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Category Archives: Deciding to Go Solo
Why Should You Consider Going Solo?
Why is now the time to break free and go solo? Because battening down the hatches, curling up in a fetal ball, and waiting for the hurricane to blow itself out will get you nowhere.
Note to Kevin O’Keefe:
Why I’m THRILLED To
Work Cheaply From Home
Thank you very much. (Yes, I have a bit more to say about Kevin's post linked above, but it'll have to wait, and will appear on BIAB, not here.) Hat tip to the fabulous Ernie the Attorney.
A Ten Step Plan For Quitting Your Law Job to Go Solo, The Inspired Way
There’s a right way, and there are a whole bunch of wrong ways to cut the apron strings, and which option you choose can have a serious impact on not only your own sense of wellbeing and confidence, but also your financial bottom line. Here’s a ten-step plan for extricating yourself from full employment to self-employment.
Solo Flight: Lesson #5 – The Economics of Going Solo
This is lesson #5 in our ongoing self-directed coaching program, Solo Flight, designed to help lawyers and law students decide whether to open their own solo law practices. After the next and final lesson, the series will be revised and edited into a free PDF e-book, available for download. Cold, Hard Cash Yes, it's time ...
How Not To Resign Your Big Law Job
Making the e-mail rounds, and repeated here at Above the Law (David Lat's blog), is a resignation letter that's engendered a great deal of discussion in the online legal community. You can read the letter at Lat's blog.While I applaud the letter writer's honesty, this is just wrong, on so many fronts. ...
Confidential to “big firm awful”
I just love looking at my referrer stats. To those who think I'm speaking Greek: if you have a blog, you likely have some sort of plug-in or feature that allows you to look at where people came from to get to your blog. Maybe someone clicked on a link on another site - you'd like ...
No Crying In Law?
This Sidebar column, from the Section of Litigation (ABA), made me sad. The questioner writes: Ever since I was little, my mother always taught me never to be afraid to treat myself to a good cry. Lately, I’ve been treating myself a lot. I’ve been working with a group ...
