Education & Careers
2019 Reading Challenge: Part II
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.” … Read More
Education & Careers
Education & Careers
2019 Reading Challenge: Part I
“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” Jean Rhys In January 2019, I set my annual reading challeng… Read More
Education & Careers
5 Steps for Branding Your Solo Practice
Congratulations! You’ve opened a solo office and hung your shingle. Now it’s time to create a unique and distinctive brand for your practice. But where to start? What’s the … Read More
Business of Law
6 Tips for Empowering Your Team
Great ideas for growing your practice could be going unnoticed because your employees are too afraid or apathetic to speak up. Even worse, their sense of disempowerment may keep your firm mir… Read More
Risk Management
ABA Toolkit Provides Blueprint for Wellness Program
Well-being is a smart business proposition that will bring many benefits: a healthier, happier law firm, a roster of satisfied clients, and a blossoming bottom line. But getting there won&rsq… Read More
Education & Careers
LM Feature: Samantha Cruff | Lawyers Mutual
Many of us fantasize about visiting distant and exotic places, but one member of Lawyers Mutual’s Client Services team is actually living that dream. Samantha Cruff, marketing communica… Read More
Business of Law
Does Your Firm Need Business Auto Coverage?
Does your law firm have a business auto insurance policy? It should, if there are vehicles registered under your law firm’s name. The policy could also cover your firm when you or your … Read More
Risk Management
Succession Seminar Offers Tips for Retirement and Beyond
The biggest mistake lawyers in small firms make as they contemplate retirement is not hiring an expert to guide them along the way. Instead, they try to do it all themselves. Even worse, they… Read More
Risk Management
Read This Ethics Opinion Before Touting “Super Lawyer” Status
Before you advertise your inclusion in a “Best Lawyers” or “Super Lawyers” list, make sure you know what the State Bar has to say about the matter. In 2018 Formal Ethi… Read More
Business of Law
ABA Journal Lists “Best Places for Lawyers to Live”
If you want to practice in a location where you might have the legal market all to yourself, consider moving to North Dakota or Wyoming, which have the lowest lawyer per capita rates in the co… Read More
