Practice Management

The Wine Law Niche

Posted on June 12, 2009
There is beer and alcohol, and then there is wine. Unlike the others, wine somehow maintains it sense of sophistication. The jewel-like color of the drink maybe helps. The special occasions it represents in many of our lives and memories might be the reason...

University Of Houston Law Centers New Graduates Assistance Program

Posted on June 11, 2009
Is the economy for new lawyer'really that bad? Regardless, it is always nice to have some help. The University of Houston Law Center believes it understand the slow law market its recent graduates might be entering. To help it as created its New Graduates Assistance Program, in which it intends to provide $500,000...

The Chain And Whip Of The Slave Driver

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Devil's Dictionary in 1911 defined debt this way - "An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver." I ignored sayings like this when I started out in the practice of law. And, whereas it does not take you long to figure out what this saying means and feels like in real life, once you discover it you are generally years away from correcting it...

Mary Gets Married

Posted on June 08, 2009
Well, my oldest daughter gets married on Saturday, June 13, 2009. How somebody juggles all of the tasks and duties she has, I am not sure. I do not know how her husband to be will handle this little ball of fire, but I ask if the world is ready for this over achieving lawyer - -

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Bing Bong Bing

Posted on June 05, 2009
First, let me say that Future Lawyer has a new banner, and it is pretty cool. Maybe Rick Georges' has had it for a while and I just did not notice it because I generally read his posts on my blog reader. Anyway, it looks good Rick! Second, Rick commented recently on the crazy new name chosen by Microsoft's for its new search engine, Bing...

Gov. Schwazenegger Threatens To Cut All State Support For Hastings College Of Law

Posted on June 04, 2009
Let us face facts. Lawyers are not always the most popular people in the world. Hence, law students are not that popular or, some would think, not worth supporting. After all, we do not need a nation or state of laws? Do we? OF COURSE WE DO! It is no secret that California is in really tough shape financially...

Charlotte School Of Law Deserves Special Recognition

Posted on May 27, 2009
Charlotte School of Law has a lot for which it deserves to be proud. A new state of the art building. ABA provisional accreditation in record time. And now, the law school has graduated its first law school class of Juris Doctors. The class of 2009 began their legal studies with the opening of Charlotte?s first and only law school in August of 2006...

Are Violent Video Games Preparing Kids For The Apocalypse?

Posted on May 27, 2009
I just love the Onion News Network. Let us listen in -

Referral Clients Are Simply Cheaper To Obtain, Easier To Close, Pay Better, And Are More Profitable

Posted on May 26, 2009
Oh, that is a mouthful, but it is true. I read this recently about business in general and I think from my experience it applies to law clients as well. A referral has a 60% chance of becoming a sale, with other methods coming in a distant 10% or less...

Niche Marketing Secrets For Law Firms

Posted on May 26, 2009
I found this video online by David V. Lorenzo who operates RainmakerLawyer. He is discussing niche law practices and the benefits of such a practice. This is a lot of what I have been saying for a long time, but I think he brings a different light or perspective to some of it...

Congratulations Are In Order For Elon University School Of Law

Posted on May 26, 2009
Graduation ceremonies are taking place all over the nation for law school graduating classes. But, maybe an honorable mention should go to Elon University School of Law. This is because the law school marked a milestone with its first ever graduating law school class...

Religious Right Fanatics Just Go Too Far In Their Hate For America And Americans -- And Lawyers And Law Students

Posted on May 25, 2009
... And, that goes for conservatives that align themselves on the periphery of these types of movement, or act as apologist for these terribly abhorrent and loathsome malcontents. According to The Miami Hurricane, protesters from the Christian (?) fundamentalist group, Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, that operates under the URL GodHatesFags...

The Thug Law Niche?

Posted on May 24, 2009
I am convinced you can find the niche practice of law in every area and nobody has thought out or sought out all of the possibilities. But, this is an interesting one. According to The Morning Call, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania attorney Eric Dowdle targets his services as a criminal defense attorney to inner-city defendants accused of firearms offenses, drug charges and violent crimes...

U.S. District Court Upholds Montana Law School's Refusal To Fund Christian Legal Society

Posted on May 24, 2009
Liberty University removes its college Democrats group recently because it felt that Democrats (generally or generically speaking) do not uphold the University's ideals and religious beliefs. We all remember the news about Regent University School of Law expelling a 2L student, Adam Key, for posting an unflattering photo of founder Pat Robertson on his Facebook page where it looked like Pat Robertson was shooting the bird...

