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Flying Solo in Appellate Law

By D. Todd Smith

pimg alt="Faculty @ SPU" align="left" src="http://solopracticeuniversity.com/member-badges/spu-faculty-125x125.jpg" //p pIn early 2006, when I first seriouslynbsp;pondered leavingnbsp;BigLaw and opening a solonbsp;practice, I foundnbsp;a great deal ofnbsp;information and supportnbsp;through various listservs and blogs.nbsp; Even still, making the leap wasnbsp;daunting, largely becausenbsp;I had littlenbsp;training or experience relevant tonbsp;the unique, day-to-day challengesnbsp;running anbsp;solo practice brings./p pBy launching a href="http://solopracticeuniversity.com/"Solo Practice University/a, lawyer coach and consultant a href="http://susancartierliebel.typepad.com/build_a_solo_practice/about.html"Susan Cartier Liebel/a aims tonbsp;solvenbsp;that common problem.nbsp; SPU isnbsp;a web-based educational community designed tonbsp;take up where law schoolnbsp;leaves off and to providenbsp;solos withnbsp;the practical tools they need tonbsp;succeed./p pAppellate law is particularly well suited to solo practice;nbsp;I'mnbsp;living proof of that fact.nbsp; So I'mnbsp;thrilled to announce that a href="http://solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/22/faculty-announcement-d-todd-smith/"I have accepted Susan's invitation to teachnbsp;Appellate Practice and Procedure at SPU/a.nbsp;nbsp;In addition to breaking down the elements of an appeal and providing practical tips for handling each element, the course will explore other servicesnbsp;appellate practitioners commonly provide and will address the skills, temperament, and resources necessary to succeed in this practice area./p pThanks for the opportunity, Susan.nbsp;nbsp;I look forward to sharingnbsp;what I've learned./pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=YWUnO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=YWUnO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=in6pO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=in6pO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=vEbXO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=vEbXO" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/talblog/~4/492253832" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).