So many Posse List members have their own websites and are doing their own “client grabbing” and marketing we thought this webinar would be of high interest. As part of his “30-Minute Thursdays” series, Ari Kaplan has a free webinar today at 1pm EDT with guest presenter, Matt Dombrow, an attorney and founder of Clixo, [...]
Can you start a law firm part time? Conventional wisdom says no, that you need to commit fully to starting a firm to succeed or that starting a firm will dominate your time. Carolyn Elefant and Julie Tower-Pierce diagree. Carolyn Elefant, author of Solo by Choice and MyShingle, and Julie Tower-Pierce, author of Staying at [...]
We covered Richard Susskind’s speech at the ABA TechShow (click here) and we had previously covered his thoughts in our “Changing Legal Landscape” series (click here). Today’s Legal Blog Watch reports on a trend of BigLaw being dumped for lower-priced boutiques following the lead of DuPont and adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to [...]
The Posse List team has descended upon Chicago for the annual ABA TECHSHOW. For us it’s an opportunity for us to meet and network with other lawyers, law firms, e-discovery companies, and legal technology professionals to obtain information on the contract attorney market (including solos and freelancers) and to see what new developments have emerged to assist the contract attorney market. [...]
As The National Law Journal reports this week, starting their own firm is becoming layoff option number one for many lawyers who see pink slips coming their way. For full article, click here. As Karen Sloan writes ”cost-conscious clients are more willing than ever to retain smaller outfits that offer lower rates, and new solos can build their practice [...]
Last night’s and this morning’s lead story in the legal media: 800 law firm jobs lost in one day. And there will be more firings to come (click here for a sample). For the contract attorney market there is a little gloating and perhaps a little schadenfreude. Especially in the switch by AmLaw 200 advisers who first [...]
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