet commute...

The Economy Harms Even The Top Law Students' Prospects And I Say So What

Posted on August 27, 2009
As reported in the New York Times, the economic downturn is diminishing the prospects of even the top law students at the top schools as the job market for new law grads is the worse in 50 years. Of course, I think it should be pointed out, the article centers on law students looking for Big Law careers...

The Blogfamation Law Niche

Posted on August 26, 2009
Okay. Fine. I will admit it. I made the name blogfamation up, but people combine words all of the time for fun and profit. For me it this is really more an amusement. You see I have a online buddy, Corinne Tampas over at What's Your Authority, who, like me, gets a kick out of scouring the blawgosphere looking for possible overlooked legal niches...

ABA Launches Its Legal Rebels Project

Posted on August 26, 2009
Over the course of the next three months, the ABA will be profiling 50 of the profession's leading innovators at its Legal Rebels site. The first profiles, along with videos and audio slideshows that illustrate the changes they are trying to make in the practice of law, are now online...

First New California Public Law School In 40 Years Opens

Posted on August 25, 2009
It finally happened. The University of California - Irvine School of Law opened its doors with an inaugural class of 61 top-ranked students on full tuition scholarships. Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said at a ribbon cutting that the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine, has already exceeded his expectations...

5 Tips For Entering Law School Students

Posted on August 20, 2009
When you enter law school it is such a foreign land. It can almost appear to be enemy territory. Nobody teaches you how to study, succeed, thrive or survive in law school, and your base of knowledge is so small it is exceedingly hard to figure it out...

A Simple Container Home Or Office

Posted on August 20, 2009
We have discussed here before, but sometimes you just need examples. If you are in need of additional space for your home or an office, or for living space so you have a place in your home for an office, or even a small off-site location to operate your law practice, you might consider a simple structure built mainly from shipping containers...

The Art Closing Niche

Posted on August 18, 2009
Personally, I do not. But, there are some people, collectors, museums, art galleries and the like that pay a lot of money for art. These art buyers, when you think about it, are investors. They might based part of their art purchase because the art is pretty or enjoyable...

Growing Primitive

Posted on August 15, 2009
Sometimes you need to trade technology for telephony. A chat message for yakking it up. Getting on the horn instead of getting online. Growing primitive is a combination, for me anyway, of growing your law practice with going primitive, which is a term that describes trading keyboarding or texting for a phone call...

Home Office Sloth-Cloth

Posted on August 14, 2009
Oh come on. You work from home. Do not pretend that you shave and dress up in a business suit every doggone day. And, if you do, the question is why? We all need some down time. The beauty of working from home is that you get more down time than everybody else...

Law School Is Sooo Easy!

Posted on August 13, 2009

Office Sheds Offer Architectural Experimentation

Posted on August 09, 2009
I get mail every week from attorneys who have qualms about practicing from home. The desire is there, but the concern centers around family and other obligations, a lack of space, or just the need to have the home office physically away from the rest of the household...

Western State University College Of Law Receives Full ABA Approval

Posted on August 09, 2009
I previously posted about Florida A&M University College of Law receiving ABA full approval, but the ABA has also granted full approval to Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. Western State University College of Law, the oldest law school in Orange County, California...

The Dog Bite Niche

Posted on August 05, 2009
Okay this area of personal injury law might not be as glamorous as pursuing giant corporations for wrongdoing, but it can be a profitable niche practice of law nonetheless. There are currently 74.8 million dogs in America according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA)...

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