Growth Strategy Tips for Solo Practitioners

Unlike weeds that seem to grow in any condition, solo law practices need a little more care. After all, lawyers are not a naturally occurring part of the eco system. Sunshine, water, and a little soil probably have nothing...

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Firm Sanctioned Over Brief's Line Spacing

When it comes to line spacing, Judge Victor Marrero does not play around. The SDNY judge fined the boutique litigation firm of Susman Godfrey $1,048.09 last week for breaking with his court's line space rule. The firm's crime? Using...

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Assessing Clients for Diminished Capacity

If psychologists go into the field because they have psychological problems, then do lawyers go into the law because they have legal problems? The first half of the question may be true -- Freud was a self-diagnosed neurotic --...

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Would Your Firm Pass Facebook's Diversity Test?

The law is one of the whitest professions around, but if you want to be 'friended' by Facebook (legally speaking), you may have to improve your diversity game. The social media giant is only hiring outside law firms where...

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A Win for Animal Advocates: Governor Pardons Dog From Euthanasia

Dakota is a lucky dog. She apparently is the first dog in the United States to be granted a pardon by a sitting governor. Gov. Paul LePage of Maine spared the Husky, who had been sentenced to die for...

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How to Win Millennial Clients

The millennium used to be considered a bad thing. Millenarians in 899, 1199, and 1299 thought the ticking of the clock would soon bring a Final Judgment and the beginning of the Apocalypse. In 1999, we all worried that...

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Pros and Cons of Being a Family Lawyer

What are the pros and cons of being a family lawyer? First, you will really get to know your relatives. That's because they will talk to you about delicate family issues more than your immediate family -- like who's...

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