Rethinking the Legal Profession


"It's time to start 'thinking outside of the box' and having honest discussions leading to meaningful change in the practice of law."

Author: "The Thinker" is Melody A. Kramer, a solo practitioner in San Diego.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Rethinking the Legal Profession


  • Open letter to California lawyers, part 1

    California lawyers just got a wake-up slap from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that has been long overdue. . . . "As the organization charged with regulating the professional conduct of its members, the conduct of the…

  • Legal rebels need another leader, it seems

    After getting off to a roaring start, it seems the ABAJournal's Legal Rebels tour is getting watered down. I had such high hopes, but find myself sadly disappointed. The latest four "rebels" seem to have…

  • The tweet-up virgin has an epiphany

    This evening I attended my very first “tweet-up”* after a long day of continuing legal education at the California Bar Association’s Annual Meeting.  *For you those of you as ignorant as I was a day or…

  • Legal rebels unite!!!!

    While I am busy “rethinking” the legal profession (and doing my part to implement change with FreelanceLaw and the National Association of Freelance Legal Professionals), the ABA Journal has given a great boost to us…

  • Rethinking juries, Part 1: Changing the perception of jury service

    Jane Q Citizen returns home from a hard day of work and sighing, flips through the day's mail. Junk mail, junk mail, junk mail, bill, bill, bill, credit card offer . . . Juror Summons.…

  • ABA Journal adds “Rethinking the Legal Profession” to its blawg directory

    Congratulations to me! The ABAJournal has just confirmed that this blog has been added to its Blawg list – http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/rethinking_the_legal_profession/

  • Shouldn’t somebody besides the lawyers understand the Constitution?

    Yesterday I had the misfortune to witness a town meeting in Pennsylvania where Arlen Specter attempted to offer a forum for citizens who had questions or concerns about the current health care proposals swirling around…

  • The painful void of mentoring for young attorneys reflected in craigslist ad

    This afternoon I stumbled across a craigslist ad in the Chicago area that read as follows: Attorney WILL WORK FOR FREE; MAYBE EVEN PAY TO WORK (Loop [Chicago area]) I am looking for a mentor.…

  • Money = character in New York

    I have just read a most disturbing article from the New York Times – Aspiring Lawyer Finds Debt Is Bigger Hurdle Than Bar Exam (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/business/02lawyer.html).  It seems that Robert Bowman, who worked himself from foster…

  • Rethinking how lawyers are employed

    It is ironic that the very profession that has had a hand in creating increased legal protections for employees – wage/hour regulations, overtime pay rules, mandatory worker’s compensation coverage, etc. – has done such a…