The Legal Fee Auditing And Litigation Niche

Posted on May 22, 2009
Back in April of 2008 I proposed the establishment of a niche practice to keep personal injury attorneys honest (or at least working on their cases diligently). After all, clients, doctors and other medical professionals do not get paid anything until the case is settled (hopefully for the best value) or a judgment obtained...

The LSAT Scam

Posted on May 19, 2009
I think I am not the only one that is getting tired of the profit making motive of non-profits off the backs of those that can least afford it. Nowhere is this more true than in the education industry. First, we must deal with the investigation of big Bush and GOP supporter, Catherine B...

Where To Meet?

Posted on May 18, 2009
I usually leave the tech stuff to Rick Georges over at FutureLawyer. He usually keeps me informed of everything I need to know. He blogged about this, however. It is a practical need of mine and, therefore, I thought I would pass it along to you. It is Rendeznew, and it promotes itself as "the NEW way to 'meet in the middle'"...

Law School Commencement Speakers

Posted on May 15, 2009
TaxProf Blog listed the commencement speakers at 115 law schools. I thought that was pretty interesting. So, if Dean, Paul Caron, does not mind, I will post them here as well. Akron: Betty Sutton (Member, U.S. House of Representatives) Alabama: Richard Shelby (Member, U...

The Expungement Niche

Posted on May 15, 2009
My friend Corinne Tampas at What's Your Authority brought this niche to my attention. That is the expungement niche. In Texas, I believe it is called expunction, and it involves the process of all records of an arrest, any jail detention and court records being destroyed or sealed, including things like fingerprints and DNA samples, so it would appear as if the event never took place...

Are Your Client Retentions Coincidental?

Posted on May 15, 2009
I doubt it. Yet, most lawyers and law firm really have no idea how they get clients, or their ideas are simply wrong. As a result, many seem to discount referral marketing. In doing so they fail to work effectively on what is really working for them. Here is the problem...

The Mortgage Fraud Industry

Posted on May 12, 2009
Oh, this does effect all of us on so many levels. It has damaged the economy, which has jeopardized all of us. Cleaning up after it, has created legal niche opportunities. It has made (whether good or bad) the possibility of a home office for some easier...

Survivor Big Law

Posted on May 11, 2009
Do you watch the show Survivor? It is part reality TV show and part game show, produced in many countries throughout the world, in which the contestants are isolated in the wilderness and are forced to complete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to be voted off the show and the location...

Taga

Posted on May 10, 2009
We try to cover work/life issues here and, let us face facts, there are a good number of parents of small children that have decided it is in their best interest, and that of their families, to work from home. This gives them time to work, make a living, and be with their children throughout the day...

Special Education Law Niche

Posted on May 09, 2009
Jennifer Laviano, a solo practice lawyer in Sherman, Connecticut, has published a blog site with the help of G2WebMedia.Com, which is a company run by preeminent law blog expert Grant Griffiths and his son Clay Griffiths. The blog is unique in this respect...

I Have To Admit, I Just Do Not Understand People Sometimes

Posted on May 04, 2009
And, what really concern me is that I look too much like Ziggy as well.

The Cooley Law School Rankings

Posted on May 03, 2009
As the college school year ends and perspective law school applicants begin to consider the LSAT and which law schools to which they wish to apply, much consideration is given to the U.S. News rankings as well as much criticism and consternation of what the rankings wrought...

5 Cholesterol Myths

Posted on May 02, 2009
Okay now, what is this doing on a law blog? I know, if you want health news you will visit a health website. But, this is important for a couple of different reasons to lawyers. First, there is so much disinformation out there concerning health, that I am tired of every lawyer I know being on edge or feeling guilty for what they eat...

Harvard Law Built On The Back Of Slaves

Posted on May 02, 2009
It is probably does not reflect what the law school means today to us in this country, and it is probably not the only law school to have such a distinction. But, as reported by PrawfsBlawg.Com, you have got to acknowledge that Harvard Law owes its existence in good part to slavery...

What Will Happen With Chrysler's Electric Cars?

Posted on May 02, 2009
Some are or were promising, the question is how can Chrysler now produce them?

Free Attorney Only Teleseminar

Posted on April 30, 2009
I have been asked to pass this information along: On May 6, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time I am holding a free teleseminar and you are invited. The topic is: "Give Me 60 Minutes and I_ll Show You How I Started Closing 90% of Prospects, and Doubled My Fees, Without Going In To The Ofiice" You'll discover everything I did to increase the number of prospects I turn into clients to 90%, raised my fees by double and accomplish all of it even though I now hardly ever meet a prospect in the office! One the call you'll learn:...

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