Lawyer Avenue


"Where legal meets personal."

Author: Mark Jaroslaw is director of publications at LawyerAvenue Press and its imprint, DecisionBooks. Among the contributors is Carolyn Elefant, a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C., who also authors MyShingle.com, Offshore Renewable Energy Law Blog and Nolo's Legal Marekting Blawg. She is also author of the e-book Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be. Other contributors: Amiram Elwork, Ph.D., author of Stress Management for Lawyers; Martin Grayson, author of The Art of Litigation: An Advanced Seminar on Going to Trial; Carol Kanarek is a career counselor at Kanarek & Brady in New York City; Michael Long, JD/MSW, is co-author of Lawyers at Midlife: Laying the Groundwork for the Road Ahead and an attorney-counselor for the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program; Fiona H. Travis, Ph.D., is author of Should You Marry a Lawyer? A Couple’s Guide to Balancing Work, Love & Ambition; and Ralph G. Wrobley is of counsel with Husch Blackwell Sanders in Kansas City, Mo.

Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Work/Life Balance • Consultant • Solo / Small Firm

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