Finding time to work on the business and not just in the business. One of the most challenging aspects of entrepreneurship is finding time to step away from working in the business to work on the business. Especially as your caseload picks up, it can be tempting to drop everything that’s not related to client [...]
LawBank to present a new video series with tips for lawyers and small firms. LawBank is launching a new video series, hosted here on LawBank News and our new YouTube channel. We'll be sharing a series of tips for lawyers, as well as insights on starting and running a law business in today's dynamic legal [...]
Increasingly, attorneys are leaving big firms for a more nimble business model “The old, stuffy type of firm is outdated.”—Claudine Homolash, as quoted in The Legal Intelligencer The article featuring Homolash, titled “Lawyers Leaving Firms in Search of New Business Models,” came across our desk last week. Yes, there are more and more lawyers seeking [...]
Start off the year right with some new year's business resolutions for your solo practice or small firm. Welcome to the new year! It's hard to believe that we're a couple weeks into 2014 already. Maybe you took some well-deserved time off during the holidays, or maybe you were as busy as ever. In either [...]
What it takes to move past the road blocks and launch your own law business. In our last post, we looked at five traits of successful entrepreneurial lawyers. Today, in a continuation of that idea, we look at some action items that can help you overcome the common setbacks that hinder lawyers from starting their [...]
5 signs that going solo as an entrepreneurial lawyer could be right for you. Maybe you’re a mid-career attorney mulling over the idea of leaving a large firm to start your own specialized practice, or maybe you’re a recent law school graduate with big dreams of early entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial lawyers are seeking new [...]
New Web-based services connect solo lawyers and small firms to clients with specific legal needs. There's yet another resource for solo lawyers and small firms looking to build up their client lists: online legal matchmakers. These services provide an interface for small businesses to find attorneys for specific legal issues, and for independent attorneys and [...]
With increasing numbers of large law firm mergers, where do individual lawyers fit into the mix? A piece last week in the Wall Street Journal, “Big Law Mergers Fuel Skepticism,” caught our eye. In the wake of big law firm mergers and restructuring, many talented attorneys have found themselves on the outside looking in, much [...]
A co-working space can offer big advantages for lawyers - if you take steps to maximize the experience You have taken the leap and launched your small business – for many of our readers, that means a solo law practice. You’re starting to get the hang of marketing your business, and you’re learning what it [...]
